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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (An agile working model to allow flexibility between home and office-based working.)
Job ref
082-AC003-0125
Employer
Health Education and Improvement Wales
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ty Dysgu
Town
Nantgarw
Salary
£26,928 - £29,551 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/01/2025 23:59

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Finance Officer

Band 4

 

 

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the Financial Accounting team within Health Education and Improvement Wales. The post will support the Financial Accountant in providing a high-quality service to the finance team and the wider organisation. The role will give the individual experience of a wide-range of financial tasks and is a great opportunity to broaden their accountancy skills.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for a wide range of tasks including: -

  • Administration and maintenance of the Accounts Receivable system, including the management and recovery of external debts.
  • Contributing to the Accounts Payable processes through resolving queries with invoices, maintaining invoice on hold reports and monitoring compliance of the Public Sector Payment Policy (PSPP) targets.
  • Assisting the Financial Accountant in maintaining the financial accounting processes, including ensuring all transactions are properly recorded within the ORACLE system.
  • Preparing and inputting journals for entry into the general ledger.
  • Undertaking monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Assisting in the production of working papers for the HEIW Annual Report.
  • Assisting in the Agreement of Balances exercise for the Health Board in accordance with the timetable.
  • Managing the Scheme of delegation and approval levels and ensuring the financial system reflects the authorised position.

The post holder will also be required to provide support to other roles within the Finance Department and other departments within HEIW as necessary.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers.  Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- compassionate leadership,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Technician Level or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within a finance environment in a complex organisation
  • Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and NHS finance procedures
  • Sound knowledge/user of Microsoft Excel and Word
Desirable criteria
  • Working in an NHS finance setting
  • Knowledge of ORACLE and Qlikview systems

Values

Essential criteria
  • Able to make effective use of available resources to analyse problems and evaluate solutions
  • Self-motivated and innovative thinker
  • Methodical and highly organised
  • Able to meet and uphold HEIW values

Other

Essential criteria
  • Used to working / is able to work in a busy open-plan environment
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to speak Welsh

Aptitudes & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to plan and organise your own workload
  • Flexible and team-based approach to work
  • Ability to review and determine areas of work that could benefit from improvement
  • Ability to communicate detailed financial issues in a clear and straightforward manner
  • Produces work with attention to detail

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Stonewall Hyrwyddwr Amrywiaeth Diversity ChampionDisability confident committedDying to Work CharterERS Silver Banner WelshEmployer pledge demonstrating a commitment to change how we think and act about mental health

Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Adam Dugdale
Job title
Financial Accountant
Email address
[email protected]
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