Finance Assistant

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wigan is seeking a dedicated individual to support the Financial Services team. The role involves maintaining financial processes, ensuring compliance, and assisting with reconciliations and year-end accounts. Ideal candidates should have experience in financial operations and a strong commitment to teamwork and patient care values. This position is full-time, with a commitment to delivering effective financial controls and resolving financial queries.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial processes and account reconciliation.
• Ability to maintain effective financial controls.
• Experience in resolving financial queries.

Responsibilities

• Support the monthly reconciliation of control accounts.
• Assist in maintaining banking facilities and mandates.
• Complete VAT processes and year-end working papers.

Job description

This role supports the Financial Services team in delivering accurate and timely financial processes, ensuring compliance with procedures and deadlines. It contributes to maintaining effective financial controls, resolving queries, and providing guidance to colleagues.

37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. As a member of the Financial Services team, the post holder will contribute to the efficient and accurate delivery of financial operations. This includes supporting the monthly reconciliation of control accounts, ensuring suspense accounts and recharge codes are cleared in line with internal timetables. The post holder will assist in the maintenance of the Trust's banking facilities, bank mandates, receipting of income and assist with the completion of VAT processes in accordance with statutory deadlines and will assist the completion of several year-end working papers to support the production of year end accounts. Team members will be assigned specific day-to-day responsibilities but are expected to rotate duties periodically and provide cover for colleagues as required.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

People at the Heart

Listen and Involve

Kind and Respectful

ONE Team

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.