Job Reference: BBBH46906
Job Duration: 3 months+
Start date: ASAP
Description:
Assistant Commissioning Accountant - NHS
Cardiff - Band 5
3 Month Initial Contract (with the potential to be extended a further 3 months)
The Financial Commissioning Team is responsible for the reporting, analysis and financial management of healthcare contracts for both secondary and tertiary services.
This role provides support and advice to the Senior Contracting Accountant, with a focus on information management, activity reporting systems and data flows, alongside general financial management. This involves access to and processing of sensitive patient level information supporting cross border financial flows.
This role involves:
* supporting in the production of the UHB contract monitoring files and associated patient datasets
* development of the monitoring processes through advanced Microsoft Excel and Access usage, or other systems
* database maintenance and development to supporting contract and non-contract financial management
* preparation and reporting of outflows
* supporting in the production of internal performance management schedules
* contributing to the widerfinancial management agenda including month-end reporting, non-contract activity and payments/receipts management.
Responsibilities:
* Contract Reporting / Management
* Information Management & Processes
* Financial Management
EssentialExperience:
* Degree, actively studying towards CCAB professional or AAT accountancy qualification, or relevant equivalentexperience
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Experience of working within an NHS Finance Function.
* Demonstrable experience of delivering to strict deadlines.
* Experience working with and managing complex information and data through spreadsheets and databases
* Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills including the ability to interpret complex financial concepts for non-financial managers.
* Analytical, interpretational and comparative skills.
* Ability towork autonomously and equally effectively as part of a multi disciplinary team.
* Ability to organise oneself within a framework of conflicting priorities.
* Demonstrable ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints
* ExcellentIM&T Skills, literate with practical computer application skills covering Microsoft products including:
* Excel - complex spreadsheets, formulae and pivot tables with ability to learn / develo
* Access - table structures, queries and forms with ability to learn / develop
* ???????Basic knowledge of:
* NHS Finance regime
* NHS Current Developments & Strategies
* ???????Highly committed and self motivated,with high professional standards
* Emotionally resilient and able to respond to exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances
* Ability to work under pressure
* Need for intense concentration over a sustained period of time
* Able to work flexibly
* Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professional staff and managers at all levels, both internal and external to the organization
* Able to travel to undertake the duties of the post at various sites
Desirable:
* Part-qualified accountant
* IT and/or IM training
* NHS Financial Management Experience
* Contracting / Commissioning information management experience
* Efficient in the use of Oracle, ESR, BIS.
* Knowledge of VBA / SQL
* Knowledge of activity data collection and reporting
Industry: Accountancy
Salary: £14.53 - £17.69 per hour
Salary Benefits:
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Job Skills: -
Contact Name: Megan Oakes- Taylor
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