Accountancy Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Accountancy Assistant to join our dynamic and busy Finance Team.

The role will include a hybrid working arrangement with a combination of home and office working based at White Rose Park, Leeds. This role will be supporting the Assistant Directors of Finance, Financial Services team, Financial Management team and the Trusts budget holders/managers to:

Contribute to the development and maintenance of systems to facilitate the timely and accurate processing and recording of the Trusts financial activities.

Investigate queries from staff, external customers/suppliers and patients, providing assistance and advice where required.

Support other finance staff in their duties.

The main duties of the role are to:

Provide day to day routine support to the Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust Finance Team.

Input transactional information into the general ledger, such as receipts, sales orders and manual payments, in a timely and accurate manner.

Support the management of the receivables policy and procedure.

Deal with any queries received from staff, customers and patients and ensure they are dealt with in a professional and timely manner.

Assist with the preparation of the monthly control account reconciliations.

Assist with the month end and annual accounts process ensuring that proper records are maintained to support the audit of the accounts.

Respond to Internal and External audit queries when required to do so.

Establish good working relationships, both internal and external to the organisation and, in particular, within designated areas of responsibility, to assist in the maintenance and development of quality financial services.

Maintain effective communication and teamwork with finance and non-finance professionals.

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full requirements of the role.

Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we? Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards  click on the Join Our Team Tab.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.