Financial Accounting Manager

Reed is working with a fantastic public sector client in Doncaster in the recruitment of a temporary Financial Accounting Manager. The main purpose of this role is to lead the Financial Accounting Section, ensuring the integrity of the General Ledger and that of all income, expenditure and control account transactions recorded therein. It will also ensure the production of timely and relevant information for the completion of the Monthly Board Reports and the Annual Financial Accounts.

Job Spec:

Job title: Financial Accounting Manager

Wage: £17.40 - 18.50 Per Hour

Contract Type: 6-month temp contract

Start Date: Immediately

Hours: Full Time

Location: Sheffield - Hybrid Working

Key Responsibility

• Responsibility for ensuring that all income, expenditure and cash book entries are recorded in the Trust's General Ledger and that all transactions are correctly totalled and supported by properly authorised primary documentation in accordance with the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions and internal procedures and statutory reporting requirements laid down by NHSE. Including resolving income and expenditure errors and queries via appropriate investigation.

• Reconciling and analysing all control accounts, resolving any discrepancies that arise to enable the preparation of an accurate and timely Control Account Listing to assist with the completion of the monthly board reports, quarterly monitoring returns, and the Annual Financial Accounts. Including the preparation and analysis of the monthly Balance Sheet and Trial Balance for the Trust for review by management.

• To assist the Assistant Chief Financial Accountant in the achievement of the Trust's cash management by the regular provision of information relating to cash flow, both retrospective and where appropriate, prospective.

• To provide regular, accurate and up to date information on the Trust's cash balances in order to enable and facilitate liquidity management.

• To maintain a Treasury Management function providing relevant transference of cash based on the best interest rate available in accordance with the Treasury Management Policy. Responsibility for the CHAPs authorisation bank mandate with HM Paymaster, and other Bank mandates. Analysing relevant data to produce the Treasury Management report to assist with monthly Board reporting.

• To act as a central advisory service for all technical accounting issues insofar as they relate to the Financial Accounting Department. The provision of an Internal Check Function to the Financial Services Department of the Division to ensure that all transactions are free from error, misstatement or fraud, and that adherence to all Directorate and Trust policies, protocols and procedure is maintained.

• Ensuring that information passed from external feeder systems is consolidated promptly to the General Ledger, validating the accuracy of this information by performing reconciliations to source documents and consolidated audit logs.