Finance Officer - Nuneaton, United Kingdom - George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

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Nuneaton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Finance Officer

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

£23,949 - £26,282.

Closing Date: 20thMarch 2023

Interview Date: 29thMarch 2023

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Financial Control are a small, professional and friendly finance team who are committed to providing a high-quality service. The post holder will be working in a supportive environment with training and development opportunities.

Working as part of the financial control team with responsibility for ensuring that financial information relating to capital asset transactions and charitable fund transactions is input accurately and timely in accordance with procedures.

Reconciliations relating to specified salary sacrifice schemes and balance sheet controls should be completed and all discrepancies actively investigated and resolved to ensure the financial ledger is up to date each month.

To support the quarterly and year end preparation of the annual accounts, ensuring that work is completed in line with financial timescales and legal requirements

To succeed in this post, you will have sound organisational skills and a methodical approach to maintain accurate financial records.

Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care'takes centre stage.

An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.

Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:

On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Main duties and Responsibilities

Fixed Assets/Stock

Assist with the maintenance of the Trust's capital asset register to ensure that it is fit for purpose and supports the Trusts accounting and reporting requirements. This involves recording all new assets, disposals and transfers in accordance with finance procedures and relevant accounting guidance.
Assist in the physical verification of assets located in wards and departments to ensure the asset register is accurate and up to date.
Assist in the coordination and execution of the annual stock takes to comply with the timetable and procedures of the Trust.

Financial Control, Procedures and Audit

Responsible for providing information to the Injury Costs Recovery Scheme ensuring that Department of Health reporting requirements are complied with. This involves accessing confidential patient information on Lorenzo.
Maintain financial records for the Trust's NEST Pension scheme in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Ensure that related financial transactions are processed in the ledger every month and the balance sheet control is reconciled monthly to ensure the integrity of the general ledger.
Maintain financial records for the Trust's salary sacrifice schemes in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, ensuring that related financial transactions are processed in the ledger every month and the balance sheet controls are reconciled monthly to ensure the integrity of the general ledger.
Responsible for reconciliation of other miscellaneous balance sheet control accounts, requiring investigation and resolution of discrepancies.
Responsible for the uploading of journals prepared by the financial control team onto the ledger in a timely manner, ensuring that appropriate backing documentation has been provided before the upload is completed. Challenge finance colleagues where appropriate to provide this information explaining the importance of accurate record keeping and audit requirements
Responsible for producing and updating procedures for own duties and taking an active part in proposing/implementing new policies and procedures that are deemed necessary for the team.
Ensure that source documentation in relation to the section is filed and/or scanned in accordance with departmental procedures, ensuring that all stored material/images kept are in good condition and readily retrievable to resolve any queries that may arise.
Responsibility for coordinating the timely production of information requested by external and internal auditors.
Assist with the issues raised, and actions agreed in both internal and external audit reports to support resolution within agreed timescales so that effective systems of internal control are ma