Finance Assistant

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 19 January 2025

Job summary

The Finance Directorate at Royal Papworth Hospital pride themselves on being a level 3 Future Focussed Finance accredited organisation and an environment of excellence in which we nurture and develop our staff.

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Finance team. As a Finance Assistant you will work as part of a team of six providing financial assistance across a range of clinical & non-clinical services.

The successful candidate will be either looking to or working toward their AAT qualification, have experience of computerised financial ledgers, be able to communicate with both financial & non-financial colleague, be able to prioritise their workload and have good IT skills, especially proficient in the use of MS Excel.

The post holder will work remotely for part of the week but will also need to be prepared to work at both the Royal Papworth Hospital site on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and the site in Huntingdon.

Main duties of the job

Key Management Accounts duties will involve supporting the Finance Business Partners to provide budget holders with financial support & advice and reviewing of departmental costs, while making appropriate adjustments through accrual & adjustment journals.

Assist in identifying variance from budget to ensure effective budgetary control by budget holders.

Support in the costing of information to assist both the month end process and divisional requests.

Alongside your Management Accounts duties key Financial Accounts duties will involve the raising of sales orders, coding of invoices received & reconcile pharmacy invoice data.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Date posted

27 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

175-2425-1-FI966

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Kingfisher House, Huntingdon

Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park

Huntingdon

Cambridge

PE29 6FH

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

4 GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Desirable

AAT Intermediate level or equivalent qualification
European Computer Driving License (ECDL) or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Be familiar with computerised financial ledgers
Experience of entering accurate and timely data onto electronic systems
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook and Excel
The ability to communicate information to colleagues and other hospitals
The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
The ability to deal with telephone queries professionally and with confidence
Able to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department daily
The ability to suggest and demonstrate changes to own and departmental practice
Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
Maintains the quality in own work
Ability to treat all employee and other hospital information confidentially
Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
Supportive of equality and values diversity

Desirable

Previous experience of financial/management accounts
Experience in using Excel spreadsheets in a working environment
Ability and willingness to travel between two sites

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

4 GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Desirable

AAT Intermediate level or equivalent qualification
European Computer Driving License (ECDL) or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Be familiar with computerised financial ledgers
Experience of entering accurate and timely data onto electronic systems
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook and Excel
The ability to communicate information to colleagues and other hospitals
The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
The ability to deal with telephone queries professionally and with confidence
Able to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department daily
The ability to suggest and demonstrate changes to own and departmental practice
Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
Maintains the quality in own work
Ability to treat all employee and other hospital information confidentially
Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
Supportive of equality and values diversity

Desirable

Previous experience of financial/management accounts
Experience in using Excel spreadsheets in a working environment
Ability and willingness to travel between two sites

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

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.