Senior Accounts Assistant

Job title:

Senior Accounts Assistant

Company

NHS

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, and highly skilled individual to join the Corporate Reporting Team as a Senior Accounts Assistant. The Corporate Reporting Team have a unique and interesting role in the management and reporting of the overall Health Board’s financial position and work closely with all teams across the Finance function.Main duties of the jobAs the Senior Accounts Assistant, you will be a central point of contact for the Corporate Reporting team and key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the posting of budget journals into the ledger.
• Regular reconciliation of working schedules against ledger.
• Involvement in the month-end position closedown tasks.
• Assist in producing key monthly reporting outputs.
• Analytical review and management of large datasets.
• Coordinating Freedom of Information requests across Finance

Key skills relating to the role include:

• Extensive experience of working with Microsoft Excel.
• Exposure to Financial Systems.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

About usHywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).Community facilities, including:48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homesHighly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.Date posted06 December 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 5Salary£30,420 to £37,030 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number100-AC254-1224Job locationsTŷ GorwelSt David’s ParkCarmarthenSA31 3BBJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesYou will be able to find a full generic Senior Accounts Assistant job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.Interviews will be held on 20/12/2024. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesYou will be able to find a full generic Senior Accounts Assistant job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.Interviews will be held on 20/12/2024.Person SpecificationQualification & KnowledgeEssential

• 5 GCSE’S including Maths
• A Levels or equivalent
• AAT qualified (full qualification) or equivalent with experience.
• Previous specialist knowledge of Management Accounts and or Financial Accounting and system/process improvement
• Technical accounting/P2P system reporting

Desirable

• ECDL
• Progression to professional accountancy qualification
• Oracle System Reporting

Language SkillsDesirable

• Welsh speaker (Level 1)

ExperienceEssential

• Extensive Previous Accounts experience
• Oracle systems experience

Desirable

• Previous Financial Experience within the NHS

OtherEssential

• Able to travel between sites
• Able to work hours flexibly

Desirable

• Able to work additional hours as and when required

Person SpecificationQualification & KnowledgeEssential

• 5 GCSE’S including Maths
• A Levels or equivalent
• AAT qualified (full qualification) or equivalent with experience.
• Previous specialist knowledge of Management Accounts and or Financial Accounting and system/process improvement
• Technical accounting/P2P system reporting

Desirable

• ECDL
• Progression to professional accountancy qualification
• Oracle System Reporting

Language SkillsDesirable

• Welsh speaker (Level 1)

ExperienceEssential

• Extensive Previous Accounts experience
• Oracle systems experience

Desirable

• Previous Financial Experience within the NHS

OtherEssential

• Able to travel between sites
• Able to work hours flexibly

Desirable

• Able to work additional hours as and when required

Expected salary

£30420 – 37030 per year

Location

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Job date

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 05:39:39 GMT

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