Capital Accountant

Job overview

Do you have the passion, motivation and enthusiasm to work in the NHS and contribute towards ensuring that NHS financial resources are optimised, accurately reported and achieve the very best value for money for taxpayers and service users?  Are you a qualified accountant? Can you support Trusts capital programme?  Do you want to work in a small, professional, experienced, and friendly team with the opportunity to learn new skills?  If the answer to these questions is yes, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join the Finance Directorate. This role is ideal to develop, or further develop, a career within NHS Finance.

The role will provide support to Chief Financial Accountant to monitor Trust’s capital programme. It requires strong interpersonal skills and experience working collaboratively across different teams.  The chosen candidate will question, investigate, and ensure high financial standards whilst answering ad hoc queries from various members of finance team and operational managers.  As this role requires sifting through large amount of data IT skills are essential, particular in Microsoft Excel.  In addition, the post holder will contribute to reporting of the Trust level capital position, providing a great development opportunity for the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

As Capital Accountant, you will support Chief Financial Accountant in respect of all financial accounting aspects of the Trusts capital programme, fixed assets and leases,  ensuring the Trust’s monthly financial position and annual statutory accounts can be reported in line with accounting standards and guidance, and within allocated limits.

This role :

• -         provides accurate and timely monthly monitoring information in respect of expenditure against the Trust’s capital programme. -         Maintains the Trust’s fixed assets register -         Leads accounting for leases under IFRS16 by maintaining the Trust’s register of leases and monthly leases reconciliations.

The finance team operates agile working with staff working from home and the office, which is based in Ladybridge Hall, Bolton. The office is open Monday to Friday. Ability to travel across the Northwest is required for occasional face to face meetings if needed.

Benefits include: 27 days annual leave, plus general public holidays, rising to 29 days after five years’ NHS service and then 33 days after 10 years’ NHS service; NHS pension scheme; Access to extensive learning and development; Blue Light Card, NHS discounts; Salary sacrifice schemes - car scheme, childcare vouchers, cycle to work and home electronics; and Salary finance.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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The advert may close earlier than the stated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.