Financial Accountant

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible professional to join our finance team as a Financial Accountant on a permanent basis. We are looking for an individual with  experience of working in an accountancy role and who is a committed team player and can contribute to the performance of our wider team performance.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is a regional Ambulance Service covering the whole of the South West England with an annual turnover of over £400m.

The primary functions of the role will be contributing to the production of the accounts and the Trust £20m+ capital plan.  Working in a small team this role is vital to the development of the Trust over the coming years.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for preparing monthly financial accounts including:

• Month end close-down, closing and posting monthly fixed asset journals, reconciling the fixed asset system, closing and posting monthly finance lease journals,  updating and revising capital / Finance lease plans and  projections on an ongoing basis according to Trust activity etc.

IR35 review support

Liaising with both Internal and External Auditors

Supporting the Financial Controller on financial accounting, statutory financial  reporting, tax compliance, financial governance, costing, income and financial  control for the exchequer and charitable funds.

Managing the Financial Accounts Team, motivate and develop the team.  Undertake recruitment, selection, annual objectives, and conduct performance  reviews

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification.