Income Management Accountant- Financial Planning

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Income Management Accountant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Income Team are recruiting for an ambitious, motivated and enthusiastic individual as a Income Management Accountant to support our department and our key operational and clinical stakeholders to help deliver the best care for our patients.

This post will provide excellent experience to someone who is looking to progress or train in a career within a progressive NHS Finance Department.

You will need to work to ensure tight deadlines are met, whilst maintaining a high-quality approach. You must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and ideally already have some accounting knowledge or experience, possibly through studying AAT or by having a relevant degree. We will offer you support towards studying for a CCAB qualification and excellent career progression.

Please note that this advert may close early based on the number of applications.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

To provide full and comprehensive support to the Senior Income accountant and Financial Planning team (Income, Costing, Planning and Data Quality) in the provision of accurate and timely financial income reporting and the resolution of income challenges, through the application of appropriate accounting policies, NHS Payment Scheme (NHSPS) guidance and business experience.

To communicate with Senior managers, Clinicians, Budget holders, other Finance staff and external customers, by MS Teams, face to face, email or telephone as appropriate.

You will need to build effective relationships and communicate complex financial information to support stakeholders in making key decisions. The individual will need to also have excellent analytical skills and be able to manipulate large amounts of data, work diligently and accurately, and be able to draw inferences and present findings from analysis of financial and non-financial information.

East and North Herts NHS Trust have an attractive study package for those looking to continue their professional accountancy studies, which include the provision of study leave and financial support for exams.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Avnet House

Rutherford Close

Stevenage

SG1 2EF

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Avnet House

Rutherford Close

Stevenage

SG1 2EF

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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