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The Role
This is an excellent opportunity for a Financial Accountant to enhance their knowledge & skills within a large organisation. You will assist the Financial Accounting Manager in implementing and managing the Shared Financial Accounting Service within the financial services function for NHS Lanarkshire. You will be focusing on treasury, accounts receivable, VAT and annual accounts, playing a lead role in maintaining an efficient and effective service, ensuring value for money is achieved and deputise for the Financial Accounting Manager, as necessary, on a regular ongoing basis.
You will be able to work autonomously to develop and maintain systems, procedures and controls for all aspects of the Financial Accounting service, to ensure that the accounting system correctly reflects financial information and meets the required, strict monthly reporting deadlines. In addition, you will lead the management and reporting of the NHS Lanarkshire endowment fund, providing support, specialist knowledge, expertise and advice to the Head of Finance.
Supporting the Financial Accounting Manager to ensure the consistent application and maintenance of the NHS Lanarkshire Corporate and Financial Governance systems, including overseeing sound systems of financial control, complying with recognised Accounting Standards.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent
- Possession of, or actively studying towards, a professional accounting qualification (CCAB)
- A high degree of experience and specialist knowledge of complex financial management systems and procedures
- Staff management experience and a broad range of practical experience at a senior level
- Interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills are essential
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and competing demands
- Requirement for advanced IT skills in a range of IT packages, including excel and word
- Positive and pro-active attitude
It would be great if you also have
- Experience of electronic banking processes, eFinancials and Business Intelligence.
- Experience of accessing; analysing and presenting a wide range of financial information.
- Knowledge of Government Banking Service processes, credit control and VAT legislation.
- Being able to travel to different locations within and outside Lanarkshire
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37.5hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in the Finance Department within Kirklands. - NHSL Headquarters
The working pattern for this role Monday-Friday; 0900-1700hrs
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Val McCaskie, Accountant on val.mccaskie@nhs.scot
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on lynn.deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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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.
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.
*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.
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