£250 - £300 Per day
Financial Accountant
Full-time, Temporary
Job Description
- Day to day management of the Financial Accounting and Accounts Receivable functions, including training and development and operating the appraisal process to ensure the continued development of a fit-for-purpose finance function.
- To provide technical support and, in the absence of the Deputy Head of Financial Control, managerial support to the Financial Services team.
- To undertake the day-to-day management of the production of the Trust's monthly and quarterly financial returns and Annual Financial Statements, including development of a plan and timetable to achieve timely reporting.
- To be responsible for providing detailed analysis in support of the main statements and the provision of high-quality working papers.
- To work closely with the External Auditors to provide supporting documentation, explanations and assisting in the resolution of queries as necessary.
- Be responsible for the process of the reconciliation of the Control Accounts, ensuring that the responsible team members complete them in a timely, complete and accurate way.
- To review the reconciliation of all control accounts to ensure that all reconciling items are dealt with in a timely and accurate manner and to provide a month end reconciliations file.
- To produce a trial balance, reviewing and ensuring the robustness of the coding included within it and working with other Finance colleagues on developing and implementing improvements.
- To produce monthly cash flow forecasting information based on the cash management information provided by the Treasury Manager, identifying issues and risks to the Deputy Head of Financial Control.
- To be responsible for the completion, accuracy and submission of the VAT returns, identification of changes to VAT rules, providing support and adhoc advice to Trust staff and liaising with VAT consultants.
- To ensure that internal controls are monitored and reports are prepared regarding transactional processes, in particular monitoring the system audit trails included within the financial systems.
- To work with the outsourced payroll provider, ensuring that financial and reporting requirements are met by the information provided by them.
- To be managerially responsible for other routine requirements of the function including:
- The maintenance of the Losses and Special payments process, including maintenance of register, processing payments and reconciliation of control accounts.
- Identifying, calculating, and reporting
- To support the Deputy Head of Financial Control in aspects of financial governance
- Maintenance of the system of financial policies and procedures to support internal financial control, drafting, implementing, and revising existing documents if necessary, and to draft new documents where appropriate.
- Liaise with audit, existing and prospective users to obtain feedback on operational requirements.
- Assist in responding to Internal and External Audit reports and in implementing agreed recommendations.
- To provide 'standing item' papers to the Audit Committee on a bi- monthly basis and to provide cover for the Head of Financial Control where necessary.
- To undertake any other duties, which may be required from time to time, as appropriate to the role.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Educated to degree level
- To be actively pursuing and able to provide evidence of continued professional education and
- To be able to demonstrate a successful track record of achievement within a Large organization.
- Demonstration of the use of technical and operational accounting
- Experience in producing statutory returns, including Annual and Financial Statements
- Experience of working with people from all levels and parts of an organization
- Experience of managing staff
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