Job Description
Assistant Management Accountant | Spire Fylde Coast Hospital | 18 month fixed term contract | Competitive Salary
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Spire Fylde Coast is looking to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant to support the Finance Director with the preparation, delivery and analysis of key financial information enabling the hospital leadership team to make well informed decisions to ensure future stability, growth and profitability.
This will be for a 18 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
Duties and responsibilities
To support the preparation and delivery of the monthly Profit and Loss Statement, including revenue reports, departmental cost data, profitability analysis and spend and variance analysis
To support the delivery of the monthly forecast and annual budget with particular emphasis on hospital overheads and labour
Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the General Ledger for hospital overheads – to include complete and accurate month end accruals, prepayments and spend analysis
Prepare monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations for sign off by the Finance and Commercial Manager
Support the development and maintenance of theatre procedure costing
Be the hospital process lead for charging, in essence this means becoming the charging expert and taking a lead role in driving excellence throughout the billing process.
Call off daily and monthly reports relevant to the hospital billing process and action any queries or errors within appropriate timescales
Accurately input labour KPI and payroll information, prepare month end payroll journal entries and deal with staff queries through effective liaison with the Payroll Department and Heads of Departments
Support the quarterly and annual stock take process
Manage the accounts payable process, including purchase invoices, consultant fees and patient refunds
Manage all cashiering, banking and petty cash processes
Review and take appropriate action for overdue vendor debt and liaise with the Finance and Commercial Manager for arrangements for collection
Who we're looking for
Good communication skills – written, verbal and strong interpersonal
Must be AAT qualified or equivalent
The ability to understand and work with numbers is essential. A minimum of one year’s accounting experience is sought
Intermediate Excel skills is essential, for example, competent with pivot table, VLOOKUP’s, and IF functions with the ability to design appropriately formatted tables, reports and charts
Good organisational skills
Inspire confidence, ability to influence others, challenge constructively and build strong working relationships
Able to understand key business processes and complex business issues
Role model high standards of personal integrity, display initiative and identify opportunities for personal development
PC literate, able to adopt and contribute, where required, to the introduction and development of new systems
Experience in healthcare or other customer orientated business is desirable
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
Bank colleagues are paid weekly
We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
Access to Spire Healthcare pension
Free uniform
Free DBS
Full induction, including mandatory training updates
Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist resourcing team.
We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all.
For more information about the role please contact Katie via katie.willis@spirehealthcare.com
Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.