Accountancy Assistant

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Churwell; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting an Accountancy Assistant to join our Finance Team, with hybrid working (home and office) based at White Rose Park, Leeds.

The role supports the Finance Manager Income & Central Reporting to ensure robust financial management and reporting. You will provide routine finance support, handle accruals/prepayments, resolve queries from staff and external contacts, manage IQM queries, raise sales orders, and assist with month end and year end processes.

Qualifications

• Provide day to day routine support to the Finance Team.
• Calculate and input accruals and prepayments in accordance with the internal monthly accounts timetable.
• Investigate queries from staff, external customers/suppliers and patients, providing assistance and advice in a professional and timely manner.
• Raise sales orders and support the management of the receivables policy and procedure.
• Assist with month end and annual accounts process ensuring that proper records are maintained to support the audit of the accounts by the statutory auditor.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day routine support to the LCH Finance Team.
• Calculate and input accruals and prepayments in accordance with the internal monthly accounts timetable.
• Investigate queries from staff, external customers/suppliers and patients, providing assistance and advice in a professional and timely manner.
• Undertake the Invoice Query Manager (IQM) role for the Trust. Act as the first point of contact for queries relating to non-purchase order invoices both internally and externally. Direct invoices to the correct person for coding and investigate any payment related queries.
• Raise sales orders and support the management of the receivables policy and procedure.
• Assist with month end and annual accounts process ensuring that proper records are maintained to support the audit of the accounts by the statutory auditor.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Accountancy Assistant to join our dynamic and busy Finance Team. The role will include a hybrid working arrangement with a combination of home and office working based at White Rose Park, Leeds. This role will be supporting the Finance Manager Income & Central Reporting to help ensure robust and accurate financial management and reporting are completed at all times. The Financial Management team provides finance support to budget holders across the organisation by providing robust financial reports and quality assured financial information, high quality financial advice, with financial management support to Business Units, costing advice, cost information and financial benchmarking information to managers.,

• Provide day to day routine support to the LCH Finance Team.
• Calculate and input accruals and prepayments in accordance with the internal monthly accounts timetable.
• Investigate queries from staff, external customers/suppliers and patients, providing assistance and advice in a professional and timely manner.
• Undertake the Invoice Query Manager (IQM) role for the Trust. Act as the first point of contact for queries relating to non-purchase order invoices both internally and externally. Direct invoices to the correct person for coding and investigate any payment related queries.
• Raise sales orders and support the management of the receivables policy and procedure.
• Assist with month end and annual accounts process ensuring that proper records are maintained to support the audit of the accounts by the statutory auditor.

Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council. We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.