Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Financial Accountant

The closing date is 01 June 2025

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Financial Accountant to join the Finance Directorate on a full time basis. The team are currently operating a hybrid office-based and working from home model.

The role of the Finance Department is to provide support and advice to managers on all financial matters, ensuring that statutory and reporting requirements are met, financial controls are in place, and all financial transactions are properly accounted for.

The role of the Assistant Financial Accountant is to produce accurate, reliable and timely payroll accounting information. To support the payroll provider, and to complete the necessary reconciliations to ensure the payroll position is accurately reported to the Trust and external regulators.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document 'Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice' prior to applying for the role.

Main duties of the job

This will involve working to strict deadlines and using a variety of software as well as liaising with a wide range of contacts.

The post holder will need to have experience of Microsoft computer packages including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook and experience of finance ledger systems.

The successful applicant may be required to display a degree of flexibility in their weekly working pattern due to the variable needs of the post

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-25-419

Job locations

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for the day to day maintenance of Payroll accounting including: Gross to Net Payroll Reconciliation Payroll Payments to 3rd Parties Finance contact for the Outsource payroll provider Responsibility for reconciling various balance sheet accounts and key expenditure accounts Posting of general ledger journals and assisting in the month-end close and reporting Provide accounting advice to internal stakeholders, e.g. General Ledger Coding Assist with the Financial Accounting Teams monthly reporting processes To support the Financial Accountant and Head of Financial Account carry out financial accounting duties Liaise with external and internal auditors gathering evidence to support the annual accounts as required Support the annual accounts process Liaise with 3rd parties relating to queries/payments e.g. HMRC, Pension Providers, Courts Assist in the implementation of policies and work on projects within the department, contributing to the development of new or amended policies within the scope of responsibilities Assist in the review of processes within the scope of responsibilities to identify improvement areas Ensure that work is completed and in line with financial timescales and legal requirements Help to ensure that information is processed in accordance with procedures and is available to support statutory returns and financial reporting requirements Assist and provide cover where necessary under the supervision of the Financial Accountant for other members of the department as appropriate Write and maintain procedure notes for own area of responsibility, and support section as appropriate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for the day to day maintenance of Payroll accounting including: Gross to Net Payroll Reconciliation Payroll Payments to 3rd Parties Finance contact for the Outsource payroll provider Responsibility for reconciling various balance sheet accounts and key expenditure accounts Posting of general ledger journals and assisting in the month-end close and reporting Provide accounting advice to internal stakeholders, e.g. General Ledger Coding Assist with the Financial Accounting Teams monthly reporting processes To support the Financial Accountant and Head of Financial Account carry out financial accounting duties Liaise with external and internal auditors gathering evidence to support the annual accounts as required Support the annual accounts process Liaise with 3rd parties relating to queries/payments e.g. HMRC, Pension Providers, Courts Assist in the implementation of policies and work on projects within the department, contributing to the development of new or amended policies within the scope of responsibilities Assist in the review of processes within the scope of responsibilities to identify improvement areas Ensure that work is completed and in line with financial timescales and legal requirements Help to ensure that information is processed in accordance with procedures and is available to support statutory returns and financial reporting requirements Assist and provide cover where necessary under the supervision of the Financial Accountant for other members of the department as appropriate Write and maintain procedure notes for own area of responsibility, and support section as appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 3 AAT, part qualified CCAB/CIMA or significant equivalent accounting experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in a management or financial accounts role for a complex organisation.

Desirable

Experience of working in finance role in NHS or other public sector organisation

Skills

Essential

Excellent communicator - able to communicate effectively at all levels and explain complex financial information to non-finance colleagues
Good organisational and planning skills, enabling deadlines to be met
Significant knowledge of finance computer systems, ledgers and coding structure and their application

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 3 AAT, part qualified CCAB/CIMA or significant equivalent accounting experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in a management or financial accounts role for a complex organisation.

Desirable

Experience of working in finance role in NHS or other public sector organisation

Skills

Essential

Excellent communicator - able to communicate effectively at all levels and explain complex financial information to non-finance colleagues
Good organisational and planning skills, enabling deadlines to be met
Significant knowledge of finance computer systems, ledgers and coding structure and their application

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

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)