Financial Accountancy Assistant

The Organisation

NHS Lanarkshire is one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK, with an annual revenue budget of over £1.5 billion. The organisation employs around 14,000 staff across a vast number of disciplines. High-quality finance staff are integral to our business and play a key role in ensuring that Lanarkshire Health Board delivers on its objectives. The Lanarkshire Health Board Endowment Fund has an investment value of £5.6m

Financial Accounting Team

Within the Financial Services team, we provide an integrated financial accounting service for the Board, comprising three main Acute Hospitals, Old Age, Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Hospitals and all health centres within the region.

The Role

The Financial Accountancy Assistant will report to the Financial Accounting Manager, and be responsible for responding to queries and processing endowment funds income and expenditure transactions. This will include, banking income, payment of suppliers, and ensuring expenditure is approved at the appropriate Endowment Committee as set out in the endowment policy. They will be responsible for updating individual fund records for all transactions and reconciling this to the general ledger, assisting the Financial Accounting Manager with monitoring the fund balances against the budget and highlighting any areas of concern. They will also assist with providing accurate and timeous financial reports to the Financial Accounting Manager, fundholders, and service managers throughout NHS Lanarkshire as well as assist with the endowment annual accounts process, ensuring all documentation is collated and provided to external auditors. In addition, the Financial Accountancy Assistant will assist the Financial Accounting Manager and wider Financial Accounting Team as required. The postholder must be able to work with minimum supervision, assisting with maintaining systems, procedures and controls for all aspects of the Endowment Fund transactions working to strict monthly reporting deadlines.

Qualifications

The postholder should have working knowledge, skills and experience equivalent to HNC level.

NHS Lanarkshire encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of our diverse workforce.

Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Valerie McCaskie, Accountant, at val.mccaskie@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact jane.davies@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk

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