Income Analytics & Management Accounts Assistant

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Southend University Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a focused Management Accounts Assistant (Income) to join the Finance Directorate. You will assist in delivering robust income reporting, supporting the Income Analyst, and ensuring timely monthly performance information for budget holders.

You will contribute to forecasting, variance analysis and the reconciliation of income streams, helping maintain accurate financial records in line with NHS timetables and contractual requirements.

Responsabilités

• support the development of income recording and reporting within their assigned area, working with members of the Site/Department Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Finance Business Partnering team for the relevant Site/Department
• support the preparation of robust forecasts, working alongside the Finance Business Partnering team for the relevant Site/Department, including developing the operational and strategic final plans and the identification of risks and mitigating actions within plans.
• Develop and prepare monthly financial summaries of Trust income performance in line with internal reporting deadlines
• Ensure that all invoices are raised in a timely fashion in compliance with contractual timetables and guidance and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of NHS Standard
• Contract payment timetables and process.
• Assist in managing Non-Contracted Activity with non-NHS commissioners to ensure all activity and income is accurate and consequently recovered on behalf of the Trust.
• Produce any necessary supporting documentation for the monthly billing of all clinical activity in compliance with contractual timetables.
• Assist in managing the position on Low Volume Activity with non-contracted NHS commissioners each year
• Provide support to the Income Team in receiving contract queries both from within the Trust and from commissioners and support the resolution of these as appropriate.
• Monitor Trust aged debt and take action to resolve outstanding issues, reporting the position of debt and queries monthly to the Income Analyst.
• Analyse, investigate and resolve financial queries and discrepancies on income and report back to the Income Analyst and/or budget holder.
• Develop and manage files to aid in the correct re-charging of tariff-excluded devices and drugs to commissioners and provide supporting documentation to verify invoices and resolve any queries arising.
• Provide complex financial information and analysis, producing reports and ensuring that all systems and processes are up to date and accurate in order to assist with the various year-end accounting activities.
• Training and providing complex advice and information on a regular basis to new and existing budget holders in financial matters. Some of these budget holders will have little or no previous experience of financial matters and will have quite significant
• Attend meetings in support of the Financial Management Reporting team as required.
• Preparing, calculating, planning and monitoring complex information (using Excel spreadsheets and other software), ensuring the accurate input of data and coding of transactions.
• Calculating and producing costings for speciality-based budget holder developments, advising budget holders in a clear and concise manner without the use of financial
• Reconciling income and expenditure accounts to appropriate systems and identifying, investigating and if necessary, correcting items of discrepancy.
• Investigating expenditure and income financial codes, preparing variance, trend and forecasting analysis, assisting in proposing suggested courses of action to budget holders and making corrections once authorised.
• Planning, overseeing and co-ordinating the production of complex monthly financial reports to an agreed timetable.
• Identifying for a range of expenditure and income codes, at period and year end, any accruals and prepayments that are necessary, completing journals and input into the
• Support financial planning and implementation to achieve the objectives in the Trust and Site/Department Annual Plans.
• Provide financial support and advice on complex business cases and value for
• Make suggestions on how to improve the processes, procedures, working practices, policies and management within the department and ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with Trust SFIs and Financial Procedures.
• Assist in the development of Cost Improvement Plans with relevant budget holders and the associated analysis and support.
• Assist with financial planning of Site/Department where income issues are identified
• This job profile is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities but identifies the key responsibilities and tasks of the post holder. The specific objectives of the post holder will be subject to review as part of the Appraisal and Development Plan process.
• The post holder will be expected to perform any other duties or responsibilities as assigned by management, within scope of the role.
• Internal: Finance Directorate staff, Executive Directors, Managing Directors, Divisional General Managers/Clinical Directors and senior departmental managers, budget holders.
• External - Finance staff in Trusts/ ICB's/ NHSE/ Department of Health, Internal and External Audit

Description du poste

The Southend University Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a focused Management Accounts Assistant (Income) to join the Finance Directorate. You will assist in delivering robust income reporting, supporting the Income Analyst, and ensuring timely monthly performance information for budget holders.

You will contribute to forecasting, variance analysis and the reconciliation of income streams, helping maintain accurate financial records in line with NHS timetables and contractual requirements.