Assistant Financial Accountant

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The post holder will be part of the Financial Services Team based at Kao Park, with no line management of staff required for this role.
The role has responsibility for control account reconciliations, maintenance of the Finance Freedom of Information (FOI) and Risk Registers, Losses and Special Payments, administration of Trust Salary Sacrifice schemes, system set ups & end dating users, and Purchasing Cards, day to day maintenance of Cash Forecasting reports and Injury Cost Recovery data, along with providing support within the department for any year end tasks.
The post holder will liaise with a range of staff and departments within the Trust and external bodies/agencies as part of their duties.
To provide day to day financial accounting services to the Trust. This will include Injury Cost Recovery (ICR), Trust purchase cards scheme, lease car schemes, losses and special payments and balance sheet control account reconciliations.
Responsible for the day to day updating of cash forecasting reports.
Responsible for the day to day management of the Finance freedom of information (FOI) register.
Responsible for the day to day management of the Finance risk register with support of the Senior Financial Accountant.
Lead in the preparation of Trust transparency reports in respect of payments over £25,000 and Board member expenses, for publication on the Trust’s website.
Lead in the setting up users and end-dating of users (leavers) on PAHT financial systems
Lead in the monthly reconciliation of the Trust Balance Sheet on a monthly basis
Lead in setting up and deactivating control accounts codes in updating and enhancing the integrity of the Trust financial ledger
Responsible for the maintenance of the approval limits within Trust Financial system and GHX procurement system
Provide support at year end in respect of Annual Report and Accounts work.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
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