Financial Accounting Analyst

Job summary

NHSBT is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Financial Accounting and Control Team on a permanent basis. This vacancy aims to attract applications from enthusiastic individuals with technical ability and excellent analytical skills. You will possess or working towards a recognised accountancy qualification e.g. part qualified AAT, NVQ level 4 or above. Youll join a successful and well-respected team with talented individuals. Finance currently receives excellent reports from both internal and external auditors with very few issues being identified. We want to maintain this and keep getting better. The challenge is to maintain this level of control whilst continuously improving efficiency and customer service. Through delivering excellent services, you will contribute with NHSBT mission for lives to be saved and improved.

Main duties of the job

In this role, your day to day responsibilities will include: Extracting, analysing and producing accurate financial accounting data on time to ensure compliance with reporting timetables. Providing support to the Financial Accounting and Control Team in the provision of timely, accurate and complete information to support operational decision making and financial reporting income collection. Ensure the reconciliation of all uploaded files (e.g. Oracle journals) to source information and investigating any discrepancies in a timely manner. Deal with customer queries supported by the Corporate Financial Accountant. Assisting with the production of year-end working papers to support the control accounts reconciliations. Supporting the introduction of new working practices and new technologies. Supporting the Financial Accounting and Control Team in duties such as: Balance Sheet reconciliations VAT records and reports Stock usage calculations Cashbook Staff numbers, costs and associated reporting Building records in advance of year-end

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.