Job summary
- Main area
- Financial Management
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 205-6364536
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke Hospital
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Financial Management Assistant
Band 4
Job overview
This role provides an excellent opportunity for personal and professional development. We offer comprehensive support for those studying towards an accounting qualification and developing their careers within the NHS which includes a training coach, full financial support and a day a week allocated study time.
The Financial Management Assistant role is responsible for the production of monthly management accounts and for providing sound financial advice and support to Operational Managers, both clinical and non-clinical, at Ward/Department and Directorate level.
This is a key role in supporting and working with financial and operational colleagues in delivering excellent patient services in the Network Services Division.
Key to this is building relationships with colleagues and having the operational insight required to produce accurate management accounts and to provide sound financial advice.
There is a full induction programme to support an understanding of NHS finance and how the Trust and the Directorates operate.
Main duties of the job
The key elements of the role are to:
- Provide operational managers with information and analysis each month.
- Review actual income and expenditure within the Trust ledger system (ABS).
- Prepare and input journals and accruals to produce accurate management accounts.
- Hold meetings with budget holders and managers independently.
- Support the Directorate Teams to ensure timely reporting and recovery of income.
- Prepare budget virements and journals to maintain the integrity of financial and staffing budgets.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details on the post, please contact Lesley Fairhurst (see contact details).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSEs passes or equivalent including Maths & English
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- AAT Certification Level 3 and/or Level 4 or equivalent qualification in a related subject area e.g. business or accountancy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a similar environment.
- Experience of financial accounting systems and procedures/Knowledge of computerised ledger systems
- Able to work to tight deadlines within a demanding environment.
- Strong verbal communication skills.
- IT Skills
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Able to use own initiative and work as a team member.
Desirable criteria
- NHS Finance Experience
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lesley Fairhurst
- Job title
- Divisional Finance Manager - Network Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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