Accounts Assistant

NHS; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Lowestoft seeks an Accounts Assistant to manage bank accounts and assist the finance team in maintaining accurate financial records. Candidates should have strong accounting skills and be proficient in integrated accounting systems. This position offers professional development opportunities and requires effective communication skills. Embrace our values of Compassion, Action, Respect, and Everyone.

Benefits

Employee benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 4 in accounting or equivalent experience required.
• Competence in IT including spreadsheets and accounting systems.
• Experience working in a finance function essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile bank accounts for Parent & Subsidiary companies.
• Process petty cash claims and monthly credit card statements.
• Assist with credit control and purchase ledger queries.

Skills

Strong accounting skills

Effective communication

Teamwork ability

Problem-solving skills

Education

NVQ Level 4 in accounting

Tools

Integrated accounting systems

Spreadsheet software

Job description

The Accounts Assistant is a key role within the Finance Team based at Hamilton House, Lowestoft.

The successful candidate will have strong accounting skills, strong communicator, pro-active and comfortable with working with a wide range of people from finance and non-finance background. The main aim of the role is to maintain the bank accounts of both Parent & Subsidiary companies accurately recording all income and expenditure, including reconciliation of accounts. The role will assist the Accounts Transaction Team Leader in the smooth running of cash processes. You must be able to manage your own time effectively.

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Main duties of the job

Process income & expenditure and reconcile bank accounts for all Legal Entities

Process petty cash claims and reconcile accounts

Process credit card statements and reconcile accounts

Posting of NHS supply chain expenditure journals

Daily banking as necessary

Daily/weekly running of bank statements and payments on Barclays.net

Assist with credit control and purchase ledger as and when required

Processing and sending out Sales Ledger Invoices and backup

Process ad-hoc card payments from Customers/clients

Assist with credit control and purchase ledger queries as and when required

Ad hoc analysis work

About us

The Finance Team provide a vital service to the organisation. It's responsible for the accurate recording of financial transactions, as well as managing incoming and outgoing cash payments. It also provides a reporting service to both internal and external stakeholders for governance purposes, but also to aid the organisation to deliver its services.

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

Job responsibilities

Import Bank statements in Access, process cash booksand reconcile bank accounts for Parent & Subsidiary companies.

Process petty cash claims and reconcile accounts

Send out monthly company credit card statements andprocess credit card returns

Posting of NHS supply chain expenditure journals

Daily banking as necessary

Daily/weekly running of Bank statements & Paymentson Barclays. net

Meet daily/weekly deadlines

Processing and sending out Sales Ledger Invoices andbackup

Process ad-hoc card payments from Customers/clients

Assist with credit control and purchase ledger queriesas and when required

Ad hoc analysis work

All roleswithin East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate ourValues and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide topatients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staffshould consider these as an essential part of their job role.

Our Values outline the core behaviours that wecan all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

Underpinning our Values are our SignatureBehaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build astrong culture. Our four SignatureBehaviours are: Compassion- We Listen, We Learn,We Lead| Action - MyAccountability, My Responsibility | Respect - RespectOur Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 4 in accounting or an equivalent level of experience.
• Competent in the use of IT including spreadsheet, word-processing and email.
• Competent in the use of integrate accounting systems.
• Progress towards a recognised accountancy qualification relevant to the needs of the post e.g., AAT.

Skills and Knowledge

• Proven ability to function well as part of a team and work independently
• Ability to communicate effectively and accurately record information
• Good working knowledge of financial systems to maintain financial transactions
• Use of spreadsheets for the purpose of recording, reporting, analysing financial information

Experience

• Experience of working within a finance function.
• Experience of working with and contributing to a team.
• Demonstrative experience of working with accounting systems including the posting of transactions.
• Previous experience of purchase ledger clerk role.
• Previous experience of sales ledger clerk role.
• Previous experience of cashbook/accounts assistant role.

Personal Attributes

• Good team player
• Professional standard of communication both written and verbal
• Ability to problem solve and find solutions that meet the needs of the organisation and individuals
• Willingness to expand current skills and knowledge
• Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
• (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together).
• Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.