Finance Officer – Transactional Services
Fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity until 30/11/2026
Ensuring suppliers are paid in a prompt manner is a key target for all NHS organisations. The Trust also needs to ensure that it receives payment for all services undertaken in a prompt manner.
The Transactional Services team is a small busy team supporting the Trust's purchase to pay pathway and sales processes. Working as an interface between Trust employees and our outsourced service provider this role covers a wide range of tasks.
The role will interact with the wider finance team (financial services and management accounts) on a regular basis. All of these teams are hardworking supporting the Trust maintain its finance position, undertaking financial reporting and supporting the operational teams of the Trust.
If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.
Main duties of the job
The role will include
* Supplier and customer set up
* Data entry for both purchase and sales transactions
* Problem solving
* Liaising with a range of internal and external parties
* Management of purchase and sales ledger
* Performing reconciliations
A number of these tasks will require to be undertaken on a daily basis, whilst others may be weekly or monthly.
There is a requirement to develop an understanding of the business as this will enable added value when problem solving.
The ability to work to rules which may be continually changing and remember key points is important to being successful in this role.
If you have the drive to be involved in process improvement, working in a proactive manner, educating end users and looking at the root cause of issues this role will offer these opportunities.
This role is not a traditional purchase ledger invoice matching role.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first‑class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state‑of‑the‑art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
* Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
* On‑site Nursery
* On‑site cafes offering staff discounts
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job responsibilities
* Assist requisitioners / buyers in the resolutions of queries relating to all types of invoices.
* Provide suppliers with information to ensure they are invoicing in the most efficient manner.
* Forward any invoices received direct by the Trust to the service provider at the agree address in a timely fashion.
* Input manual payment requests that cannot be processed via the outsourced financial services provider primarily payments to individuals.
* Perform statement reconciliations and undertake follow up action including identification of unallocated cash and open credit notes and process to clearance.
* Monitor suppliers set up as cheque and contact them to get electronic payment details.
* Respond to advice regarding users who have not used the out of office functionality to move invoices en‑masse
* Assist coders / approvers in the resolutions of queries relating to non PO invoices.
* Assist in the management of the purchase ledger to ensure end users are undertaking their actions in a timely fashion.
* Liaise with suppliers where invoices are submitted without enough information to allow for PO matching or end user approval.
* Ensure suppliers are aware of eInvoicing options and are directed to the service provider website for full details.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 4124 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer). The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 5 GCSEs at C or above (or equivalent)
Experience
* Working in a transactional finance team
* Use of finance systems
Skills
* Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel
* Good organisational skills
* Excellent communicator and good interpersonal skills
* Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Access
* Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
* Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
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