Senior Income Accountant

Job description

Job responsibilities

INCOME

1. Prepare highly complex monthly performance data for contract income to prescribed standards and timescales for internal and external stakeholders.

2. Analyse and explain significant variations from SLA contract income and activity plans. This involves making judgements on highly complex facts which requires analysis, interpretation & comparison of a range options.

3. Develop, maintain, refine and document local databases, spreadsheets and systems and processes for calculating, reporting and forecasting SLA /contract income for all Commissioners. Revise as necessary for annual changes in guidance/tariffs

4. Provide monthly financial statements to commissioners on SLA income covering both PbR / NTPS and non-PbR against an agreed timescale, liaising with staff in information services and other departments to comply with National guidance, ensure that data is available so that agreed timescales can be met

5 In liaison with the debtors function, raise invoices and credit notes as appropriate in order to recover income due from Commissioners contracted and non -contracted.

6. Establish and maintain good working relationships through regular contact with ICBs, CSUs other organisations responsible for commissioning healthcare services.

7. Work closely with CSU, ICB and Information Services colleagues to reconcile SLAM data with CSU income data based on SUS and to minimise data queries.. Highlight any consequent risks to income as early as possible in the process.

8. Ensure the integrity and consistency of financial coding within the general ledger i.e. income is properly coded

9. Produce projections of activity & financial data (when required) to enable a realistic financial forecast to be generated. This will demand abilities in assessing and forming opinions around risk and imperfect information. This includes promoting and suggesting corrective actions for departments providing data. This involves planning and organising complex data feed & manipulation on an on-going basis as problems are encountered, work around solutions have to be developed.

10 Support the Head of Costing & Income and Contracting and Costing Accountant in developing community based clinical services provided by the Trust into appropriate activity and currencies with healthcare commissioners.

11. Support with the production of Service Line Reporting from an income perspective and wider support on an adhoc basis

PAYMENT BY RESULTS / National Tariff Payment System

12. Keep up-to-date with the latest NHS financial regime changes, interpreting national policy and regulations, communicating issues to the relevant staff within the Trust.

13. Develop the reporting of contract income budgets to Trust managers under Payment by Results (PbR) / NTPS against agreed timescales. This involves production of project plans & procedures which impact across the finance department and on the Trusts financial plans

14. Understand how national costing and funding models affect the business and be able to explain these to clinical and non-clinical staff.

15. Understand and assist with modelling income and input into business cases and modelling lead by Head of Costing & Income. This includes developing and implementing modelling spreadsheets and databases to produce activity projections to support contract discussions.

16. Responsible for developing financial policies & procedures in the area of PbR/NTPS and costing which impact on other areas of the organisation

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Have an accounting qualification or equivalent experience in an income or SUS monitoring teams

Desirable

• SQL experience

Experience

Essential

• At least 5 years experience in a finance or equivalent function

Technical / Experience

Desirable

• Experience of amending technical reporting structures from year to year in line with changing requirements

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

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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

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Walsall Manor Hospital

Moat Road

Walsall

WS2 9PS

Employer's website

https://walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)