Job summary
If you believe in putting patients first and supporting the delivery of sustainable mental health services then we want to hear from you. We make it our priority to give the best possible care in the right place at the right time to help our users recover and live their best life.
You can help us achieve this by joining our passionate and friendly finance team. We currently have a vacancy for a highly motivated, pro-active, part-qualified Accountancy Technician, or someone willing to train as an Accountancy Technician under an apprenticeship scheme.
Main duties of the job
As an Assistant Accountant for Income, you will ensure that all income is invoiced accurately and in a timely manner and help to answer any queries which may arise.
This role fits within a busy, friendly finance department where we work as a team. You will also help to complete monthly management accounts tasks and assist with preparing national reporting and statutory financial accounting returns.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a team we are continuously seeking to improve the quality of financial information provided to our many stakeholders and are looking for a candidate who can help us to improve our processes.
Main responsibilities include:
- Raising sales ledger invoices
- Liaising with Trust staff to check the details required for the invoice
- Liaise with customers and Trust staff to resolve any issues which may arise
- Reconcile income raised to contracts
- Reconcile income accounts within the accounts system.
- Undertake a finance based apprenticeship if you wish to take up this role as an apprenticeship post.
- Suggest improvements to processes affecting your work or the wider Finance team
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a team we are continuously seeking to improve the quality of financial information provided to our many stakeholders and are looking for a candidate who can help us to improve our processes.
Main responsibilities include:
- Raising sales ledger invoices
- Liaising with Trust staff to check the details required for the invoice
- Liaise with customers and Trust staff to resolve any issues which may arise
- Reconcile income raised to contracts
- Reconcile income accounts within the accounts system.
- Undertake a finance based apprenticeship if you wish to take up this role as an apprenticeship post.
- Suggest improvements to processes affecting your work or the wider Finance team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Five GCSEs including both Maths and English at grade 4 or above.
- If not AAT part-qualified, has expressed willingness to participate in apprenticeship
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates good Excel skills - gives examples of calculations that they use
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS or Social Services Finance
- Experience of working in a Finance department
- Experience of using a computerised general ledger system - ideally Business World or equivalent (i.e as opposed to Sage or QuickBooks)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to work under pressure / to deadlines
- Demonstrates good written communication skills
- Demonstrates good verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to work in a methodical and accurate manner
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Five GCSEs including both Maths and English at grade 4 or above.
- If not AAT part-qualified, has expressed willingness to participate in apprenticeship
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates good Excel skills - gives examples of calculations that they use
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS or Social Services Finance
- Experience of working in a Finance department
- Experience of using a computerised general ledger system - ideally Business World or equivalent (i.e as opposed to Sage or QuickBooks)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to work under pressure / to deadlines
- Demonstrates good written communication skills
- Demonstrates good verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to work in a methodical and accurate manner
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
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