Senior Accountant
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,000 to £42,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37000 - £42000 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2025 |
| Location: | Barnsley, S75 2RL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0048-25-0019 |
Summary
Main duties Oversee all ledger activities delivered by the finance team, taking a pro-active part in regular team meetings to ensure the team meets its objectives whilst they deliver high performance levels. Take an active part in all operational finance activities ensuring to the best of your professional knowledge there are effective and appropriate processes, controls, and financial risk management procedures in place and being followed by the rest of the finance team. Ensure the financial and management accounts are maintained with accurate monthly management accounts, departmental accounts and management reports which must be produced within strict deadlines. Be a pro-active business partner by working closely with budget holders in support of accurate forecasts for all department income and expenditure activities. Support the smooth and successful delivery of finance processes to ensure all audit, accounting, payroll and taxation services comply with relevant statutory and regulatory financial reporting needs. Provide high quality and well considered financial guidance and insight to the ELT and budget holders Support the Director of Finance in the providing good financial analysis and decision making for a wide range of investment/business development opportunities. Create effective relationships with your colleagues, collaborating and working jointly to deliver growth, excellent levels of service and financial education. General Be committed to the work of Barnsley Hospice and work in accordance with our policies and procedures. Be an ambassador for the organisation by living and promoting our values. To conduct such other duties as may be required from time to time. Willing and able to undertake work outside of normal office hours and to travel as required. Other To undertake any other duties, commensurate with the role as required by the Hospice. To act as an ambassador of the Hospice, maintaining honesty, integrity and trustworthiness at all times. The post holder will be expected to maintain strict confidentiality at all times. The post holder will ensure that they are aware of and apply health and safety and fire precautions. The post holder will ensure that clinical risk management and safeguarding procedures and relevant good practice guidelines are followed at all times. The post holder is to ensure data protection is maintained at all times. The post holder will be flexible in terms of working hours in order to meet service needs. The post holder will support the Hospice as required, across the range of duties as appropriate within the grading of this post. In the context of rapid and ongoing change within the Hospice, the above responsibilities represent the current priorities and requirements for the post. These priorities will develop and evolve over time. Any significant changes will be the subject of full communication and consultation with the post holder.