Job summary
You will be working as
part of the Financial Accounting Team, supporting the Finance Manager to
provide a financial accounting and treasury management service to the Trust.
This will involve processing financial information in accordance with
procedures and providing information to allow the completion of statutory
returns. The Financial Accounting department works alongside various
internal/external departments.
The post holder will be an honest, flexible, enthusiastic and adaptable team player who can work to tight deadlines with a meticulous approach to ensure the highest standards ofaccuracy and compliance with set guidance. Good communication skills, both verbal and written, are required. Applicants should also possess a professional approach, be willing to accept responsibility and be able to manage competing priorities.
Main duties of the job
The role involves the preparation of reconciliations,investigating discrepancies via a combination of methods including interrogation of the financial systems, presenting the findings, ensuring all necessary amendments have been made, payroll pay overs, raising recharge invoices, processing journals, and analysing and monitoring assigned accounts/ledgers and associated information in accordance with set procedures. This will include the utilisation of a range of financial systems, for which training will be provided. The post-holder will also be required to provide flexible support and cover arrangements for other members of the financialaccounting teamand treasury management as required by the Finance Manager.
You will keen to obtain a good understanding of a range of accounting areas and commence studying towards obtaining a full CCAB professional accountancy qualification.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust is one of the largest trusts in the UK and rated good by the CQC. The
Trust has a long-term vision to transform healthcare facilities across the
Trust for our patients and staff through our Building the Leeds Way programme.
With an annual income of £1.8 billion, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a
major acute trust, providing a wide range of services across Yorkshire and the
Humber and beyond.
In joining the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trusts Finance department, you would be part of a high performing and committed
team who are passionate in delivering high quality, patient focused and
sustainable healthcare with a focus on clinically led transformation allowing
the Trust to best serve its patients for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To produce timely and accurate control account
reconciliations from the balance sheet to third party records in accordance
with agreed timetables and procedures for review by the Finance Manager.
- Liaise with other finance colleagues and
external departments to investigate discrepancies as necessary and to ensure
corrective action is taken where
necessary.
- To interrogate financial systems, in order to
generate information to allow a response to be given to routine and non-routine
queries on a day-to-day basis as required.
- To
perform routine financial accounting duties such as, processing of journals, raising
of invoices, utilising
spreadsheets to provide summary routine monitoring information and general administrative office duties
- Producing reports outside of the general ledger
making the appropriate use of spread sheets and databases and distributing them
in an appropriate format to users.
- To undertake the reconciliation and payment to
third parties of payroll-related debtors and creditors.
- To calculate and process recharges of costs for
on a regular monthly basis.
- To support the Treasury Management Officer in
updating and maintaining the Trusts cash books and cash flow forecasts
including processing payments as required.
- To provide cover for other members of the
financial accounting section as required during times of annual leave, study
leave and other absences.
- To
perform other tasks as required by senior members of the financial accounting
department.
-
Assisting at year end; performing petty cash checks
supporting the student finance officer.
- To
maintain audit trails and appropriate records.
- To
ensure that day to day work is carried out in line the agreed policies and
procedures and quality standards.
-
To monitor the key risk areas relating to own area of
work, referring issues which need to be highlighted to senior staff.
- To provide advice to and to demonstrate own
activities and workplace routines to new or less experienced colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To produce timely and accurate control account
reconciliations from the balance sheet to third party records in accordance
with agreed timetables and procedures for review by the Finance Manager.
- Liaise with other finance colleagues and
external departments to investigate discrepancies as necessary and to ensure
corrective action is taken where
necessary.
- To interrogate financial systems, in order to
generate information to allow a response to be given to routine and non-routine
queries on a day-to-day basis as required.
- To
perform routine financial accounting duties such as, processing of journals, raising
of invoices, utilising
spreadsheets to provide summary routine monitoring information and general administrative office duties
- Producing reports outside of the general ledger
making the appropriate use of spread sheets and databases and distributing them
in an appropriate format to users.
- To undertake the reconciliation and payment to
third parties of payroll-related debtors and creditors.
- To calculate and process recharges of costs for
on a regular monthly basis.
- To support the Treasury Management Officer in
updating and maintaining the Trusts cash books and cash flow forecasts
including processing payments as required.
- To provide cover for other members of the
financial accounting section as required during times of annual leave, study
leave and other absences.
- To
perform other tasks as required by senior members of the financial accounting
department.
-
Assisting at year end; performing petty cash checks
supporting the student finance officer.
- To
maintain audit trails and appropriate records.
- To
ensure that day to day work is carried out in line the agreed policies and
procedures and quality standards.
-
To monitor the key risk areas relating to own area of
work, referring issues which need to be highlighted to senior staff.
- To provide advice to and to demonstrate own
activities and workplace routines to new or less experienced colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSE Grade 4-9 (old system A*-C) or equivalent, to include Maths and English.
- Committed to complete the Finance Apprenticeship.
Experience
Essential
- An appreciation of the need to follow set policies & procedures.
- Experience of working in a team environment.
Desirable
- An awareness of the basic procedures and principles relevant to the post.
Behaviours & Skills
Essential
- A confident, respectful approach, willing to develop and maintain good working relationships.
- Commitment to behaving honestly, openly, impartially and fairly.
- Commitment and enthusiastic, with a keen desire to attain high standards.
- Good team working skills, able to carry out work with others, sharing good practice with colleagues.
- Demonstration of a positive response when discussing development needs.
- Good numeracy skills.
- Ability to undertake or be trained on the job in a range of routine finance procedures.
- Ability to organise/plan work, performing straightforward tasks in accordance with set deadlines.
- Good communication skills, verbal and written.
Desirable
- Ability to enter financial data with speed and accuracy into computerised/paper systems.
- Ability to input into financial spread sheets with the occasional need to create new spread sheets.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSE Grade 4-9 (old system A*-C) or equivalent, to include Maths and English.
- Committed to complete the Finance Apprenticeship.
Experience
Essential
- An appreciation of the need to follow set policies & procedures.
- Experience of working in a team environment.
Desirable
- An awareness of the basic procedures and principles relevant to the post.
Behaviours & Skills
Essential
- A confident, respectful approach, willing to develop and maintain good working relationships.
- Commitment to behaving honestly, openly, impartially and fairly.
- Commitment and enthusiastic, with a keen desire to attain high standards.
- Good team working skills, able to carry out work with others, sharing good practice with colleagues.
- Demonstration of a positive response when discussing development needs.
- Good numeracy skills.
- Ability to undertake or be trained on the job in a range of routine finance procedures.
- Ability to organise/plan work, performing straightforward tasks in accordance with set deadlines.
- Good communication skills, verbal and written.
Desirable
- Ability to enter financial data with speed and accuracy into computerised/paper systems.
- Ability to input into financial spread sheets with the occasional need to create new spread sheets.
