Financial Accounts Assistant- Band 3 - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Gloucester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The role of the Finance Department is to provide support and advice to managers on all financial matters, to ensure that all statutory and reporting requirements are met, to ensure that a proper system of financial control is in place and to account properly for all financial transactions.


The role of the Financial Accounts Assistant as a member of the Financial Accounts Team is to provide support to the Shared Service Accounts Payable Function and to the wider Financial Accounts Team.

This will involve working to deadlines and using a variety of software and systems.


The postholder will assist the Finance Team, Shared Service, Budget Holders and Administration Staff within the Trust with financial matters to enable delivery of an effective and efficient financial accounts service to the organisation.

Process accounting information within the agreed monthly timetable, adhering to the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions.


Assist the Finance Team to establish and maintain the organisation's monthly and annual accounts accurately and in accordance with internal deadlines.


Support Shared Service with Accounts Payable Function including working with Counter Fraud on ad-hoc queries and data collection for National Fraud Initiative.


Assist in achieving the Department of Health Better Payment Practice Code (BPPC) targets by working with Budget Holders and their Administration Staff to resolve invoices in workflow.

Build effective and supportive relationships with budget holders, managers and corporate colleagues including external agencies.

Organise and prioritise workload, ensuring that work is completed in line with financial timescales and legal requirements.

Assist in the review of processes/procedures within the scope of responsibilities to identify improvement areas.


Assist in implementing policies and controls within the department, and also contribute to the development of new or amended policies within scope of responsibilities.


Assist and provide cover where necessary under the supervision of the Deputy Financial Accountant, for other members of the department as appropriate.


At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it.

This is the same approach we take for our employees.

We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards.

The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.


Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.


Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.


Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.

The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.

Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.

So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.


Please note that this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship and therefore we are only able to consider applicants with unrestricted right to work in the UK due to the role not currently meeting the UK Government's Visa's & Immigration's requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.

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