The principal role of the Budget Accountant is to assist the Divisional Support Accountant in providing financial and statistical information and support to Clinical Directorates and other hospital departments., To assist in the production of accurate and timely budget statements each month and to assist in the annual budget-setting process for the Trust, including conducting routine and annual budget-setting meetings with holders of the smaller budgets., 1. To assist the DSA to provide financial and statistical information and advice to Clinical Directorates and other hospital departments.
2. To assist in the production of accurate and timely budget statements each month and to assist in the annual budget-setting process for the Trust, including conducting routine and annual budget-setting meetings with holders of the smaller budgets.
3. To work with minimal supervision to prepare monthly accruals and prepayments for the teams' directorates.
4. To investigate and reconcile specific balance sheet suspense accounts directly impacting on the Management Accounts Department.
5. To be responsible for the day to day administration of the Trust's In House Salary Sacrifice Lease Car Scheme, from quote to order processing.
6. To work with minimal supervision to perform various routine and ad hoc monthly tasks, including the requesting of funding from reserves, the balancing of those reserves, the reconciliation of reserves to recurrent budgets, the achievement and coding of savings.
7. To take an active part in raising invoices to external agencies, and to assist in tracking, coding and reconciling income.
8. To investigate and adjust invalid revenue code allocations and to assist in the maintenance and development of the financial coding system.
9. To investigate and adjust invalid revenue code allocations and to assist in the maintenance and development of the financial coding system.
10. To investigate and adjust ledger discrepancies arising from direct transmissions from the NHS Supplies and Pharmacy computer systems and from the Payroll system.
11. To control and maintain the office filing system in liaison with the other Budget Accountants.
12. To undertake ad hoc projects and to assist in any other accounting areas as necessary., The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
'Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children's service.
Patent and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
+ Putting patients first
+ Aiming to get it right
+ Recognising that everybody counts
+ Doing everything openly and honestly, Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide 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) will also be subject to this requirement.
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Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.