Financial Accountant - Treasury Management, Payables & Receivables

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Financial Accountant - Treasury Management, Payables & Receivables - who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and professional individual to join our awarding winning Finance team. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and professional individual to manage our Transaction Team within Financial Accounts.

The post provides support to the Deputy Financial Controller (Operations) of East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHSTrust in the delivery of financial and operational objectives. The role is focused on operational and transactional financial accounts, including accounts payables, accounts receivable, cash management, and working capital management.

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 Financial Accountant will manage the Transaction Team in all matters relating to accounts payable and receivable and lead the agreement of balances exercise for the Trust. The role will include working closely with NHS Shared Business Services which uses the Oracle platform.

The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on the systems and procedure controls designed toensure integrity and accuracy within the financial services function.

The post holder will ensure the smooth functioning of the collection and payment of cash, particularly where there is a systems issue, you will take the lead and be responsible forproposing the necessary changes to avoid a repeat.

The role includes overseeing the processes for debt collection of the Trust's income, including working with Commissioners and key stakeholders to ensure that any disputed invoices areresolved quickly.

You will also work with external and internal audit to ensure efficient and effective delivery of their work programmes whilst maintaining appropriate internal systems and procedures.

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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