This is an opportunity to join the finance team of the London Ambulance Service Trust (LAS), one of the largest and busiest ambulance services in the world.

The role of Head of Capital Accounts sits at the heart of the finance team, working with colleagues, outsourced providers, and the wider Trust to plan and deliver the Trust''s capital plans and control the Trust''s asset registers.This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week in the officeAs the leader of the Capital Accounting team you''ll be responsible for:The performance of the Capital Accounting team and provide senior managers and Directors strategic advice on highly complex lease and capital business issuesProvide senior support to business area Directors in developing and monitoring progress on highly complex business casesLead the development and delivery of the financial strategy and associated plans of the Trust relating to Capital and Lease Accounting, including the capital and lease forecast and plansBe the Trust''s centre of capital and lease accounting excellence and the go to point for capital and lease accounting.Co-ordinating internally and externally the production of the capital and lease sections of Trust''s annual accounts and their audit.Preparing and providing highly complex financial analysis and commentaryLondon Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK - it is a very exciting Finance Team to be part of. This role sits in our Management Accounts team, but has very close links to Operational Directors.The Finance team works widely across the Trust at all levels up to Board and with a variety of other partners such as external NHS Trusts, commercial organisations, Heathrow Airport, Stadia, London''s Air Ambulance and Healthcare UK.Annual leave starts at 27 days rising to 33 days, plus bank holidays, in line with agenda for change (NHS terms and conditions).Capital AccountingTo ensure that all relevant information is collated and to draft the capital and lease sections of the annual financial statements for Chief Financial Officer review within deadlines.Report on and discuss contentious and highly complex lease and capital Trust-wide issues with Trust Board Officers and senior managers, such as the delivery of performance against capital targets and recommend and implement strategies to recover and maintain performance.Provide senior level support to business area Directors in developing and monitoring progress on highly complex business cases and project planning and approval documentation to ensure costs and benefits are fully understood, and decisions on new initiatives are taken with full knowledge of the financial implications.Review, develop and continually improve reporting packs for forecasting and planning, CIP, projects and business change initiatives provided to the board.To manage the monthly capital and lease reporting and forecasting process through the production and distribution of finance system generated reports.Ensure that all lease and capital nominal ledger accounts are properly reconciled including the FAR and Lease Register to GL - on a monthly basis.To ensure that the capital and lease annual and longer term plans, forecasts and NHS England monitoring returns and internal reports are completed by the due dates.To act as a Trust reference point on capital and lease matters, building and maintaining own knowledge and expertise, interpret advice and promote best practice within the Trust.To ensure that audit recommendations are complied with and to use them to improve controls in other accounting areas.To lead on improving the effectiveness and utilisation of the lease and capital asset register, and all accounting systems in relevant areas.To ensure that financial procedures are fully documented and developed in accordance with the current accounting standards.Responsible for the development of financial policies and procedures.To contribute towards the development of the Trust wide financial strategy and input into the development of all trust wide policies with a financial impact.To manage a team including the application of sickness and absence reporting, disciplinary and other personnel policies of the Directorate and Trust and to lend support in the pursuit of their Personal Development Plan and appraisal.

Financial and Physical ResourcesResponsible for maintaining robust financial processes and controls to ensure efficient and effective maintenance and management of the Trust''s capital and lease assets and maintaining the integrity of the Trust''s assets register and non-current assetsContribute towards the development of financial strategies to deliver capital targets. This will include development of 3 year capital plan for inclusion in the Trust''s Business Plan.CCAB recognised accountancy qualificationMaster''s degree or equivalentCapital and Lease AccountingAbility to use databases, analyse highly complex data, diagnose problems, identify solutions and undertake business case benefits analysisLogical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial dataContractPermanentFull-time