AstheFinanceassistant,youwill playanintegral role inkeepingthebasesafe, supporting the accurate financial reporting and being a key contact with service managers to supporting their budget holder responsibilities.
Reporting to the Assistant Finance Manager, this is a great opportunity for a dynamic and self-motivated individual to develop business partnering and commercial finance experience, work closely with our finance team and wider business, and drive overall success.
Main duties of the job
The post holder:
* Will support the CHS Finance team in ensuring robust financial information is provided to enable CHS to achieve its financial contribution for the current financial year.
* Will be expected to work towards taking on financial management analysis and reporting tasks as agreed with the Senior Finance Manager/Assistant Finance Manager in support of the CHS/Trust wider business and finance agenda appropriate to the level of the post.
* Will work closely with colleagues within the Trusts Financial Management team and beyond in support of the CHS/Trusts corporate financial duties, appropriate to the level of the post.
About us
At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:
* Fully managed estate and building maintenance
* Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
* Procurement advice, guidance and governance
* Capital project management
* Transport
* Grounds maintenance.
* Catering
* Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)
All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.
Job responsibilities
The postholder: -
* Analyse / interpret / investigate complex financial data, queries and discrepancies which may involve a series of options, being clear on the value added of carrying out such work.
* Working within policies and procedures appropriate to own area, plan and prioritise own workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial timetables are met.
* Develop, create and manipulate reports and present accurate, timely financial data using computer databases and spreadsheets.
* To interrogate and produce information and reports from a wide range of computerised systems using a high level of IT skills, including Excel, the general ledger, EPM and ESR.
* Develop a detailed understanding of the finance system and other associated systems to ensure the ability to produce a variety of information appropriate to the needs of the organisation.
* Ensure accurate coding of all income and expenditure within the financial ledger to maintain the integrity of the financial reports.
* Undertake monthly control reconciliations.
* Raise invoices as requested by budget holders.
* To assist in the completion of ad hoc projects as required.
* The post holder will be expected to develop the role on an ongoing basis with his/her manager and the service and to adapt the job according to management and organisational changes.
* Any other duties as required
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* GCSEs in Maths & English at Grades A-C or equivalent qualifications.
* 3 further GCSEs at Grades A-E
* NVQ Level 3 or equivalent knowledge / experience in relevant subject
* AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)
EXPERIENCE
* Knowledge of Microsoft office applications
* Experience of computerised systems
* Clear written and verbal communication skills, along with effective listening skills
* Clear and effective number and numeric reasoning skills.
* Enthusiastic team player.
* Willing to adapt to the changing needs of the service.
* Able to communicate with colleagues across the organisation.
* Analytical / problem solver
* Experience in working within the NHS / Foundation Trust
* Able to use own initiative and to work to tight deadlines
* Experience of working in a large organisation with complex management structures
* Recent / relevant Financial and or Management Accounting experience
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE / EXPERTISE
* Experience of Oracle General Ledger / other recognised accounting packages
* Experience of ESR
* ECDL
PRACTICAL / INTELLECTUAL SKILLS.
* Analytical / problem solver
* Plan and organise own work within policies and procedures
* Ability to use a keyboard / VDU for significant periods of time
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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