Senior Finance Assistant - Technical Accounts
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Job overview
To work in the Financial Services department of the Trust working primarily with the Technical Accounts team but also providing ad-hoc assistance to other teams in the Financial Services department.
Main duties of the job
The Technical Accounts team is a small team based in the Financial Services team in Mersey Care. They have responsibility for reconciling all control account balances within Finance including bank reconciliations, processing of ad-hoc payments in respect of salary advances and one-off supplier payments, processing of journals to support the reconciliation of control accounts and regular liaison with the Trust's payroll provider and SBS to resolve payroll queries. The team work from home primarily with one day a week based in the Trust's offices at Hollins Park in Winwick.
Shortlisting planned for: 31 July 2024
Interview planned for: 6 August 2024
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen in the Financial Services department for a Band 4 Senior Finance Assistant. This is a twelve-month fixed term contract and will be 37.5 hours per week with one day a week spent in the office at Hollins Park.
The successful applicant will support the Band 6 Assistant Technical Accountant in Financial Services and will be responsible for amongst other things: -
To analyse, investigate and resolve financial discrepancies and respond to routine queries from staff, customers and suppliers providing assistance & advice as required.
The completion of monthly control account reconciliations and timely resolution of any balances.
Ensure that Standing Financial Instructions, Standing Orders, and Financial Policy and Procedures are always observed.
Liaising with internal and external customers, ensuring enquiries and queries are investigated with appropriate assistance and advice given as required, and completing work in line with agreed timescales.
The role requires:
- A thorough understanding of basic accounting concepts and principles,
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills,
- The ability to prioritise and organise workloads and react to changing requirement and needs,
- The ability to work as part of a team or individually.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Date posted
19 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-TWS6467939
Job locations
Hollins Park Hospital
Hollins Park House, First Floor, Hollins Lane, Winwick
Warrington
WA2 8WA
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hollins Park Hospital
Hollins Park House, First Floor, Hollins Lane, Winwick
Warrington
WA2 8WA
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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