Job summary
Principal Medical Limited are looking to recruit a finance assistant to join their team. This role will support all accounts functions including but not limited to Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Cash Book. Working as part of a small team, this role will offer variety and exposure to a number of different projects within accounts and finance.
Please note that this vacancy could close early once sufficient applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and enthusiastically within the team to complete a broad and variable range of tasks as directed by the Accounts Supervisor & Financial Controller. A detailed, but not exhaustive, list can be seen in job description.
About us
PML is a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as a NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of c. £16m. PML holds GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing c. 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Accounts and Data Analysis
- Bank & petty cash reconciliations.
- Processing sales invoices and assisting in the preparation of payment runs.
- Coding and publishing purchase invoices through Auto Entry.
- Reconciling supplier statements.
- Credit Control, including seeking recovery of outstanding debts.
- Perform standard monthly nominal reconciliations.
- Completing transactional tasks within deadline.
- Providing timely reports to finance management and supporting with the checking of data.
- Responding to queries from suppliers, customers, & colleagues by email and phone.
- Ad hoc finance duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Accounts and Data Analysis
- Bank & petty cash reconciliations.
- Processing sales invoices and assisting in the preparation of payment runs.
- Coding and publishing purchase invoices through Auto Entry.
- Reconciling supplier statements.
- Credit Control, including seeking recovery of outstanding debts.
- Perform standard monthly nominal reconciliations.
- Completing transactional tasks within deadline.
- Providing timely reports to finance management and supporting with the checking of data.
- Responding to queries from suppliers, customers, & colleagues by email and phone.
- Ad hoc finance duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level as a minimum with at least a C grade in English and Maths
Desirable
- Further qualification in Accounting
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years previous experience in finance/accounting
- Accounts Experience within a team structure
- Experience of Sage 50 or similar accounting package
Desirable
- Reporting and data analysis
- Familiarity with the healthcare sector
- Experience of healthcare administration
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent administrative skills and proficiency in the use of Windows based software with medium level Excel skills as a minimum and ideally Advanced level e.g. lookups, sumifs and pivot tables
- Ability to deal with sensitive information and situations and work under pressure
- Good organisational skill with an ability to prioritise whilst working to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent written, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Understand the importance of confidentiality and apply this in day-to-day practice
- An ability to learn new software packages
- Ability to use own judgement on when to take initiative and when to take advice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level as a minimum with at least a C grade in English and Maths
Desirable
- Further qualification in Accounting
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years previous experience in finance/accounting
- Accounts Experience within a team structure
- Experience of Sage 50 or similar accounting package
Desirable
- Reporting and data analysis
- Familiarity with the healthcare sector
- Experience of healthcare administration
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent administrative skills and proficiency in the use of Windows based software with medium level Excel skills as a minimum and ideally Advanced level e.g. lookups, sumifs and pivot tables
- Ability to deal with sensitive information and situations and work under pressure
- Good organisational skill with an ability to prioritise whilst working to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent written, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Understand the importance of confidentiality and apply this in day-to-day practice
- An ability to learn new software packages
- Ability to use own judgement on when to take initiative and when to take advice
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.
