Senior Financial Accountant
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2025 |
| Location: | Rainham, RM13 8GQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9395-25-0740 |
Summary
To undertake all duties in compliance with the Trusts SOs and SFIs and other operational policies, procedures and targets. Ensure good standards of working for the control of the financial database, ensuring they are updated accurately and timely. To manage the Financial accountants and staff underneath ensuring the personal and professional development of the sections including regular staff supervision sessions and annual appraisals. To assist in the production of the Trusts statutory Annual Accounts and Notes and Trust Returns in accordance with IFRS. Ensure that the capital programme and fixed assets are accounted for correctly, in line with the relevant statutory and NHS accounting policies and procedures. Responsible for recording, monitoring and analysing commitment and expenditure against budgets. Reconciling monthly accounts and producing periodic variance reports appropriate to differing management levels. Works with scheme managers to plan and develop robust forecasts of expenditure in order to monitor project cost against budget and to project cash flow and the resulting capital charges. Monitors actual and projected cash flows against the NHS improvement Threshold and giving early notification of any forecast variation. Maintains the Trust asset register in full compliance with the NHS Trusts, including additions, disposals, revaluations, impairments and transfers. Production of monthly reconciliations to the general ledger. Prepare all working papers, as required by the external auditors in their "prepared by client schedules" in advance of their final audit visit. This information will be used in preparation of the Trusts Annual Accounts. Calculate the capital charges estimate for the Trusts Annual Plan and provide capital charges forecasts as and when required to SLR Manager. Ensure that the proper procedures and process are in place for the reporting of and accounting for capital and asset revaluation Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage. References Please ensure that the references are from your most recent employer and one of these must be your direct Line Manager or Supervisor. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. Additionally, ensure that any gaps in your employment history are clearly indicated. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly. Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. If you like the sound of working with NELFT, dont waste a moment and apply now!