Financial Accounts Assistant
On site
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Freelance
13-04-2025
Job Specifications
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Financial Accounts Assistants to provide a professional financial accounting service supporting the Head of Financial Accounting in all aspects of financial accounting.
The output of the finance team is crucial to maintaining financial control, scrutiny of income/expenditure and ensuring the achievement of financial targets. The team is also responsible for the maintenance of the integrity of the financial systems and ensuring they are compliant with Standing Financial Instructions.
We are looking to recruit a Financial Accounts Assistant with a drive to add value and be a real team player as well as being able to work autonomously. As we are a small finance department, there are many learning opportunities to broaden your finance experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be reporting to the Head of Financial Accounting in all aspects of the systems, processes and controls involved in the day-to-day management of Cash and Financial Accounting and aspects of Capital. This is a challenging and multi-faceted role which combines a requirement for the highest standards of technical competence in managing the outputs of a finance team.
The Postholder Must Have
Good standard of education to A-Level or equivalent.
Full commitment to undertake continual personal development.
Work experience.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and general computer literacy.
Good spreadsheet, numeracy, and analytical skills.
Good communication skills both written and verbal.
About Us
The finance department consists of two teams: Financial Management and Financial Accounting. The Financial Accounting Team is a small team that provides full training to prepare any post holder to become a professional qualified accountant.
Date posted
04 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
335-A-1749
Job locations
Horizon Place, Trust Headquarters
Mellors Way
Nottingham
NG8 6PY
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Financial Accounting
Maintain procedure notes for own area of work.
Be actively involved in the continuous review and improvement of all accounting processes and information.
Undertake job rotation within the finance team to enhance finance skills and competencies.
Monthly reconciliation of control accounts for Statement of Financial Position codes within an agreed timetable. This will include clearing items to the appropriate areas by investigating unreconciled balances.
Ensure the control account checklist is completed in full on a monthly basis for audit purposes.
Support the day to day management of the Financial Accounting Team Mailbox.
Provide support to finance managers and the wider Finance Department.
Accounts Receivable
Lead and monitor the Trusts database in relation to sales invoice preparation and processing.
Support the Head of Financial Accounting in the development and maintenance of the debt management process, working closely with NHCT Accounts Receivable Team and finance managers to resolve issues and the referral of debts to an external debt recovery company by completing case preparations.
Support the Senior Financial Accountant in producing the salary overpayments analysis data from reviewing the aged debtors report, escalating any aged debts to relevant finance managers for resolution in line with Trust protocols.
Investigate unallocated income and advise correct allocation or budget code.
Accounts Payable
Support and monitor the No Purchase Order No Pay scheme from a finance perspective, working closely with the Procurement department and finance managers to ensure continual adoption of the policy and review of Goods Received Not Invoiced Accruals.
Prepare ad-hoc supplier faster payment requests for processing.
Produce and complete supplier set up requests as and when required.
Produce and upload the Accounts Payable Collection return via the NHS Digital portal.
Support the production of the monthly agency cost analysis reconciliation.
Produce new supplier requests for authorisation and submission to NHCT Accounts Payable Team.
Support the Finance Officer with the role of Invoice Query Manager within Integra.
VAT
Have a working knowledge of VAT legislation as it is applied within the NHS.
Ensure that the Trusts VAT claim is submitted in a timely and accurate manner, dealing with queries as appropriate.
Year End / Month End
Assist in the production of internal and external monthly, quarterly and annual returns and reporting.
Carry out all month end ledger closedown processes as per the timetable.
Prepare and present the aged debt report analysis for the month end review meeting.
Support the preparing and uploading of the monthly stock orders.
Ensure that all Error Suspense Accounts are cleared at each month end.
Produce and review the Income Reconciliation Report for the month end review meeting.
Participate fully in the month end review meetings.
Liaise and discuss all aspects of duties with internal and external audit teams.
Support the Trainee Financial Accountant on the NHS Agreement of Balances exercise on a quarterly basis.
Prepare year end declaration point working papers on a monthly/quarterly basis.
Prepare and upload relevant expenditure journals, ensure the control log is complete and journals are authorised and include appropriate supporting information.
Cash Management
Lead the production of the daily cash flow forecast, investigating receipts without remittances.
Responsible for the reconciliation of the unallocated cash control account and unreconciled bank items.
Monitor the monthly breakdown of the bank charges from the bank and process accordingly, ensuring that this is coded accurately in the general ledger.
Assist with the Trusts Petty Cash reimbursement requests ensuring petty cash holders are reimbursed in a timely manner.
Payroll
Support the Senior Financial Accountant/Trainee Financial Accountant in producing analysis of salary overpayments data.
Reconcile all payroll deductions to Electronic Staff Records (ESR) reports, ensuring timely payment to third parties and accurate coding by NHCT Cash Management Team.
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
Financial Accounting
Maintain procedure notes for own area of work.
Be actively involved in the continuous review and improvement of all accounting processes and information.
Undertake job rotation within the finance team to enhance finance skills and competencies.
Monthly reconciliation of control accounts for Statement of Financial Position codes within an agreed timetable. This will include clearing items to the appropriate areas by investigating unreconciled balances.
Ensure the control account checklist is completed in full on a monthly basis for audit purposes.
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About the Company
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency 999, urgent care services for the 4.8 million people within Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. We also provide Patient Transport Services for Derbyshire patients with routine hospital or clinical appointments. We employ more than 3,290 staff across over 70 locations, including two Emergency Operations Centres at Nottingham and Lincoln. Our largest staff group... Know more
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