Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Capital Accountant

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Job summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Capital Accounting Manager to join our Financial Accounting team.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective management and reporting of the Trust's non-current assets. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the financial health and strategic direction of the organisation.

Here are some clips of our KMPT staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us.

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Benefits

  • Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holiday's.
  • Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
  • Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street)

Main duties of the job

  • Develop and implement comprehensive capital accounting policies, procedures, and controls.
  • Oversee the accurate and timely recording, valuation, and depreciation of non-current assets.
  • Provide complex financial information and advice to support operational and strategic decision-making.
  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness within capital processes.
  • Act as a liaison point for external bodies such as NHS Shared Business Services, VAT advisors, and HMRC.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulations.
  • To ensure the Trusts' fixed asset register is complete and reconciled to the general ledger.
  • To lead on the valuation process.
  • To ensure VAT is accounted for correctly and recovered from HMRC where allowable and to provide a liaison point for external bodies such as NHS Shared Business Services, VAT advisors, and HMRC

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Details

Date posted

14 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

380-SS0582

Job locations

Magnitude House

New Hythe Lane

Aylesford

ME20 6WT


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • The post holder will support the Senior Financial Accountant in the preparation of the annual capital programme. This will include liaising with all capital programme managers and budget holders, review of all capital bids and prioritisations and challenging those bids where appropriate and providing budget recommendations.
  • The post holder is responsible for analysing capital expenditure ensuring adherence to Trust policy and the relevant accounting standards and regulations.
  • The post holder will work with the responsible directorate/support service and the capital budget holder to determine the performance of current capital schemes and in the case of any problems being highlighted, suggest and implement plans to rectify the situation. This will include the explanation of the complex NHS capital financial regime to both NHS and non-NHS managers.

Please see the job description for more details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • The post holder will support the Senior Financial Accountant in the preparation of the annual capital programme. This will include liaising with all capital programme managers and budget holders, review of all capital bids and prioritisations and challenging those bids where appropriate and providing budget recommendations.
  • The post holder is responsible for analysing capital expenditure ensuring adherence to Trust policy and the relevant accounting standards and regulations.
  • The post holder will work with the responsible directorate/support service and the capital budget holder to determine the performance of current capital schemes and in the case of any problems being highlighted, suggest and implement plans to rectify the situation. This will include the explanation of the complex NHS capital financial regime to both NHS and non-NHS managers.

Please see the job description for more details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Part Qualified

Desirable

  • Fully Qualified

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an NHS Organisation

Desirable

  • 5 years experience in an NHS Organisation

Skills

Essential

  • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Package

Desirable

  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Package

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to present information clearly

Desirable

  • Ability to present information clearly for different levels of the Organisation

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of NHS Capital regime

Desirable

  • Excellent working knowledge of NHS Capital Regime

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of NHS VAT regulations

Desirable

  • Excellent working knowledge of NHS VAT regulations

Skills

Essential

  • Some evidence of working as a team

Desirable

  • ample evidence of working as a team

Skills

Essential

  • Some evidence of working under pressure

Desirable

  • Ample evidence of working under pressure

Skills

Essential

  • Some evidence of successfully working to a timetable

Desirable

  • Ample evidence of successfully working to a timetable
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Part Qualified

Desirable

  • Fully Qualified

Experience

Essential

  • Working in an NHS Organisation

Desirable

  • 5 years experience in an NHS Organisation

Skills

Essential

  • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Package

Desirable

  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Package

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to present information clearly

Desirable

  • Ability to present information clearly for different levels of the Organisation

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of NHS Capital regime

Desirable

  • Excellent working knowledge of NHS Capital Regime

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good working knowledge of NHS VAT regulations

Desirable

  • Excellent working knowledge of NHS VAT regulations

Skills

Essential

  • Some evidence of working as a team

Desirable

  • ample evidence of working as a team

Skills

Essential

  • Some evidence of working under pressure

Desirable

  • Ample evidence of working under pressure

Skills

Essential

  • Some evidence of successfully working to a timetable

Desirable

  • Ample evidence of successfully working to a timetable

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

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Magnitude House

New Hythe Lane

Aylesford

ME20 6WT


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Magnitude House

New Hythe Lane

Aylesford

ME20 6WT


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director or Finance

Kevin Kent

kevinkent@nhs.net

01227533104

Details

Date posted

14 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

380-SS0582

Job locations

Magnitude House

New Hythe Lane

Aylesford

ME20 6WT


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