Finance Assistant

NHS England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England Midlands Region Specialised Commissioning, Health & Justice, West Midlands hub, is offering a six-month fixed-term post to gain work experience in basic management and financial accounting. The role is based at 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, with potential to work remotely from home.

Interviews will be held in Birmingham or via Teams. The applicant should possess a strong work ethic and a commitment to providing an effective finance service.

Qualifications

• Strong work ethic, personal motivation and commitment to providing an effective finance service.
• Able to work on own initiative, prioritising workload.
• Clear writing and communication; accurate data entry and telephone skills.
• Good computer literacy with emphasis on Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of NHS issues and financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Basic financial accounting and management accounting.
• Purchase and Sales ledger work.
• Support to senior staff on specific projects.

Skills

Own initiative

Teamwork

Clear communication

Data entry

MS Excel

NHS knowledge

Job description

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Main area Finance Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Fixed term: 6 months (until 31st March 2027. Secondment only for current NHS employees)

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 990-MID-EC4479-E

We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.

Job overview

NHS England Midlands Region Specialised Commissioning, Health & Justice, West Midlands hub is offering a six month fixed term to gain work experience in basic management and financial accounting.

The applicant should possess a strong work ethic, personal motivation and a commitment to providing an effective and efficient finance service to NHS England and key stakeholders.

The post is based at 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4HQ. There will be opportunity to work remotely from home.

Interviews will be held on Monday 14 September 2026 in Birmingham or via Teams.. Further details will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

Main duties of the job

• Basic financial accounting and management accounting
• Purchase and Sales ledger work
• Support to senior staff on specific projects

Working for our organisation

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Functional Responsibilities

• Dealing with routine enquiries in a pleasant and helpful manner, communicating relevant information to stakeholders, referring to others as appropriate.
• Answer routine telephone calls, taking messages and passing on information accurately to the relevant departments/person.
• Ensure that general office supply levels are monitored, and stock replenished when necessary/ if applicable.
• Promote the image of the department, checking that notices and leaflets are up to date and well presented.
• Ensure that all complaints, comments and suggestions are dealt with appropriately, in accordance with policy, resolving where possible and escalating to appropriate manager as required.
• Responsible for photocopying and word processing documents, letters, emails and reports when/if required.
• Work on own initiative deciding priority at work to meet strict within a set of defined policies and procedures deadlines.
• Responsible for organising meetings for the department and planning any administrative work as required.
• Demonstrate office systems and department requirements to new starters.
• Inputting into, monitoring and printing reports from computerised systems.
• To carry out other appropriate delegated duties as required.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person specification

Skills

• Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to set deadlines
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Clear communicator with good writing, data entry and telephone skills ensuring accuracy
• Good computer literacy with particular regard to Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of NHS issues.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.

We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.

We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

We ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. This includes considering reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the role. While we appreciate you may have had some support with your application (for example, using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important all the information you provide in it reflects your own knowledge, skills and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.

We don’t accept applications via recruitment agencies, and we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.

NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for processing your application; our privacy can be accessed directly on the application page when you select to apply.

If you are appointed to a post, your information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

If you have a query about your application, please contact the recruitment team: [e-mail] or 0300 330 1369.

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