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Financial Services Senior Assistant
The closing date is 21 July 2025
An opportunity has arisen within the Financial Services team; we are looking to recruit to the role of Senior Assistant. The successful candidate will assist the department in fulfilling its key objectives to the Trust, and provide excellent customer service to staff, patients and the Trusts' customers and suppliers.
Key functions encompass: reconciliation and clearing of control accounts; assisting in the monitoring of the trusts capital programme; monitoring Patient's monies; charitable funds, lease cars and salary sacrifice schemes; and assisting the debtors, cash, creditor payments and finance systems functions. The role offers post holders the opportunity to develop their skills in a number of key areas of financial control and requires a flexible approach to enable the department to meet the changing demands of the service.
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Main duties of the job
To provide support to the Financial Services department in achieving its key objectives and providing an excellent customer service to the Trust, staff and patients and the Trusts' customers and suppliers.
Key functions encompass: reconciliation and clearing of control accounts; monitoring Patient's monies; charitable funds, lease cars and salary sacrifice schemes; and assisting the debtors, cash, creditor payments and finance systems functions. The role offers post holders the opportunity to develop their skills in a number of key areas of financial control and requires a flexible approach to enable the department to meet the changing demands of the service.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
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Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
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Person Specification
Education
Knowledge
* Good accounting knowledge gained through professional study allied with experience of working within finance
Experience
* At least 2 years' experience within a Finance environment.
* Ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
* Working with Ledger systems.
* Experience of working with MS Office Suite
* Strong organisational abilities
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.
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Headquarters
£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum (subject to confirmation)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
351-CS2746-MS
Job locations
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Headquarters
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