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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
About
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Head Office
- West Wing
- CEME Centre
- Marsh Way
- Rainham
- Essex
- RM13 8GQ
- Contact Number
- 0300 300 1530
Senior Reporting Accountant
Accepting applications until: 27-Jan-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 27-Jan-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- CEME
- Cyfeiriad
- Marsh Way
- Tref
- Rainham
- Cod post
- RM12 8GQ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £37,338 - £52,809 dependant on experience
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 6/7 dependant on experience)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Finance
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Trosolwg o'r swydd
· Being proactive in developing the Trusts finance/activity modelling and reporting both internal and for external use.
· To aide in the development of the Trust long term financial strategy and analysis the effects of risks and decision on the trust financial position.
· The post holder will support on the development of an automated model for reporting and benchmarking and to help implement a calibrate planning tool.
· The post holder will be a member of a small team and will be required to work closely with finance, Performance and operational colleagues, project groups and other partner organisation, including other NHS organisations to ensure the provision of efficient and effective financial/Activity information.
· Ensuring post holder is compliant with the Trusts mandatory training requirements as necessary.
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· To Lead in the development of the Trust financial reporting both for internal and external partners include Trust Board, Leadership teams and NHS England.
· Co-ordinate the completion of the Finance report which goes to the Trust Board with the assistance of the Financial Accountant, ensuring the timetable is met. This includes directing and liaising with staff outside of the direct control.
· To lead on the main sources of income into the trust ensuring that income is transacted appropriately each month with a clear audit trail to income schedules and contracts. All accounts to be fully reconciled and aligned to contract schedules on a monthly basis.
· To be the lead in the AOB (Agreement of Balances) for income & receivables for the Trust. To have a clear understanding of the process and be knowledgeable on the guidance published by the NHSE.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
· Being proactive in developing the Trusts finance/activity modelling and reporting both internal and for external use.
· To aide in the development of the Trust long term financial strategy and analysis the effects of risks and decision on the trust financial position.
· The post holder will support on the development of an automated model for reporting and benchmarking and to help implement a calibrate planning tool.
· The post holder will be a member of a small team and will be required to work closely with finance, Performance and operational colleagues, project groups and other partner organisation, including other NHS organisations to ensure the provision of efficient and effective financial/Activity information.
· Ensuring post holder is compliant with the Trusts mandatory training requirements as necessary.
· In conjunction with other sections within the Finance, performance and business directorate, Executive Directors’ and budget holders, continually review current practices, procedures and systems to ensure that the most optimum use of resources is achieved in order to meet current and future requirements:
· To promote an appropriate culture within the Trust, promoting awareness and benefits of relevant financial procedures and constraints. Build effective relationships with service users.
· Communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
· The post holder will be required to understand highly complex financial information and translate this to non-financial people and external organisations. This will include the presentation of table of costs material to a range of non-financial budgets holders and external partners in formats that are useful and understandable to them.
· The post holder will be responsible for preparing and presenting financial reports to Service Management Teams, external and internal groups, facilitation and persuasion skills to gain their agreement.
· Assist in the maintenance of an appropriate finance culture within the Trust, promoting awareness of relevant financial procedures and constraints Build effective relationships with service users.
· Ensure that own knowledge and skills are constantly updated, including mandatory training.
· Actively provide and receive management supervision and appraisals.
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· Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within the agreed time scale.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Person specification
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Experience in Staff Management
- Experience managing a large workload
Meini prawf dymunol
- 1 Year Experience
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • CCAB Part qualified or fully qualified Accounting Technician with extensive post qualifying experience
Meini prawf dymunol
- Qualified
test
Meini prawf hanfodol
- ttest
Meini prawf dymunol
- test
other skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Management skills
- Reporting Experience
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to work odd extended hrs
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Kailey Gardner
- Teitl y swydd
- Head of income & Finance contracting
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 03005551201
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