Primary care bookkeeper and payroll clerk (site based)

Nightingale Valley Practice

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Job summary

Job Summary

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Bookkeeper and payroll clerk to join our healthcare team.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive bookkeeping and financing oversight using the Xero platform along with collating all payroll information for processing via our external Payroll bureau.

Whilst you do not need to be ACA or ACCA qualified, we are looking for someone who has overseen these duties before with a minimum of 2 years Xero and payroll experience.

Main duties of the job

Utilise the Xero platform to reconcile incoming and outgoing payments with the relevant remittance via Invoicing or payments.
To ensure correct coding of all transactions.
To assist with forecasting and cash management of the practice.
To assist with rising cost / pay increase forecasting and presenting all information to the partners for discussion.
To chase payments and ensure timely processing of bills received.
To provide a cost saving analysis each month along with potential suggestions and recommendations.
To be the primary point of contact with our external third party accountants for year end, month end, estimated pensions etc.
To prepare the accounts along with the third party accountants for forecasting and diarise meetings and appointments.
Various ad-hoc duties as the bookkeeper.
To gather all metrics for payroll including overtime, sickness, deductions, enhanced payments, SSP, maternity pay, Cycle 2 work and any other payroll payments / deductions that need to be processed.
To verify all data and received from our third party payroll bureau that the data entry is correct.
To investigate and discrepancies and take appropriate action.
To be the point of contact for all pension queries (support via payroll bureau or NHS Pensions online).
To process leavers correctly and calculating their unused/overtaken holiday, any sickness deductions and advanced payments.
To be the primary contact for the third party payroll bureau.
Various ad-hoc duties as the payroll clerk.

About us

Nightingale Valley Practice's priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 15,200 patients registered with the Practice as well as those from other practices who are seen in our additional clinics. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have an holistic approach to patient care and a strong training ethos within the practice, with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.

Date posted

20 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A0302-25-0003

Job locations

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full job description

Job SummaryWe are seeking a dedicated and experienced Bookkeeper and payroll clerk to join our healthcare team.

Whilst you do not need to be ACA or ACCA qualified, we are looking for someone who has overseen these duties before with a minimum of 2 years Xero and payroll experience.

Duties

Utilise the Xero platform to reconcile incoming and outgoing payments with the relevant remittance via Invoicing or payments.
To ensure correct coding of all transactions.
To assist with forecasting and cash management of the practice.
To assist with rising cost / pay increase forecasting and presenting all information to the partners for discussion.
To chase payments and ensure timely processing of bills received.
To provide a cost saving analysis each month along with potential suggestions and recommendations.
To be the primary point of contact with our external third party accountants for year end, month end, estimated pensions etc.
To prepare the accounts along with the third party accountants for forecasting and diarise meetings and appointments.
Various ad-hoc duties as the bookkeeper.
To gather all metrics for payroll including overtime, sickness, deductions, enhanced payments, SSP, maternity pay, Cycle 2 work and any other payroll payments / deductions that need to be processed.
To verify all data and received from our third party payroll bureau that the data entry is correct.
To investigate and discrepancies and take appropriate action.
To be the point of contact for all pension queries (support via payroll bureau or NHS Pensions online).
To process leavers correctly and calculating their unused/overtaken holiday, any sickness deductions and advanced payments.
To be the primary contact for the third party payroll bureau.
To assist the partners with any queries relating to pay balancing / pay rises etc.
To clearly document all information for audit purposes.
Various ad-hoc duties as the payroll clerk.

Qualificationsand skills

ACA or ACCA qualification (not essential)
Xero accreditation or course (ideally)
Experience of working with Primary Care / NHS (ideally)
Experience processing payroll via a payroll bureau (required)
Experience of bookkeeper duties, forecasting and coding (required)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full job description

Job SummaryWe are seeking a dedicated and experienced Bookkeeper and payroll clerk to join our healthcare team.

Whilst you do not need to be ACA or ACCA qualified, we are looking for someone who has overseen these duties before with a minimum of 2 years Xero and payroll experience.

Duties

Utilise the Xero platform to reconcile incoming and outgoing payments with the relevant remittance via Invoicing or payments.
To ensure correct coding of all transactions.
To assist with forecasting and cash management of the practice.
To assist with rising cost / pay increase forecasting and presenting all information to the partners for discussion.
To chase payments and ensure timely processing of bills received.
To provide a cost saving analysis each month along with potential suggestions and recommendations.
To be the primary point of contact with our external third party accountants for year end, month end, estimated pensions etc.
To prepare the accounts along with the third party accountants for forecasting and diarise meetings and appointments.
Various ad-hoc duties as the bookkeeper.
To gather all metrics for payroll including overtime, sickness, deductions, enhanced payments, SSP, maternity pay, Cycle 2 work and any other payroll payments / deductions that need to be processed.
To verify all data and received from our third party payroll bureau that the data entry is correct.
To investigate and discrepancies and take appropriate action.
To be the point of contact for all pension queries (support via payroll bureau or NHS Pensions online).
To process leavers correctly and calculating their unused/overtaken holiday, any sickness deductions and advanced payments.
To be the primary contact for the third party payroll bureau.
To assist the partners with any queries relating to pay balancing / pay rises etc.
To clearly document all information for audit purposes.
Various ad-hoc duties as the payroll clerk.

Qualificationsand skills

ACA or ACCA qualification (not essential)
Xero accreditation or course (ideally)
Experience of working with Primary Care / NHS (ideally)
Experience processing payroll via a payroll bureau (required)
Experience of bookkeeper duties, forecasting and coding (required)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications and skills
ACA or ACCA qualification (not essential)
Xero accreditation or course (ideally)
Experience of working with Primary Care / NHS (ideally)
Experience processing payroll via a payroll bureau (required)
Experience of bookkeeper duties, forecasting and coding (required)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications and skills
ACA or ACCA qualification (not essential)
Xero accreditation or course (ideally)
Experience of working with Primary Care / NHS (ideally)
Experience processing payroll via a payroll bureau (required)
Experience of bookkeeper duties, forecasting and coding (required)

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Nightingale Valley Practice

Address

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

Employer's website

https://www.nightingalevalleypractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Nightingale Valley Practice

Address

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

Employer's website

https://www.nightingalevalleypractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

FAO Business or Deputy Manager

bnssg.nvpreception@nhs.net

01173304300

Date posted

20 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A0302-25-0003

Job locations

Wick Road

Bristol

BS4 4HU

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