Technical Accountant - Balance Sheet

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Technical Accountantwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Financial Accounts team are recruiting for an ambitious, motivated, and enthusiastic individual as Technical Accountant to support our department and our key operational and clinical stakeholders to help deliver the best care for our patients.

The Technical Accountant will report directly to the Deputy Financial Controller and will prepare accurate and robust balance sheet reconciliations, as well as the monitoring and maintenance of the complete control account register. Other tasks include working closely with Shared Business Services (SBS) - the Trust's out-sourced Ledger and Finance Services provider, assisting with audit queries and ad hoc presentation of information as required, as well as maintaining a robust control regime.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will prepare accurate and robust balance sheet reconciliations, as well as the monitoring and maintenance of the complete control account register. Other tasks include working closely with Shared Business Services (SBS) - the Trust's out-sourced Ledger and Finance Services provider, assisting with audit queries and ad hoc presentation of information as required, as well as maintaining a robust control regime.

The post holder will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be confident in the use of Microsoft Excel, and accounting and reporting systems to a high standard.

You will provide support to the Deputy Financial Controller in the planning and completion of monthly returns for review by theSenior Finance team prior to submission to the Regulator and the Trust Board.

You will also be able to demonstrate an extensive knowledge on how to use the Oracle Financial System in order to be able to offertraining to members of the finance team and in depth help & assistance to other users.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and 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 Hertfordshire Teaching 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 Hertfordshire Teaching 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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