# Assistant Financial Accountant

**Company**: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: Harlow
**Job type**: fixed-term
**Salary**: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity to develop your financial accounting knowledge within an NHS organisation; where you will have the opportunity to improve processes, take responsibility for day-to-day services and help drive strong audit compliance.

The Assistant Financial Accountant supports the Senior Financial Accountant with providing accurate and timely financial accounting support across the Trust's core financial services. The postholder will manage day-to-day financial accounting activities, contribute to the production of the Annual Report and Accounts, and support the wider Financial Services team during year-end and Audit.

Key responsibilities:

- Support the Senior Financial Accountant in the production of the Trust's financial accounts

- Ensure accurate administration of salary sacrifice schemes, such as Cycle to Work and Car Lease schemes, in partnership with Payroll

- Manage administration of Trust purchase cards and ensure financial controls operate effectively

- Day-to-day management of the Injury Cost Recovery scheme

- Ensure accurate accounting of VAT with the support of an advisor for complex issues and partial exemption calculations

- Support completion of the agreement of balances process

- Assist the Senior Financial Accountant with ad hoc duties

The post holder will be responsible for managing their own workload, prioritising tasks effectively, and ensuring deadlines are met. They will be expected to work independently as well as part of a team, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to high standards.

The role may involve working with multiple stakeholders and requires excellent communication and organisational skills.

**Person Specification** Qualifications:

- University Degree qualification or equivalent

- AAT or equivalent qualified (desirable)

Experience:

- A good understanding of Financial Accounts

- Experience of working within an NHS Finance Department (desirable)

- Able to deal with complicated financial calculations (desirable)

**Benefits** The Trust offers development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing.

## Skills

### Required
- financial accounting
- NHS finance
- VAT accounting
- financial controls

### Nice to have
- AAT qualified
- NHS finance experience
- complicated financial calculations

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