Band 3 Assistant Accountant (Income) - Bath NHS House, Bath

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

If you believe in putting patients first and supporting the delivery of sustainable mental health services then we want to hear from you. We make it our priority to give the best possible care in the right place at the right time to help our users recover and live their best life.
You can help us achieve this by joining our passionate and friendly finance team. We currently have a vacancy for a highly motivated, pro-active, part-qualified Accountancy Technician, or someone willing to train as an Accountancy Technician under an apprenticeship scheme.
Interview date - Wednesday 20th November 2024
As an Assistant Accountant for Income, you will ensure that all income is invoiced accurately and in a timely manner and help to answer any queries which may arise.
This role fits within a busy, friendly finance department where we work as a team. You will also help to complete monthly management accounts tasks and assist with preparing national reporting and statutory financial accounting returns.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
As a team we are continuously seeking to improve the quality of financial information provided to our many stakeholders and are looking for a candidate who can help us to improve our processes.

Raising sales ledger invoices
Liaising with Trust staff to check the details required for the invoice
Liaise with customers and Trust staff to resolve any issues which may arise
Reconcile income raised to contracts
Reconcile income accounts within the accounts system.
Undertake a finance based apprenticeship if you wish to take up this role as an apprenticeship post.
Suggest improvements to processes affecting your work or the wider Finance tea