Financial Accountant - Treasury Management, Payables & Receivables

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust is seeking a Financial Accountant focused on Treasury Management, Payables & Receivables. This role involves managing the Transaction Team, ensuring accuracy in financial operations, and liaising with external audits. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in NHS financial systems and excellent communication skills. This position supports our mission to provide outstanding care to patients across our services.

Benefits

Positive work-life balance

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Significant experience in accounts payable and receivable.
• Experience in an NHS financial environment is required.
• Experience of Agreement of Balances exercise.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Transaction Team for accounts payable and receivable.
• Oversee debt collection processes and work with stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on system controls for financial accuracy.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Advanced understanding of spreadsheets

Ability to apply accounting knowledge

Experience with financial ledger systems

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Studying towards CCAB/CIMA qualification or equivalent experience

Attained CCAB/CIMA qualification

Tools

NHS Shared Business Services Oracle system

Job description

Overview

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Financial Accountant - Treasury Management, Payables & Receivables

The closing date is 01 October 2025

We are recruiting for a Financial Accountant - Treasury Management, Payables & Receivables - who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and professional individual to join our awarding winning Finance team. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and professional individual to manage our Transaction Team within Financial Accounts.

The post provides support to the Deputy Financial Controller (Operations) of East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust in the delivery of financial and operational objectives. The role is focused on operational and transactional financial accounts, including accounts payables, accounts receivable, cash management, and working capital management.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The Financial Accountant will manage the Transaction Team in all matters relating to accounts payable and receivable and lead the agreement of balances exercise for the Trust. The role will include working closely with NHS Shared Business Services which uses the Oracle platform.

The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on the systems and procedure controls designed to ensure integrity and accuracy within the financial services function.

The post holder will ensure the smooth functioning of the collection and payment of cash, particularly where there is a systems issue, you will take the lead and be responsible for proposing the necessary changes to avoid a repeat.

The role includes overseeing the processes for debt collection of the Trust's income, including working with Commissioners and key stakeholders to ensure that any disputed invoices are resolved quickly.

You will also work with external and internal audit to ensure efficient and effective delivery of their work programmes whilst maintaining appropriate internal systems and procedures.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• Studying towards CCAB/CIMA qualification, have equivalent experience in a degree in a relevant subject, or relevant work experience
• Attained CCAB/CIMA qualification, or have equivalent experience in a degree in a relevant subject

Previous Experience

• Significant experience in all aspects of using financial ledger systems particularly in respect of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Significant experience in all aspects of NHS Shared Business Services Oracle system particularly in respect of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Experience in an NHS financial environment
• Experience of Agreement of Balances exercise

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Experienced user of computer applications. Have an advanced understanding of spreadsheets, computerized ledger systems and email packages
• Ability to apply accounting knowledge and demonstrate complex analytical skills
• Able to work as a member of a team and to perform effectively under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-financial users of finance systems

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

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust