Accountant/financial Manager - Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom - Dermatology Consulting Ltd

Description

ACCOUNTANT / FINANCIAL MANAGER WITH SOME PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DUTIES
Salary negotiable depending on previous experience


Hours:
per week


Post:
Accountant / Financial Manager


Location:
Tunbridge Wells


Website:


Post:
hours per week


Salary:
£40,000-£50,000 Full time equivalent, negotiable and depending on experience


Annual Leave: 29.5 days including Bank holidays (or pro rata) with an additional day accrued for each full year worked up to an extra five days (i.e. up to 34.5 days).

Dermatology Consulting is a consultant-led private dermatology clinic in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, which, since its establishment over 16 years ago, has gained an excellent reputation and was awarded Outstanding by the CQC at its latest inspection.

Currently there are six consultant dermatologists, three consultant plastic surgeons and, because of our excellent reputation, we have an increasing demand for our services.

The accountant must be able to cover all aspects of the accounting function including sales and purchase ledgers, cash book, bank reconciliations, payment processing, invoicing, credit control,
VAT reports, HMRC returns, management reporting, cost analysesand initiating cost reduction exercises within the business.

Experience of Xero and Dext helpful but not essential.

Excellent communication skills, good telephone manner and ability to communicate with a wide range of customers are required.

Salary dependent on qualifications or experience.

Hours approximately per week - can be spread over 4-5 days, ideally to include at least one evening, but the evening shift is not essential.

or by post to Dermatology Consulting, 6 Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5SE

Closing Date: 22nd February, 2023

Interview Date: 27th February, 2023


ACCOUNTANT / FINANCIAL CONTROLLER - DUTIES

INCOME

• Supervise producing of insurer invoices by the secretaries which are the passed to the lead clinician to approve. BUPA consultant invoices have to be accompanied by backing information regarding ebilling. Post or ebill approved insurer invoices. This alsoincludes supervising the secretaries checking that invoices for nurseled procedures and the plastic surgeons' procedures have been invoiced.
• Input receipts from insurers into Practice Management software (Carebit) and check to bank accounts.
• Liaise with insurers or patients about amounts incorrectly paid and unpaid invoices.
• Input BACS receipts from selffunding patients into Carebit.
• Monitor the position on all outstanding invoices over 6 weeks old, chase regularly by letter and phone and liaise with patients/insurance companies on these.
• Produce monthly income analyses by type, by doctors, by nurses per day.
• Calculate and update annual price increases on invoicing.
• Record orders requested from online shop and record payments received on the accounts.
• Monitor stock levels for inhouse and online shop.

EXPENDITURE

• Copy all invoices received to the lead clinician and answer any queries on them.
• Input purchase invoices into xero using receipt bank.
• Schedule invoices for weekly payment by cheque and issue cheques with remittance advices.
• Enter all payments made by the lead clinician privately by journal including conference expenses.
• Maintain a schedule of all drug costs so that mark ups are reviewed monthly.
• Order and pay for medical equipment as required by nurses or clinicians.
• Liaise with overseas suppliers re deliveries and settlement of import duty. Ensure all expenses including
  VAT, duty and shipping are accounted for.

BANK ACCOUNTS

• Input the bank accounts details into Xero.
• Reconcile the bank accounts and credit card when statements received.
• Prepare cheques for banking and cash for drawings.
• Reconcile and manage reception petty cash and input receipts and payments into Xero.

VAT

• Complete quarterly
  VAT returns.

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

• Provide monthly management accounts with comparatives to prior years and detailed notes.
• Analysis of data of clinical activity by each practitioner and cost/benefit of each clinical activity.
• Costing treatments to ensure they are profitable

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
Produce draft accounts for the annual statutory accounts with detailed notes including:

• A debtors reconciliation together with a review of patients in credit
• Costing of stock