Capital and Financial Systems Accountant

at  Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

We are looking for a talented individual that can combine excellent technical skills together with the interpersonal skills to build meaningful working relationships with key decision-makers and lead on developments in financial systems.
Applicants should be CCAB qualified.
This role reports to the Financial Controller.
You will undertake a pro-active role at the Trust’s Capital Planning Group which is the key decision-making body for the prioritisation and monitoring of capital expenditure. The Capital Planning Group is chaired by the Chief Finance Officer and includes the Director of Estates and other executive directors.
The postholder will oversee the effective maintenance of the lease register and capital asset register as well as the process for reporting depreciation and amortisation.
In this post you will maintain interface feed processes for reflecting transactions in the general ledger in accordance with the monthly reporting timetable. You will also oversee the management of access rights to the general ledger and maintain and develop a help-desk service for users of the general ledger.
You should have excellent technical and interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritise and manage workload to deadlines. You will also be a team player who is self-motivated, innovative and able to actively contribute towards making the most of limited capital resources.

THE POST- HOLDER :

advises on accounting for capital and lease transactions
maintains and develops processes for reporting actual capital expenditure and forecast capital expenditure compared to plan
coordinates the capital planning process
oversee s financial systems maintenance and developments
monitors the service provided by the external provider of general ledger services
attend the Trust’s Capital Planning Group, which is the key decision-making body for the prioritisation and monitoring of capital expenditur e, and report to the group on actual and forecast capital expenditure and forecasting risks .
oversee the effective maintenance of the lease register and capital asset register as well as the process for reporting depreciation and am ortisation .
maintain interface feed processes for reflecting transactions in the g eneral l edger in accordance with the monthl y reportin g timetable
will also oversee the management of access rights to the general ledger and maintain and develop a help-desk service for users of the general ledger.
work closely with other senior members of the Finance Department to establish the potential for improving processes and enhancing financial reporting through financial systems developments.
provide financial information to support and empower managers to make financial decis ions autonomously within a well- controlled framework.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is a provider of specialist musculoskeletal and neuro-musculoskeletal care based in North London. We are proud to offer a broad and unique range of highly-specialised orthopaedic services, from the management of acute spinal injury or complex bone tumour to orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehabilitation for chronic back pain sufferers. With over 1400 staff across our sites, we are committed to improving the quality of orthopaedic care to meet our patients’ needs through our academic and commercial clinical research partnerships. We are a global top 10 orthopaedic hospital, with a significant footprint across the NHS. Our state-of-the-art teaching and training programme has enabled us to provide education to over 20% of the orthopaedic surgeons in the UK. We are passionate about the quality of our work and our commitment to openness. We value all our staff and seek to foster ambition, innovation and excellence in our workforce. At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, we recognise the importance of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We want everyone to feel welcomed, respected, and accepted for who they are. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. In recruiting to our Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all and we believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.
You will be the Trust expert on accounting for capital and lease transactions providing advice to a wide range of Finance and non-Finance members of staff. You will need to be able to explain complex capital accounting concepts in an accessible way to support informed decision-making.
The post older will promote financial systems developments and maintain a pipeline of future planned financial systems implementations.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for a list of the main responsibilities

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