Senior Technical Accountant

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Royal Papworth NHS Hospital Foundation Trust presents an exciting opportunity to join their finance team, as they look to appoint a Senior Technical Accountant. Rated five-times outstanding, Royal Papworth is one of the world's leading cardiothoracic hospitals and the UK's main heart and lung transplant centre.

In this role, reporting into the Head of Finance, you will be tasked with ensuring an efficient financial accounts service is provided to the organisation. This includes delivery of financial accounting and controls, statutory reporting, technical accounting expertise and efficient financial operations. Whilst the post-holder will not assume full responsibility, they will play a key part in the production of Annual Accounts and co-ordination of external and internal audit work. The successful candidate will need to be fully qualified and will also have line management responsibility of at least two Financial Accountants, so demonstrable leadership experience is required.

At the Royal Papworth, they are passionate about promoting continuous professional development and this role offers you the opportunity to thrive within an inclusive and supportive finance team. There is an expectation of at least one day a week on site, however, the trust offers a flexible approach to working patterns that help to meet the needs of both you and the service.

Main duties of the job

*Preparation of Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Cash Flow within month end deadlines for reporting to NHS Improvement and inclusion in the Finance Board report.

*Monitor Trust's cash position and prepare a daily cash forecast. Report cash position to senior management.

*Report on aged debt position. Responsible for monitoring and pro-actively supporting the progress of debt collection. Identify action that can be taken to assist in debt collection. Support the operational teams in this action.

*Monitor the level of aged creditors and ensure action is taken to clear aged creditors. This includes monitoring the Trust BPPC target and working with the operational team to improve the target.

*A key player in ensuring the Trust's year end accounts are prepared within the NHSI deadlines and are signed off with an unqualified opinion.

*Responsible for ensuring that the Charity accounts are prepared within deadlines and are signed off with an unqualified opinion.

*Prepare the Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Cash Flow for the annual plan submission.

*Produce technical accounting papers to use with discussions with auditors.

*Liaise with internal and external auditors during annual audits of financial systems and annual accounts for both the Trust and Charity.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Date posted

30 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

175-2425-1-FI690

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Kingfisher House

Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park

Huntingdon

Cambridge

PE29 6FH

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

CCAB Qualified

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a lead role within financial services
Experience of staff management.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including word, outlook and excel.
The ability to communicate information to colleagues, other hospital staff and individuals outside of the organisation in a confident and professional manner.
The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage.
Demonstrate proficient written communication skills.
Be proactive in organising, prioritising, and adjusting own workload in relation to the priorities of the department on a daily basis.
The ability to suggest & demonstrate changes to own and departmental practice.
Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources.
Maintains and improves the quality in own work.
Able to motivate and develop a team.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

CCAB Qualified

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a lead role within financial services
Experience of staff management.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including word, outlook and excel.
The ability to communicate information to colleagues, other hospital staff and individuals outside of the organisation in a confident and professional manner.
The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage.
Demonstrate proficient written communication skills.
Be proactive in organising, prioritising, and adjusting own workload in relation to the priorities of the department on a daily basis.
The ability to suggest & demonstrate changes to own and departmental practice.
Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources.
Maintains and improves the quality in own work.
Able to motivate and develop a team.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

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.