Senior Accountant

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years experience in a trainee accounting role including (but not exclusively) working in or around the disciplines of: financial and/or management accounting, financial auditing, statutory financial reporting/submissions, payroll systems.
• Experience in use of other business systems e.g. fundraising, retail/tills and HR systems.
• Experience in engaging with internal and external auditors.
• Use of financial accounting systems and good knowledge/experience in main financial ledger functions.
• Evidence of making a positive contribution to overall team performance.

Skills, abilities, and personal attributes

Essential

• Highly numerate and ability to understand and interpret data.
• A sound financial thinker, supporting in financial reporting, budgeting, capital/investment appraisal and management reporting.
• Strong IT skills with a minimum of advanced Excel and intermediate Microsoft Word.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to form effective relationships with colleagues in their own and other teams.
• Self-supervised, with some understanding of people management skills. Ability to oversee the work of others.
• Ability to show initiative in problem solving when dealing with novel or conflicting demands.
• Effective time management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Highly organised multi tasker accustomed to prioritising competing priorities.
• Thorough and focused with a high level of attention to detail and a passion for excellence.
• Committed to good governance and effective processes.
• Able to be creative, proactive and resourceful to get work done quickly and to a high standard.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude to change.
• Approach work in a positive, optimistic and resilient manner.
• Flexible and adaptable in your work
• Value honesty and integrity.

Qualifications

Essential

• Newly/recently qualified - ACCA or ACA.
• Degree or higher business qualification (e.g. sponsored management qualification)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospice

Address

104-106 Church Street

Gawber

Barnsley

S75 2RL

Employer's website

https://www.barnsleyhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)