Job Description
Please note: Previous applicants need not apply
Financial Accountant ( Capital ) - Band 6
Financial Services
Wayside House, Coventry
34.00 hours per week, permanent role
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The post holder will:
Support the Technical Accountant in ensuring the statutory Annual Accounts are accurate, completed to a high professional standard and are submitted in accordance with Department of Health (DOH) timescales.
Produce accurate Financial Information on a monthly basis in accordance with Trust timescales.
Have responsibility for supporting a comprehensive capital accounting service to the Trust that ensures capital acquisitions are planned and the capital programme is monitored and reviewed to ensure effective use of capital resources.
Liaise directly with budget holders and project managers to give advice and monitor project developments.
Ensures that an asset register is maintained for all fixed assets and that the Trusts’ general ledger accurately reflects the position of its fixed asset / capital programme and the related capital charges.
Support the other activities within the Technical Accounting team.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
The successful candidate will be CCAB qualified or part-qualified with equivalent knowledge and experience to professional accountancy qualification level.
The postholder will have extensive financial accounting experience and experience of a financial year-end exercise, with fixed asset accounting. The postholder must have substantial experience in the use of computerised finance systems and associated feeder modules together with knowledge of HMRC VAT regulations and recent experience in control account reconciliation and financial reporting. The postholder will have advanced keyboard skills and be able to communicate effectively both formally and informally in writing, and verbally. The postholder will have the ability to interpret national NHS guidelines/directives and have specialist knowledge of the NHS financial regime, policies and procedures. The postholder will have a flexible approach, be able to work on their own initiative as well as part of the team.
The role will be based in the Wayside House office, but home working will be the majority proportion of the position. The 34 hours will be spread across the working week, Monday to Friday, but there can be some flexibility about the phasing of the hours within those 5 days.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
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