Job Description

My NHS clients, based in the East of England is looking for an interim Finance Lead to join them for a period of circa 6 months. Working as part of a busy trust your role will be to Leas the Financial Accounts and Income team and focus on areas including ensuring the integrity of the balance sheets, board reporting, managing monthly financial close and submission of year end accounts.

Duties will include:

• Resolution of payroll issues
• Daily oversight of the outsourced Operational Financial Services to NHS SBS; Setup and Payment of Suppliers, Transactional procurement (Requisitions and Purchase Orders), payroll and treasury management.
• Ensuring the Trust is compliant in producing various Statutory returns internally and externally i.e. Month and Year end accounts, Charity Accounting & VAT Returns.
• Supporting Trust wide Financial Planning of the Balance Sheet and Cash flow.
• Ensuring the integrity of the Trust financial reporting system to support accurate record of the financial position.
• Budget holder training for Financial Management in areas like Cash Management, debtors& capital expenditure.
• Financial reconciliations & finance information provision including advising on technical matters such as VAT, capital and lease accounting.

This is a 6 month interim role paying circa 500 a day and you will need to be a qualified Accountant with previous experience in a similar role within the NHS. The requirement is also 2 days a week in the offices in Huntingdon.