Assistant Financial Accountant Bristol, England
Job description
The Assistant Financial Accountant role is based in the Finance Team reporting to Financial Controller - Transactions. It will provide support on the Trust-wide accounts payable function and reporting by taking lead on the certain processes and exercises. You will work under your own initiative, as well as supervise and manage your team on a daily basis.
We are looking for a dedicated and self-starter to support the delivery of the function in Accounts Payable Team to provide high quality and forward thinking to support the department. The individual will take lead on accounts payable processes ensure all queries are resolved, payments are made on a timely manner, and all key indicators and database are reviewed and kept up-to-date on regular basis. The role also includes processing month end and year-end journals as well as contributing to Trust-wide financial and statutory reporting.
The successful applicant will be either a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (Level 3 AAT) or equivalent. This will be a very rewarding role and will give the successful applicant a broad range of professional development and experience of all aspects of the activities of a busy finance department at a specialist hospital.
NHS experience is desirable but not essential as we have a very good track record of supporting new colleagues with no prior NHS experience.
North Bristol NHS Trust is an ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of over £700m and 8,000 staff predominately based in our state of the art hospital on the Southmead site. Clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
Clinical success requires strong support services. The Finance department in North Bristol Trust prides itself on constantly striving to better inform and advise our clinicians and decisions makers so they can continue to serve our local community and beyond. NBT Finance is a progressive team, an excellent place to work and a gateway to further opportunities in your NHS career.
We believe strongly in giving every member of our team the tools and support to make a real difference to the organisation, whilst developing as an individual and progressing on their chosen career route.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintain the purchase ledger , i.e. supplier database
- Liaise with the other internal divisions and resolve queries, i.e. clinical & non-clinical stakeholders
- Develop and maintain a good working relationship with our outsourced transaction processing function at NHS SBS
- Manage the weekly payment runs for NHS and Non-NHS organisations
- Maintain losses register and reporting
- Administration of Trust's purchase cards and related journal posting
- Manage the performance, workload and training of the accounts payable team
- Process month-end journals
- Undertake ad hoc tasks and provide cover as necessary
