Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Financial Analyst - Band 5

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Job summary

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust is a £400m Acute NHS Foundation Trust, the largest provider of acute hospital services in Surrey. We are looking for a Financial Analyst to join the Financial Management Team.

Reporting to the Divisional Finance Manager, the post holder will work as part of the Financial Management team. The role primarily focuses on the provision of analytical services to the Financial Management team to identify key financial issues and enable accurate month end accruals to be made. The role will also assist with budget management and setting and perform a variety of finance related tasks to strict month and year end deadlines.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who is numerate, a team player, enthusiastic and conscientious, with good communication skills both verbal and written. The successful candidate will have advanced Excel skills and experience in analysing large amounts of data. We are seeking someone with previous experience working in a management accounts environment, preferably within the NHS, with some experience in month end reporting.

This is a good career opportunity for an enthusiastic and intelligent person to develop their accounting career. You will ideally be working towards an accounting qualification and a study package is available. Finance system training will be provided. You should have a passion for providing an exemplary service to the team and ultimately the patients, and have a strong sense of personal responsibility and achievement.

As an organisation, we offer opportunities for training and development, access to the NHS Pension Scheme, opportunities for flexible and remote working as well as on-site childcare provisions (nursery).

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted

27 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,408 to £34,581 a year Includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9323-SKA2418

Job locations

Guildford Road

Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will:

  • Prepare journals and related data preparation, including bank and agency staff.
  • Prepare reports for specific areas.
  • Variance analyses.
  • Update and maintain the established workforce for specific areas to allow pay costs to be assessed and budgets set.
  • Budget and actual uploads onto the Financial General Ledger.
  • Work with budget-holders, as well as colleagues within Finance

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will:

  • Prepare journals and related data preparation, including bank and agency staff.
  • Prepare reports for specific areas.
  • Variance analyses.
  • Update and maintain the established workforce for specific areas to allow pay costs to be assessed and budgets set.
  • Budget and actual uploads onto the Financial General Ledger.
  • Work with budget-holders, as well as colleagues within Finance

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to role,
  • Knowledge of accounting principles and financial systems
  • Use initiative in dealing with delivery problems and finding solutions to ensure timely deliveries

Qualifications

Essential

  • A degree, or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of numerical or technical subjects at GSCE or A level.
  • Good Excel spreadsheet skills

Desirable

  • AAT Certificate

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working in a Management Accounts environment
  • Team working in previous roles
  • Use of Excel
  • Use of Financial systems/ processes

Desirable

  • Previous experience within the NHS
  • Prior experience with Oracle Financials software

Knowledge

Essential

  • Computer Literate will be using multiple Trust systems
  • General Ledger training will be provided but must be confident about learning new systems
  • Able to use Intranet and Internet

Other

Essential

  • Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust.
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to role,
  • Knowledge of accounting principles and financial systems
  • Use initiative in dealing with delivery problems and finding solutions to ensure timely deliveries

Qualifications

Essential

  • A degree, or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of numerical or technical subjects at GSCE or A level.
  • Good Excel spreadsheet skills

Desirable

  • AAT Certificate

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working in a Management Accounts environment
  • Team working in previous roles
  • Use of Excel
  • Use of Financial systems/ processes

Desirable

  • Previous experience within the NHS
  • Prior experience with Oracle Financials software

Knowledge

Essential

  • Computer Literate will be using multiple Trust systems
  • General Ledger training will be provided but must be confident about learning new systems
  • Able to use Intranet and Internet

Other

Essential

  • Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guildford Road

Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PZ


Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guildford Road

Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PZ


Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Nicole Hunt

Nicola.hunt10@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

27 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,408 to £34,581 a year Includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9323-SKA2418

Job locations

Guildford Road

Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PZ


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