Financial Accountant in London

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare. We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Salary: Competitive, Depending on Experience

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm. 37.5 hours per week

Location: 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (hybrid working)

Contract: Full-Time & Permanent

What are we looking for?

You will report to the Finance Manager and will be responsible for ensuring best financial practices are followed and monthly reporting is completed timely and accurately. The role will require the ability to constantly evaluate and question activities, look for areas of improvement, through automation and cost saving initiatives.

Key elements of the role are:

• To partner with a variety of departments across the hospital, helping with their accounting needs and developing best practice processes to aid them in their work.
• Act as a Finance business partner and work closely with particular departments to create a real and active partnership with both operations and management. Your role will be to add value that will assist in decision making and drive efficiencies across the business.

What will your duties include?

• Responsible for building and maintaining strong working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders on all financial matters.
• Ensures best financial practices are followed and all financial reports are accurate and relevant.
• Develops an understanding of how all departments operate and to identify where finance can help add value to their work function.
• Involvement in month-end process and preparation of month-end accruals/journals to ensure accurate close of period.
• Month-end balance sheet reconciliations such as prepayments.
• Preparation of VAT return.
• Analyses and interprets month-end results and highlight key variances to budget, through Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) that are critical to the business.
• Partners and collaborates with key stakeholders throughout the enterprise to help streamline and improve efficiencies.
• Helps develop strategic plans for managing risks and action plans where necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

What we need from you?

• Newly part-qualified/qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA accountancy qualification is highly desirable or trainee accountant sitting their final exams (essential).
• Relevant accounting and business partnering experience (essential).
• Previous experience within a healthcare environment (highly desirable).
• Experience with working under FRS 102 (UK GAAP) and partial exemption VAT regime (desirable).
• Knowledge of Oracle products (desirable).
• Strong experience with all Microsoft office suites and comfortable with complex excel functions (desirable).
• Prior knowledge of partial VAT exemption scheme (desirable).

What can we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%.
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance.
• Life Assurance.
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes.
• Workplace Nursery Scheme.
• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support.
• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed.
• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more.

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare. With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email recruitment@ccf.org.

Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.