Capital Accountant

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the functions, performance and staff within the Capital Section, that will support the creation of a sound control environment for the UHB's financial processes. The post holder will be the operational lead specialist on the financial management of the Health Board's Capital Programme and Capital Charges, and in the accounting for its Fixed Assets. They will also be involved in the provision of capital plans, with input into business cases, IMTP and overall programme and provision of capital charge estimates to Welsh Government. The applicant will lead on all issues associated with the Asset Register and will identify and system manage any upgrades required to deal with changing standards and/or guidance.Main duties of the job Responsible for the accounting treatment of capital investment by CTM UHB. Reporting financial performance of Capital schemes. System expert for the asset registers. Supporting colleagues across the UHB with capital queries. Accounting for donations and grants of capital from charities. Responsibility for VAT accounting and reclaim. Preparing non cash requests for government, forecasting depreciation and impairment costs. Working with treasury to manage cash requirements. Supporting the annual accounts process and preparation of statutory accounts. Working with Auditors internal and external. Liaising with District valuer on housekeeping valuations and the 5 yearly valuation of the whole estate. Line management of the Capital Finance Officer.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.