Job summary
Cumbria Health is proud to provide primary health care services to the people of Cumbria, both in and out of hours.
We're looking for a highly motivated Finance Apprentice to support the
effective running of the Finance department in delivering its key core duties
covering sales and purchase ledger, financial control, administration and financial management.
This role will cover 37.5 hours per week (including 20% off-job learning). As part of this apprenticeship we can offer you a permanent role with Cumbria Health, whilst also being supported to complete the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
qualification.
Closing Date: 23 February 2025
In person interviews will take place week commencing 03 March 2025 at Cumbria Health, Wavell Drive, CA1 2SE
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We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.
Please note that we are unable to offer an Employer Sponsored Visa for this role.
Main duties of the job
As knowledge and
confidence develop, you will act as a key and proactive member of the
Finance Team to enable capacity to be flexed to meet the peaks in workload
across the department.
You will hold 5
GCSEs with a minimum grade 4 (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
You will possess
good organisational, time management and communication skills, as well as being
proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
The Finance Apprentice will be given the opportunity to develop new skills and
knowledge whilst working with an established team and will be supported to
complete the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.
You will actively
engage with all aspects of the study programme, submit assignments and complete exams, to the required standard within
the agreed deadlines.
At all times, Cumbria Health will deliver a service that is in line with our values:
- Clinically Focussed: Everything every one of us does is for the patient
- Responsive: We listen and we respond quickly in a patient focussed way
- One Team: We work together to provide a high quality service which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with both the local Acute and Community Trusts
- High Standards: We provide skilled professionals working to the highest standards who are passionate about improving patient care
- Growth & Sustainability: With our strong roots we will continue to thrive and grow
- Communities: Connecting and engaging to meet local needs
About us
Cumbria Health places the patient, their family and their community at the heart of everything we do. We are an award-winning organisation, the first out-of-hours organisation in the country to be rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We provide primary health care services, both in and out of hours, across Cumbria. We are values-driven and place great emphasis on inclusivity and the wellbeing and development of our staff, while striving to provide a consistently high-quality service. Our service is designed to improve health and wellbeing.
Working for CH can offer flexible opportunities in terms of location, hours and working patterns so you can enjoy a great work life balance. In order to provide the best patient care we understand the importance of ensuring staff satisfaction and are consistently trying to ensure we offer our staff a positive working environment whether that be though training or social events.
Listen to your heart. Have the work life balance you'd love.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here:
1. Assisting the Finance Officer with purchase ledger entries,
including day to day completion of purchase ledger tasks, including the coding
and processing of supplier invoices
2. Reviewing the purchase ledger for accurate payment allocations to
ensure all supplier accounts are correct and up to date.
3. Assisting the Finance Officer with the raising of sales invoices
4. Reviewing the sales ledger for accurate receipt allocations to
ensure the customer accounts and correct and up to date
5. Assist with the completion of account reconciliations and
maintenance of the nominal ledger to assist with accurate reporting
6. Assisting the Management Accountant and Head of Finance by posting
journals and learning how to produce monthly management accounts
7. Analysing monthly figures to provide information to budget holders
8. Assisting with the bank reconciliations and petty cash
transactions
9. General support to the Finance team as required with day to day
tasks
Job description
Job responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here:
1. Assisting the Finance Officer with purchase ledger entries,
including day to day completion of purchase ledger tasks, including the coding
and processing of supplier invoices
2. Reviewing the purchase ledger for accurate payment allocations to
ensure all supplier accounts are correct and up to date.
3. Assisting the Finance Officer with the raising of sales invoices
4. Reviewing the sales ledger for accurate receipt allocations to
ensure the customer accounts and correct and up to date
5. Assist with the completion of account reconciliations and
maintenance of the nominal ledger to assist with accurate reporting
6. Assisting the Management Accountant and Head of Finance by posting
journals and learning how to produce monthly management accounts
7. Analysing monthly figures to provide information to budget holders
8. Assisting with the bank reconciliations and petty cash
transactions
9. General support to the Finance team as required with day to day
tasks
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSEs with a minimum grade 4 (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
Experience
Essential
- Excellent Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook skills
- Ability to input and retrieve data accurately on a computerised system
- Ability to communicate well with a wide range of stakeholders, across multiple communication channels (written and verbal)
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Strong administrative and organisational skills
- Ability to carry out work accurately to specified deadlines and on own initiative
- Close attention to detail
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Experience of working in Finance
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Positive
- Confident
- Well organised
- Good team player
- Flexible
- Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to maintain workload in a busy and demanding environment
- Willingness to undertake further training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSEs with a minimum grade 4 (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
Experience
Essential
- Excellent Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook skills
- Ability to input and retrieve data accurately on a computerised system
- Ability to communicate well with a wide range of stakeholders, across multiple communication channels (written and verbal)
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Strong administrative and organisational skills
- Ability to carry out work accurately to specified deadlines and on own initiative
- Close attention to detail
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Experience of working in Finance
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Positive
- Confident
- Well organised
- Good team player
- Flexible
- Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to maintain workload in a busy and demanding environment
- Willingness to undertake further training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
