Senior Finance Analyst - Accounts in Pontypridd

Join our Financial Accounting Team and help ensure the accuracy, integrity and compliance of the Health Board's financial records. You will be responsible for maintaining balance sheet accounts through timely reconciliations and ensuring appropriate accounting treatment to support the production of Annual Accounts, Whole of Government Accounts returns and monthly financial reporting. Working closely with the Financial Accountant, you will support VAT and taxation activities, including preparing VAT returns to HMRC and responding to VAT queries. You will also ensure the correct accounting treatment of operational leases, salary sacrifice schemes and stock balances. The role includes line management responsibility for a member of staff, including workload allocation, training, performance management and day‑to‑day supervision. You will contribute to a range of Financial Accounting activities, including charitable funds, losses and other ad hoc work, and provide cover for the Financial Accountant when required.

We are looking for a proactive and organised individual with strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail and experience in financial accounting, reconciliations and reporting. The successful candidate will be able to manage priorities, build effective working relationships and contribute to improving financial processes and controls.

Main duties of the job

• In collaboration with the service aid the processing of all NHS creditor invoices that have reached the 10 week outstanding stage to ensure they do not reach arbitration stage, highlighting ongoing issues.
• Assist in the Agreement of Balances process throughout the year.
• Ensure schedules and accounting journals are prepared to apportion charges associated with salary sacrifice schemes and payroll deductions to the appropriate budget.
• Aid in the preparation of the UHB's VAT returns, ensuring systems are in place to correctly record VAT which requires an expert knowledge of NHS VAT rules.
• Provide advice and training on VAT matters across the UHB.
• Prepare and maintain procedure notes on the preparation of VAT returns and their underlying records.
• Line management responsibilities for a Finance Officer (band 4), including all duties within that post.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Good knowledge of accounting processes
• AAT qualified or studying for CCAB qualification
• Excellent Microsoft Excel knowledge and use

Experience

• Experience of working in a finance setting
• Experience of staff supervision or management

Personal Qualities

• Take a helpful and sharing approach to meet customer needs in order to develop their understanding and use of systems and controls.
• Demonstrate a high standard of conduct, integrity and probity.
• Good communicator.
• Demonstrate a resilient attitude to work pressures.
• Adopt a "can do" approach whilst maintaining system and personal integrity.

Circumstances

• Able to travel within the Health Board, and to be able to attend meetings outside the Health Board in a timely manner.
• Able to work hours flexibly, bearing in mind service needs.
• Must be able to work unsocial hours where necessary eg. during annual accounts.

Aptitude and Abilities

• Be able to demonstrate a customer focus to meet user needs
• Good communication skills, both orally and in writing and be able to adapt communication style depending on the recipient
• Excellent IT skills to be able to design and format financial spreadsheets with accuracy.

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.