Financial Accountant (General Ledger)

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROU Asset register

To ensure that records relating to ROU asset capital accounting are accurately and effectively maintained on the Finance General Ledger and the Trusts ROU asset register including regular reconciliations to assist in the accurate production of the Trust Balance Sheet to the required reporting timetable.

To liaise with budget holders, Divisional managers and the Assistant Director of Finance to ensure continued accurate identification of additions, cessations, upgrades and replacements / damaged / obsolete ROU assets. The ROU asset register will be updated as necessary for such amendments.

Informing Assistant Director of Finance Financial Services of any issues that arise and help inform the resolution process.

General Ledger

Assist in the production of statutory annual accounts for the Trust. This will also include taking part in the national agreement of balances exercises.

Dealing with internal and external audit requirements as required.

Co-ordinating reconciliation of specific Shared Business Service and local balance sheet reconciliations especially salary sacrifice schemes.Internal (Management Accounts and payroll) and external (customers and suppliers) communications required when reconciling balance sheet accounts, for example, calculating and agreeing external recharges.

Knowledge of the use of control accounts and how to perform complex reconciliations required.

Reconciling certain balance sheet codes monthly actioning requirements such as journal corrections, raising sales invoices or other actions.

The ability to concentrate on complex financial information and calculations without loss of accuracy, for prolonged periods of time, with interruptions, is required.

Significant data analysis required with inputs into and exports out of the oracle finance system, Business Intelligence and creation/amendments of multiple excel spreadsheets.

Charity

Manage the Charitable Funds ledger system and the work of the Charitable Funds Officer.

Responsibility for the preparation of the Trusts Charitable Funds accounts in accordance with latest SORP.

Preparation of financial information for the Trusts Charitable Funds sub-committee.

Preparation of financial analysis for, and regular communication with, the Trusts Head of Charity.

Provisions

Create and maintain spreadsheets in order to provide an accurate calculation of provisions for accounts purposes e.g. pensions, employers and public liability claims against the Trust and permanent injury benefits awards referring to the latest technical accounting guidance.

Clinical and professional responsibilities

Maintain professional registrations as necessary.

Adhere to relevant code of practice of professional body.

Administrative responsibilities

Ensure all relevant procedure notes and associated forms are completed in line with departmental policy and audit requirements.

Teaching and training responsibilities

Actively participate in the annual performance development review to identify personal needs.

To attend Trust statutory and mandatory training sessions.

Line Management/Supervisory responsibilities

Day to day management of staff as required.Undertaking annual performance development reviews as necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Significant financial accounting experience
• Supervisory experience
• Experience of working in NHS finance
• Experience of the Oracle General Ledger System including Business Intelligence
• Experience of providing training and support to others in own specialist area
• Evidence of planning and organising tasks required to achieve a specific outcome within a specified timeframe without direction from line manager
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting complex data and producing robust forecasts
• Highly computer literate including MS Word, Excel, Access. Able to extract data, create and manipulate complex spreadsheets

Skills

Essential

• Good standard of communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate complex financial information to nonfinance managers
• Acts professionally in all dealings with colleagues and in liaising with external bodies; must be able to adapt style appropriately to deal diplomatically with senior personnel
• Good standard of written communications
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Well organised, able to plan and prioritise own workload
• Good negotiating and influencing skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to support change
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Requirement to concentrate for long periods when inputting data and when analysing data/statistics

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Knowsley Community College

Stockbridge Lane

Huyton

L36 3SD

Employer's website

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