Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7876238
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Enfield Civic Centre
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £36,943 - £44,900 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Capital Accountant
NHS AfC: Band 5
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The post holder will be a key member of the Capital finance team. They will work as part of a team to ensure the effective use of the Trust’s Capital.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role include:
To maintain the fixed asset register.
To ensure that the register is kept up to date on a monthly basis and that all relevant entries are made both to the fixed asset register and the general ledger.
To ensure that all accounting for assets in the course of production is up to date and correct.
To work alongside the individual responsible for cash flow reporting to feed in data regarding fixed asset transaction inflows and outflows.
To prepare budgets and forecasts for depreciation and profit and loss on sale of fixed assets.
To work with the treasury team to ensure that cash flows for capital projects are forecast as accurately as possible.
To ensure that the year-end requirements for a complete and fully referenced file of fixed asset additions, disposals, depreciation and donated assets is prepared and available for auditing within 4 weeks of the year
To ensure that the statutory accounts fixed assets note is prepared, referenced back to year end working papers and explained satisfactorily to the external auditors.
To work with the Projects team to reconcile orders raised with spend made on the general ledger.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities
Person specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 3 A Levels or equivalent
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within either an accounts department or in an accountancy / audit practice.
- Experience of preparing reports to tight timescales
- Experience of verbally presenting reports to senior staff
Skills and Apitudes
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to present and explain financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non -finance managers.
- Ability to organise time and prioritise their personal workload
- Ability to forward plan and ensure that work is scheduled in well in advance of being required
- Good influencing skills.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to solve complex financial problems
- Ability to analyse areas of work to identify areas which would benefit from continuous improvement
- Ability to make use of systems (initially Excel, PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word) to prepare and present accurate, clear information and to identify what can be produced from other financial systems.
Personal Qualities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jim Phillips
- Job title
- Head of Finance – Capital Investment
- Email address
- [email protected]
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