Job Description

Job Summary

The post holder will assist the Group Financial Controller and Management Accountant in the accurate and timely reporting of the Group's financial position, with specific responsibility over the reporting of one of DHC Group's Cardiology companies. In addition, this role will manage the credit control function for the Dental Imaging companies, overseeing a supporting team member.

Provide accurate and timely additional analysis to the team and budget holders to support key business decisions.

Assist in the compliance with all financial legislation and regulations and will operate as a key member of staff and actively contribute to the work of the organisation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibility for the end-to-end month end accounting of one of DHC Group's Cardiology companies, which will include the following:

- Prepayments - recognising and releasing prepaid costs in line with cash flow

- Fixed assets - maintaining the Fixed Asset register; processing new additions, disposals and depreciation on a monthly basis

- Finance leases - ensuring monthly repayments are in line with the lease schedule and posting the monthly interest journal

- Accruals - collating information from internal and external sources to determine monthly accruals

- Intercompany - Calculating monthly recharges from the relevant intercompany transactions

- ONS submissions

- Sale Invoice reconciliation by revenue source between the systems and receipts

- Maintain entity Balance Sheet

- Compilation and reporting to management of the Cardiology company's management accounts and initial review to feed back meaningful results.

Responsibility for the credit control function in DHC's dental Imaging companies, which will include the following:

- Monitor and manage outstanding debts from clients within the dental imaging business.

- Proactively contact customers (via phone, email, and letter) to follow up on overdue invoices and obtain upfront purchase orders.

- Allocation of bank receipts to outstanding sales invoices.

- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all communications with customers regarding payments.

- Resolve customer queries relating to billing discrepancies and work closely with the finance team and/or the clinical teams to ensure swift resolution.

- Assist in the improvement of process notes.

- Assist with any ad-hoc tasks that may arise related to the finance department

Keep up to date with current customer contracts (prices, locations, period).

Identify opportunities for process and system improvement and suggest/drive this change.

To assist in other areas of the Finance when required.

To ensure the company maintains sound financial systems and keeps accurate records of all income and expenditure.

Involvement in the annual audit where required.

Professional Skills - Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

A proactive and can do attitude

The ability to work on own initiative

Outstanding organisational skills

The ability to work under pressure

Excellent numerical and budgeting skills

Sound excel skills including (but not limited to) vlookups, sumifs, pivots etc, and a drive to utilise available resources to self-teach new skills in process implementation or improvement

Good understanding of the current accounting requirements and policies

- Proactively contact customers (via phone, email, and letter) to follow up on overdue invoices and obtain upfront purchase orders.

- Allocation of bank receipts to outstanding sales invoices.

- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all communications with customers regarding payments.

- Resolve customer queries relating to billing discrepancies and work closely with the finance team and/or the clinical teams to ensure swift resolution.

- Assist in the improvement of process notes.

- Assist with any ad-hoc tasks that may arise related to the finance department

Keep up to date with current customer contracts (prices, locations, period).

Identify opportunities for process and system improvement and suggest/drive this change.

To assist in other areas of the Finance when required.

To ensure the company maintains sound financial systems and keeps accurate records of all income and expenditure.

Involvement in the annual audit where required.

Professional Skills - Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

A proactive and can do attitude

The ability to work on own initiative

Outstanding organisational skills

The ability to work under pressure

Excellent numerical and budgeting skills

Sound excel skills including (but not limited to) vlookups, sumifs, pivots etc, and a drive to utilise available resources to self-teach new skills in process implementation or improvement

Good understanding of the current accounting requirements and policies

Professional Skills - Desirable

Experience of SUN Systems (Infor) accounting system

Experience of working within the healthcare sector.

Prior experience of working with the NHS would be beneficial.

Personal Skills

Having a professional appearance and demeanour at all times. Good team player. Having a flexible approach to work. Remaining calm under pressure. Non-judgmental. Able to remain confidential at all times

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this , the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this , the post-holder will have access to confidential financial information. This information must not be shared with any non-financial members of the Diagnostic Healthcare Limited team, or anyone else outside of the organisation.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: attend risk management training and contribute to risk assessment audits.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health and well-being of children and vulnerable adults. Familiarisation with, and adherence to, the DHC Safeguarding Policies and any associated guidance is an essential requirement of all employees as is participation in related mandatory/statutory training. All employees must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.

If you do not understand exactly how this clause relates to you personally then you must ensure that you seek clarification from your immediate manager as a matter of urgency.

Equally, all managers have a responsibility to ensure that their team members understand their individual responsibilities with regard to Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults and PREVENT.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the centre as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the company, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognize people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation

The post-holder will:

Adhere to company policies and procedures. Propose Changes to working practices or procedures within own work area. Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit where appropriate.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 30,000.00-33,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free or subsidised travel Sick pay
Schedule:

8 hour shift Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person