Financial Services Team Lead

at  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To manage people and (where applicable) financial resources in order to ensure the effective operation of the team.
Responsible for effectively managing the relationship and highly complex communications between the Trust and healthcare insurers for the accounts receivable function, to ensure the financial performance is achieved and the objectives of the Trust are met.
Cash management including bank reconciliations.
Processing the month end interfaces between the Private Patients system and the main ledgers, and providing accounting support to the Private Patient accounts and administration team as necessary.
Management of the Private Patient related Trust credit card system
Losses and compensation payments.
To ensure the effective management and development of all staff, including all staff members have an annual appraisal and development review.
Ensure all postings in relation to accounts receivable are posted accurately and to agreed deadlines.
Responsible for reporting of receivables and payables of the Trust, ensuring that all entries are valid and correct.
Posting of credit card receipts
Referral of Debts to legal recovery as necessary
Preparation of annual write off paper for the board
Production of specific notes to the accounts and supporting documentation that is under area of responsibility.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
To ensure the effective management and development of all staff, including all staff members have an annual appraisal and development review.
Ensure all postings in relation to accounts receivable are posted accurately and to agreed deadlines.
Responsible for reporting of receivables and payables of the Trust, ensuring that all entries are valid and correct.
Posting of credit card receipts
Referral of Debts to legal recovery as necessary
Preparation of annual write off paper for the board
Production of specific notes to the accounts and supporting documentation that is under area of responsibility.
To implement and maintain high levels of patient care and communication
To be the initial point of contact for the key relationship holders in relation to financial queries and enquiries
Key Relationships
Private Patients Commercial Manager, Private Patients Business Analyst, Financial Services Manager, Financial Accountant, other Finance colleagues, external customers, healthcare insurers, Internal and External Audit
Responsible for the Private Patients Staff Rota, including annual leave ensuring sufficient cover

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