Assistant Financial Accountant

Maintain the Trust Cashbook and act as the Trust Cash Accountant, monitoring the cash position on a daily basis.
Provide management information to the Senior Finance team on a daily basis related to cash holdings.
Act as the main Financial Accounting contact for Payroll, including actioning interim payments and reconciliation of related control accounts.
Prepare working papers required for monthly & quarterly NHSE monitoring returns and interim and final audits., Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals., Daily monitoring and reporting of the Trust's bank accounts ensuring the Trust has sufficient funds to meet payments, salary and other commitments .
Monitoring the average balance held in commercial bank accounts and instigating appropriate action to ensure balances do not exceed DHSC recommendations for the year.
Receipt all direct payments made into the Trust's bank accounts. Investigate payments made without remittances. Journal, as required, payments made out of the Trust bank accounts.
Analyse cashbook transactions & produce short - medium term cashflow forecasts for the Trust.
Reconcile bank & control accounts ensuring that balances shown in the Trust's financial ledgers are correct and any discrepancies are investigated and appropriate action taken.
Liaise with Payroll regarding pay queries. Action salary recalls & interim payments.
To assist in the co-ordination and preparation of the Statutory Accounts including preparing backing documents to confirm balances in the Accounts in accordance with national timetables.
Undertake monthly review of Payable & Receivable Balance Sheet codes to ensure accuracy of Statement of Financial Position (SOFP).
Assist with the co-ordination & completion of the NHS Agreement of Balances (AoB) process for Payables/Receivables & Income & Expenditure, including reconciliation to ledger.
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual, who is preferably a part-qualified CCAB accountant, to join our Finance department in the role of Assistant Financial Accountant. The ideal candidate for this technical role will be highly motivated, able to deal with a varied work pattern and achieve tight deadlines.