Financial Accountant

Integrated Care System; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community interest company in Bristol is seeking a Financial Accountant. The role includes managing financial transactions, providing advice across the organization, and covering for the Senior Financial Accountant as needed. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in a healthcare context, with attractive benefits included.

Benefits

27+ days' annual leave

Participation in NHS Pension Scheme

Agenda for Change Salary

Qualifications

• Experience in financial accounts within a complex organization.
• Capable of working autonomously and making decisions.
• Experience in health and social care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide cover for Senior Financial Accountant, manage debtor balances and creditor payments.
• Ensure timely action on queries and maintain purchase ledger.
• Review account reconciliations and manage the reporting team.

Skills

Financial accounting systems understanding

IT literacy

Problem-solving

Communication of financial information

Education

AAT/degree level qualifications

Educated to AS/A level standard

Job description

Sirona care & health is a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high quality specialist health and social care. For us, it's about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care that we'd expect for ourselves and our families.

The finance service provides the full range of financial and management accounting support to the company. This includes:

providing monthly management accounts to managers across the company and for the board

processing of all financial transactions for the company including creditor payments, debtor invoices, direct debits and weekly and monthly payroll files

cash management including management of company credit cards

Preparation of statutory accounts and all statutory returns.

The team provides advice and support across the company on all financial matters

Procurement support coordinating all procurement of equipment and supplies across the company

The team provides advice and support across the company on all financial matters.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility for this role will include:

• To provide cover for the Senior Financial Accountant in their absence for the full Financial Accounting Services areas.
• Review of debtor balances to ensure appropriate and timely action is taken to recover debts. This includes liaison with the Payroll Team regarding salary overpayments.
• Maintain the purchase ledger including supplier accounts.
• Process weekly payment runs for creditor payments and payroll payments.
• Review control account reconciliations to ensure that errors have been cleared and the financial position of the company is not understated.
• Manage the staff reporting to this post reviewing the team workload on a regular basis.
• Deal with queries from suppliers, budget holders and managers regarding supplier invoices which can be complex. Ensure that all queries are responded to in an appropriate and timely manner. Where necessary, ensure that the underlying problem is resolved, appropriate corrective action is taken, and the relevant body or person is notified.
• To be responsible for the controls over maintenance and updating of supplier standing data files on the computer system, including modification of bank details for BACs transactions to ensure the correct destination of electronic payments. To ensure that security requirements and processes over electronic banking transactions are fully complied with.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

The detailed job description is attached to the job advert and gives the full information regarding the role.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. If you currently require a visa to work in the UK you must have 12 months remaining on your visa from your start date.

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required

• Experienced of working within a financial accounts team working within a complex organisation.
• Able to work autonomously with minimal input from line manager. Able to prioritise and make decisions and offer advice about the best course of action to resolve problems.
• Understanding of financial accounting systems and the interrelationships between the financial modules (e.g. debtors, creditors and chart of accounts)
• Good IT literacy including knowledge of financial ledger systems & excel.
• Able to interpret and explain a variety of routine and non routine financial information to a variety of audiences.
• Evidence of ability to resolve routine and non-routine problems using sound logic.
• Experience in a health and social care setting
• Experience of taking card payments

Qualifications and Training Required

• Hold recognised qualifications within the accountancy area at AAT/degree level/BTEC Advanced Professional Diploma/Graduate Certificate level/NVQ4/VQ4
• Trained in a range of systems/ IT applications e.g. finance systems, excel and outlook
• Educated to AS/ A level standard.
• NVQ 3, VQ3, Progression diploma/ BTEC awards at level 3/International Baccalaureate.
• Studying towards an accountancy qualification from one of the CCAB accountancy bodies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Address

Yate Head Office

Second Floor, Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate

Second Floor, Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate