Band 8a - Head of Financial Accounts

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and details about the role.

Working hours are 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday, office and home working, with a minimum of two days in the office.

Person specification

Education and qualifications:

Essential criteria

• Qualified CCAB (Accounting qualification) or knowledge and experience equivalent to post registration/graduate degree.
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.

Knowledge:

Essential criteria

• Highly developed specialist knowledge across a broad range of Financial Accounting topics.
• Evidence of on-going training and development through the use of short courses and structured study days to comply with CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
• Sound understanding of Financial Reporting Standards (FRS).
• Sound understanding of the Manual for Accounts.

Experience:

Essential criteria

• Significant NHS experience.
• Extensive Financial Accounting experience.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

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