Income Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated finance professional to join the Finance department at North Bristol NHS Trust as part of a dedicated team to support the income function within the Trust, which has responsibility for c£800m of annual revenue. We are looking for a dedicated and innovative self-starter to support the timely and accurate production of financial and activity information which requires understanding, interpretation and analysis. You will support the team to investigate and resolve queries from external and internal finance and commissioning staff and pursue corrective action in consultation with the team as well as managing the commissioner income inputs into the ledger., We are looking for an analytically minded individual with a good track record of delivering results within a large complex environment, good MS Excel skills and sound experience in the use of large datasets. Main duties will include:

• Reporting patient level activity and income for the Trust both internally and externally to commissioners
• Income analysis to support the wider finance team, divisions and commissioners
• Assisting with planning and forecasting
• Project work
• Data manipulation and problem solving
This will be a rewarding role and will give successful applicants a broad range of professional development opportunities and experience of the activities of a busy acute hospital Trust. With support from our team, there is real scope to progress further within our innovative and successful finance department.

North Bristol NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal. With a turnover of £800m and 12,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

The NHS offer a generous range of benefits to employees:
• Agenda for Change Band 6 and potential support for professional training
• NHS pension scheme
• 27 days annual leave minimum plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years' service
• Agile / Hybrid working approach
• Access to the NHS Childcare Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Access to many NHS discount schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff extracurricular activities - Southmead charity events