Finance Assistant

Wye Valley NHS Trust

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Job summary

This role is designed with the purpose to provide comprehensive financial and business support to the Financial Management function of the Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for career progressionworking as part of a small, friendly and supportive team within the wider finance function. All members are encouraged to be proactive and innovative in order to constantly improve the way the team works.

Reporting to the Deputy Finance Manager and supporting in ensuring effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed Divisional and Corporate goals.

This role is based across the main NHS sites in Herefordshire while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on-site working and working from home, should this flexibility be attractive to the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work a Finance Assistant.

The purpose of this post is to provide support to the Divisional Accountants at a transactional and technical level.

The post holder must have the confidence and ability to work on their own initiative and to communicate complex or sensitive issues effectively with non finance colleagues.

The job will demand a high level of technical competence to analyse information and present it in a meaningful way. Also working quickly, effectively and accurately on high volume data using advanced excel technical techniques.

The post holder will be required to assist in identifying financial pressures, saving opportunities and performance against financial plans.

The post holder will work within the Trust's policies and procedures.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted

07 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

229-COR-6362864

Job locations

Finance and Procurement Office

Harold Street

Hereford

HR1 2QX

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

AAT qualified or equivalent experience
Secondary education including 5 GCSE's at grades A to C to include Maths & English or equivalent qualificationsx
Appropriate qualifications and training in Excel or equivalent and demonstrated level of skills and knowledge.

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Outstanding spreadsheet skills
Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial staff colleagues.
Ability to analyse and convert complex data into high quality information
Ability to plan and organise own workload.

Desirable

Experienced in system report writing

Experience

Essential

Experience of public sector finance especially budgetary control and accounting
Experience of planning and preparation of financial reports and costings
Experience of using a large financial ledger system

Desirable

NHS Accounting experience

Personal Attributes

Essential

Ability to work to fair and challenging deadlines
Ability to organise and continually prioritise work
Ability to cope with normal work pressures
Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision
Good analytical skills

Other Factrors

Essential

Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post and flexible working in home or office environment as required.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

AAT qualified or equivalent experience
Secondary education including 5 GCSE's at grades A to C to include Maths & English or equivalent qualificationsx
Appropriate qualifications and training in Excel or equivalent and demonstrated level of skills and knowledge.

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Outstanding spreadsheet skills
Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial staff colleagues.
Ability to analyse and convert complex data into high quality information
Ability to plan and organise own workload.

Desirable

Experienced in system report writing

Experience

Essential

Experience of public sector finance especially budgetary control and accounting
Experience of planning and preparation of financial reports and costings
Experience of using a large financial ledger system

Desirable

NHS Accounting experience

Personal Attributes

Essential

Ability to work to fair and challenging deadlines
Ability to organise and continually prioritise work
Ability to cope with normal work pressures
Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision
Good analytical skills

Other Factrors

Essential

Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post and flexible working in home or office environment as required.

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.