Capital Accounts & Charitable Funds Team Leader

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health trust in Prestwich seeks a Finance Assistant to support financial monitoring and maintain the fixed asset register. Key responsibilities include monitoring capital expenditure and assisting with charitable funds accounting. The ideal candidate will have experience in finance and strong Excel skills. This position offers excellent benefits such as pay enhancements for evenings and weekends, and opportunities for growth within the team.

Benefits

30% additional pay for evenings and Saturdays

60% additional pay for Sundays and bank holidays

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English at grade A to C or equivalent qualification.
• Part qualified AAT or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience working within a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Monitor expenditure against the Trust’s agreed capital programme.
• Support the maintenance of the Trust’s Fixed Asset Register.
• Reconcile Charitable Funds Cashbook to the general ledger monthly.

Skills

Excel

Word

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Education

GCSE Maths and English at grade A to C or equivalent

Part qualified AAT or equivalent experience

Job description

Job overview

To provide accurate and timely monthly monitoring information in respect of expenditure against the Trust’s capital programme.

To support and maintain the Trusts Fixed Asset Register.

To assist in various aspects of Charitable Fund accounting including the bank reconciliation, reconciliation of charitable funds expenditure and Charitable Funds reporting.

To cover for the AR, AP and TA Team leaders when required.

Please note – This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22 / 07 / 2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and hold continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04 / 04 / 2024.

Main duties of the job

Capital Monitoring

Fixed Asset Register

Fixed Asset Accounting

Lease Register & Accounting

Charitable Funds Accounting

Capital Monitoring

• To monitor expenditure against the Trust’s agreed capital programme.
• To provide detailed expenditure information to the Capital Working & Investment Groups on a monthly basis.
• To ensure that VAT is correctly accounted for on all capital schemes.
• To review on a monthly basis all revenue expenditure over £5k to assess whether the expenditure should be capitalised.

Fixed Asset Register

• To support the maintenance of the Trust’s Fixed Asset Register (Integra) in accordance with the current capital accounting guidance and with other statutory and internal reporting requirements.
• To ensure that all fixed asset transactions are recorded in an accurate and timely manner including additions, disposals, depreciation, revaluations, and impairments.

Fixed Asset Accounting

• To support in ensuring that all accounting entries relating to fixed assets are recorded accurately within the general ledger.

Lease Register & Accounting

• To support the maintenance of the Trust’s register of leases in accordance with the requirements of IFRS 16.
• Code and record rental invoices within the IFRS16 working papers.

Charitable Funds Accounting

• To reconcile the Charitable Funds Cashbook to the general ledger and bank statement monthly.
• To reconcile Charitable Funds expenditure to the general ledger monthly.
• To support in the reporting of Charitable Funds.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE Maths and English at grade A to C or equivalent qualification
• Part qualified AAT or equivalent experience.

Desirable criteria

• AAT qualified or equivalent
• Relevant degree or HND

Experience

Essential criteria

• Be competent in the use of Excel & Word
• Have proven experience working within a finance team
• Have practical use of a financial computer system
• Working in an office environment
• Have confidence in dealing with people

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of NHS finance
• Previous experience of Capital Accounting
• Previous experience of Charitable Funds Accounting

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of various finance department functions.
• Control Account reconciliation
• Annual Accounts process

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of NHS VAT guidelines
• Knowledge of FT reporting
• Awareness of general NHS issues

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Application form completed in a clear and concise manner
• Good spoken communication skills
• An understanding for the need for confidentiality
• An understanding of the importance of deadlines.
• Initiative and ‘can do’ attitude
• Team worker with flexible approach
• Confidence in dealing with people
• Initiative

Desirable criteria

• Procedure writing skills
• The ability to plan and organise a team’s workloads and deadlines

Other

Essential criteria

• Due to tight deadlines around the Period end, Interim and Annual Accounts submissions the need may arise where the post holder is required to work longer hours on specific days

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI‑generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22 / 07 / 2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.