This role will be responsible for the Banking, Treasury and VAT Team, Ensuring the timely completion of cash books reconciliations, Banking reconciliations, the reconciliation of payments and the review of Sales ledger and Purchase Ledger VAT.

This is a critical team within the Financial Services Department that aims to deliver strong governance, excellent service to colleague and patients and innovation to Finance. Recently winning an award 'Innovative team of the year 2024' from the Northern HFMA.

The post holder will benefit from a strong understanding of Banking and Cash Management processes, good understanding of financial procedures, experience with finance systems and a good understanding of NHS Tax Legislation, including Business activity and Partial Exemption, Contracted out schemes and VAT. Experience as a manager will be ideal in this role as you will manage a team across 3 sites, experience and ambition to deliver projects to improve processes will also be ideal for success in this role.

• Interview Date Wednesday 08 January 2025
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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Main duties of the job

This role will be achieved with the supervision of the Bank, completion of VAT reviews, assisting Business Activity VAT Recovery, Making Tax Digital submission, and Vat Return submission as well as the stewardship of control accounts and suspense accounts.

The role will also adopt the review and approval of band 4 and 3 control accounts to ensure they are correct, balance to the balance sheet and are completed to audit guidelines.

This role will now also adopt the management of 4 bands within the banking, treasury and cashiering team to help provide support to the current Band 7 department lead. This will result in personnel management activities such as, scheduling annual leave, absence managements, performance reviews and covering the role of Band 4's and 3's during periods of absence as and when required.

About us

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

o Freeman Hospital

o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

o Newcastle Dental Hospital

o Newcastle Fertility Centre

o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

o Northern Genetics Service

o Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To take a lead role in the day-to-day operations of the Technical Accounts section
• To ensure that all staff are aware of corporate governance procedures and ensure that financial information is processed accordingly
• Ensure that targets are met in line with financial timetables, including assisting with the preparation of Monthly Accounts and Quarterly/Annual returns
• To give financial support and advice to a range of staff, on a number of issues, thus facilitating effective management and financial control within the department
• Assist in the discussions with a number of non NHS organisations on matters affecting the Trust
• Assist with Vat accounting issues and providing guidance and training to other staff
• To manage completion of Construction Industry scheme and VAT returns
• Provide advice to patients and their relatives with regard to patients money and property.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Person Specification

Skill

Essential

• Able to communicate complex information to a range of different audiences using a range of different communication methods.
• Ability to understand NHS and non-NHS legislation and how it affects own area of work.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a Finance Department of a large complex organisation.
• Accounting Technician level 4, or Certificate level of a professional accountancy (CCAB) qualification or NVQ 5 or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a supervisory capacity is essential

Desirable

• Further progress toward professional qualification.
• Previous NHS experience
• EDCL or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

• A good level of education in a numerate subject.
• Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and good working knowledge of financial and nonfinancial computer systems.
• Knowledge of the National Health Service and NHS Trusts in particular.

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Regent Point

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

317-2024-49-061