Treasury Team Leader

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To support the Treasury Manager in the implementation and reporting of the relevant parts of the Treasury Management Policy and ensure that procedures are adhered to.

• Responsible for communicating and interpreting information on complex and sometimes sensitive financial issues. Provides advice on financial and corporate issues to non-finance managers.

• To support the Treasury Manager with the Internal and External Auditors and be responsible for ensuring all working papers are of a high standard. Ensuring that all relevant audit recommendations in Treasury have been updated.

• Responsible for the VAT legislation is adhered to by Trusts. This includes:

• Submission of monthly VAT returns on behalf of Shared Services, Clinical Services and Innovate.
• Application of VAT as it relates to the NHS.
• VAT Partial exemption calculations
• General Ledger reconciliation of VAT control codes to VAT return
• Minimising the amount claimed by external VAT advisors on under and over recoveries in relation to invoice transactions.
• To provide cover and advice for completion of the VAT returns of the other Foundation Group members when/as required.
• supporting AP with VAT coding at source.
• Responsible for standardising all VAT Returns & Related Reports that have different VAT rules.

• The post holder must ensure procedures are in place to recover and record VAT accurately and to maintain records in accordance with Customs and Excise regulations.

• Manage the Finance Assistants ensuring the day-to-day provision of a treasury function is complete in a timely manner resolving any anomalies.

• Undertaken several other agreed control account reconciliations on a timely basis, resolving and clearing reconciling items.

• Requires and applies expert knowledge and experience of all finance systems and how they integrate e.g., Sales Ledger, cash management and General Ledger. Interprets and applies this knowledge to ensure the correct functioning of these systems for any transactions in undertaking the control account reconciliations.

• Analyses complex financial information, providing assistance when required. Creates sometimes complex spreadsheets using advanced spreadsheet skills to provide ad hoc costings/information to managers. Uses other software packages for specific purposes.

• The postholder is responsible for ensuring that procedure notes for Cash book, VAT and Controls Team are documented and maintained.

• To provide finance training to budget holders and internal finance staff on financial services issues.

Person Specification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• oProven work experience in a finance role OR a similar level of knowledge acquired through experience
• oIn depth specialist knowledge and understanding of financial services and relevant accounting procedures/principles
• oExperience of co-o-ordinating the work of more junior staff in the section.

Desirable

• oFinancial Services experience in NHS

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential

• oAAT qualified OR Educated to degree level, plus training for recognised professional financial qualification or a similar level of knowledge acquired through experience.
• oExperience and expertise in a range of accounting areas (e.g., reconciliation and balances, VAT payments and deductions, finance computer systems and ledgers, coding structures
• oVocational Training
• Finance related training and learning programs/courses

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• oExpert user of Financial Systems and databases and Excel
• oDepth and extent of knowledge
• oDemonstrable evidence of influencing and persuading
• oHighly numerate and analytical
• oExcellent verbal reasoning
• oGood report writing skills
• oUnderstanding of current NHS structures and key policies especially IFRS and Foundation Trusts
• oKnowledge of acute hospital environment
• oAbility to lead and motivate staff.
• oAnalyses financial data. Analyses, investigates and resolves financial queries and discrepancies/ complex financial queries and discrepancies
• oMicrosoft S Access skills.
• oAble to plan and prioritise workload effectively, to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial timetables are met.
• oAbility to deliver finance training to non-finance managers.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• oCommitted to Continuing Professional Development
• oCommands credibility and respect from operational managers and colleagues
• oAble to concentrate and work under pressure.
• oProfessional and reputation for integrity
• oFlexible and supportive work colleague
• oCommercially astute.

Other

Essential

• oKnowledge and understanding of equal opportunities
• oAble to travel between sites.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital

COLLEGE ST

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)