Finance Placement Student

Job summary

We have exciting opportunities for undergraduate students who wish to develop their career within an NHS Finance function. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is looking to employ students with knowledge in the field of accounting and finance, with core IT skills including Excel, for a period of 12 months starting in August 2024.

You must be currently in your second year of undergraduate studies and passionate and ambitious to pursue a career in accounting and finance after graduation. We are looking for individuals who will embrace and support our vision and values which include Working Together, Dignity and Care, Everyone Matters and Open and Honest. In return you will gain valuable experience and knowledge and we will help you grow and develop in confidence ready for a successful career in finance.

Placements will be within the finance directorate and may involve working across our hospitals at Oxford Road Campus, North Manchester, and Wythenshawe or at the Finance and Procurement Business Unit at Trafford General Hospital.

The selection process will consist of a virtual assessment centre and work-based exercise, following this if successful you will be invited to a formal interview which will involve a presentation. This is likely to take place during February/March 2023. Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a large number of applications.

Main duties of the job

PLEASE NOTE - This is not a comprehensive list and tasks will vary dependent on the specific role that the successful candidate is placed.

1. Providing support to senior team members in providing timely and accurate finance reports to service users and budget holders.

2. Assisting in the completion of budget, balance sheet and transactional reconciliations.

3. Acting as the initial contact point within the team for queries from service providers and budget holders, as well external stakeholders.

4. Undertaking project work and ad-hoc tasks relating to the post-holders specific area of work.

5. Assisting in the completion of responses relating to FOI (Freedom of Information) queries.

6. Producing accurate and auditable records for all work that is undertaken.

7. Maintaining and updating procedure notes relevant to their areas of work.

8. Contributing to the production of statements for the final accounts.

9. Responsible for collating and filing source financial and non-financial documents (supplier invoices, financial statements, correspondence) in accordance with departmental procedures

10. Assisting in the production of periodic reports to senior finance staff, directorate managers and budget holders.

11. Supporting the co-ordination of all supporting systems, e.g. ESR, General Ledger.

12. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties and responsibilities as determined by their line manager within the overall parameters of the post.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.