Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a finance apprentice to join the Financial Management team at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will provide technical and financial accounting support within the department, working closely with all members of the team, staff across the organisation and external stakeholders.
We will fund your training towards an accountancy qualification. You will be given protected study time to complete the course. At the end of your apprenticeship we would expect successful candidates to secure a suitable position within the trust or the wider NHS Finance.
If you are interested in starting your career in NHS finance this is the post for you.
Closing date 5th June 2022
Short Listing W/C 6th June 2022
Interview Date 22nd June 2022
Main duties of the job
The Finance Officer will work under the supervision of the Finance Manager and Assistant Finance Managers (Finance Support Team Lead) to provide a comprehensive range of services across all areas within finance.
The post holder will be one of a team of Finance Officers who will haveprimary responsibility for assisting in the delivery of high quality financialmanagement, financial accounting and costing and contracting support to the wider finance team, other operational managers, external customers and suppliers.
Tasks and queries will be allocated by the Finance Manager and the postholder will be expected to observe agreed service standards and workeffectively to ensure that agreed deadlines are achieved.
About us
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual's needs.
The Trust's purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: - We Care, We Listen, We Deliver
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties:The post holder will be allocated work and tasks which cover the whole of the finance function. The Finance Manager will be responsible for agreeing work priorities and co-ordinating work within the team but the post holder will be expected to work flexibly and enthusiastically to complete a broad and variable range of tasks. These will include;
- Assisting in the production of accurate and timely monthly financialmonitoring information
- Undertaking transactional analysis to support the investigation of income and expenditure variances against budgets.
- Assisting with the provision of relevant information for forecasting,business cases, costing information for continuous budget review, annual budget setting and other service developments.
- Assist with the preparation of the monthly financial reporting.
- To prepare and accurately input all types of journals including budgetadjustments to the general ledger.
- To liaise with finance and non-finance staff in the investigation andresolution of queries in a timely and accurate manner.
- Responsible for processing sales orders, payment requests, set up and amendment of sales items, receivable activities and salespersons on Oracle Financials.
- To prepare monthly reconciliations of expenditure relating to bank and agency staffing
- To prepare and upload accrual and actual journals for bank and agency staffing costs
- To prepare monthly reconciliations for balance sheet control accounts and investigate and resolve any outstanding balances
- Assist in the transactions analysis to support monthly capital reporting
- To run monthly Business Intelligence reports
- To analyse prepayments and prepare and upload journals as required
- To act as or provide cover for the Trusts cashier which will include the payment of petty cash, the reimbursement of sub floats, the recording of income and the banking of income.
- To collate daily bank balances from the Trusts on line systems to inform cash management processes
- To maintain the commercial bank account cashbook
- To undertake monthly pay analysis to inform detailed pay forecasting
- To reconcile suspense accounts including payroll
- To analyse monthly payroll deductions and action payments to the relevant organisations.
- To process online bank payments
- To analyse and code the monthly Non PO accrual file and prepare and upload the necessary journals
- Respond to budget holder, supplier and other customer related queries in an efficient, timely and professional manner
4. Working as part of a Team
- Share information, skills and experiences with colleagues
- Listen and be open to the views of others
- Contribute to development of effective team working within immediate and wider teams
- Actively work to develop and maintain positive relationships with people
- Contribute to developing a working environment and culture which actively improves the performance of the team.
- Attend and contribute to staff meetings on a regular basis
5. Managing Self
- Works with minimal supervision but seeks advice and guidance frommanager as and when required
- Participate in regular supervision.
- Attend all mandatory training.
- Participate annually identifying, developing and agreeing your owndevelopment plan with your line manager using the Trust Appraisal and KSF process.
- Comply with all Trust policies, procedures and protocols.
- Pay regard to materials and equipment.
- Carry out duties with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunity Policy.
6. Staff Supervision and Support
- Provide training and advice to the Finance Assistant as required
7. Financial Responsibility
- The Finance Officer, will ensure that Trust resources are used in an effective manner. This will include being responsible for a petty cash float, handling cash and cheques and raising payments and sales orders on Oracle Financials.
- The post holder will work within and promote agreed financial strategies and policies, and will support others in doing so.
The Covid-19 vaccination remains the best line of defence against Covid-19 to protect individuals, colleagues, patients, and communities, and the Trust encourages staff to take up the offer of being fully vaccinated. Please note all staff members who are working in healthcare premises, working with patients/service users and/or undertaking patient/service user visits will be required to take a twice weekly Lateral FlowTest, and to produce evidence of their negative test result on request.
If you have any concerns about whether this affects your eligibility to undertake a role with the Trust, you may wish to contact the recruiting manager to discuss this further.Staff are able to order LFT kits through theGovernment websitefree of charge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties:The post holder will be allocated work and tasks which cover the whole of the finance function. The Finance Manager will be responsible for agreeing work priorities and co-ordinating work within the team but the post holder will be expected to work flexibly and enthusiastically to complete a broad and variable range of tasks. These will include;
- Assisting in the production of accurate and timely monthly financialmonitoring information
- Undertaking transactional analysis to support the investigation of income and expenditure variances against budgets.
- Assisting with the provision of relevant information for forecasting,business cases, costing information for continuous budget review, annual budget setting and other service developments.
- Assist with the preparation of the monthly financial reporting.
- To prepare and accurately input all types of journals including budgetadjustments to the general ledger.
- To liaise with finance and non-finance staff in the investigation andresolution of queries in a timely and accurate manner.
- Responsible for processing sales orders, payment requests, set up and amendment of sales items, receivable activities and salespersons on Oracle Financials.
- To prepare monthly reconciliations of expenditure relating to bank and agency staffing
- To prepare and upload accrual and actual journals for bank and agency staffing costs
- To prepare monthly reconciliations for balance sheet control accounts and investigate and resolve any outstanding balances
- Assist in the transactions analysis to support monthly capital reporting
- To run monthly Business Intelligence reports
- To analyse prepayments and prepare and upload journals as required
- To act as or provide cover for the Trusts cashier which will include the payment of petty cash, the reimbursement of sub floats, the recording of income and the banking of income.
- To collate daily bank balances from the Trusts on line systems to inform cash management processes
- To maintain the commercial bank account cashbook
- To undertake monthly pay analysis to inform detailed pay forecasting
- To reconcile suspense accounts including payroll
- To analyse monthly payroll deductions and action payments to the relevant organisations.
- To process online bank payments
- To analyse and code the monthly Non PO accrual file and prepare and upload the necessary journals
- Respond to budget holder, supplier and other customer related queries in an efficient, timely and professional manner
4. Working as part of a Team
- Share information, skills and experiences with colleagues
- Listen and be open to the views of others
- Contribute to development of effective team working within immediate and wider teams
- Actively work to develop and maintain positive relationships with people
- Contribute to developing a working environment and culture which actively improves the performance of the team.
- Attend and contribute to staff meetings on a regular basis
5. Managing Self
- Works with minimal supervision but seeks advice and guidance frommanager as and when required
- Participate in regular supervision.
- Attend all mandatory training.
- Participate annually identifying, developing and agreeing your owndevelopment plan with your line manager using the Trust Appraisal and KSF process.
- Comply with all Trust policies, procedures and protocols.
- Pay regard to materials and equipment.
- Carry out duties with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunity Policy.
6. Staff Supervision and Support
- Provide training and advice to the Finance Assistant as required
7. Financial Responsibility
- The Finance Officer, will ensure that Trust resources are used in an effective manner. This will include being responsible for a petty cash float, handling cash and cheques and raising payments and sales orders on Oracle Financials.
- The post holder will work within and promote agreed financial strategies and policies, and will support others in doing so.
The Covid-19 vaccination remains the best line of defence against Covid-19 to protect individuals, colleagues, patients, and communities, and the Trust encourages staff to take up the offer of being fully vaccinated. Please note all staff members who are working in healthcare premises, working with patients/service users and/or undertaking patient/service user visits will be required to take a twice weekly Lateral FlowTest, and to produce evidence of their negative test result on request.
If you have any concerns about whether this affects your eligibility to undertake a role with the Trust, you may wish to contact the recruiting manager to discuss this further.Staff are able to order LFT kits through theGovernment websitefree of charge.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education including Maths and English at GCSE grade C or above
Desirable
- Progress towards a professional accountancy qualification.
- ECDL Advanced level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of computer software packages including excel spreadsheets
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working in a finance or business environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education including Maths and English at GCSE grade C or above
Desirable
- Progress towards a professional accountancy qualification.
- ECDL Advanced level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of computer software packages including excel spreadsheets
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working in a finance or business environment.
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
