Finance Officer

NHS; Bradford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Finance Officer to support the charity's transition to independent status. The role involves robust financial management, maintaining financial systems, and supporting the consolidation of trust funds while ensuring compliance with NHS standards and regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy office and finance department.
• Knowledge of accounting procedures and financial systems.
• High numeracy and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for day-to-day financial administration.
• Supporting finance manager in charity's transition.
• Maintaining compliance with financial regulations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving skills

Computer skills

Communication skills

Education

AAT Technician level accountancy qualifications

2 A Levels or equivalent 5 GCSEs

Degree (minimum 2.2) or equivalent

Tools

General Ledger system

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Go back Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Finance Officer

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 3 July 2025

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 17 July 2025

Bradford Hospitals Charity is proud to be the official NHS charity partner of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We support the Trust's strategic priorities by funding enhancements that go above and beyond core NHS provision, including equipment, research, training, and improved patient environments and staff wellbeing initiatives.

The Finance Officer will support the Finance Manager in the charity's transition to independent charitable status, playing a crucial operational role in this transformation. The post holder will support the Finance Manager to maintain robust financial systems, whilst supporting the consolidation of existing trust funds, and ensuring day-to-day compliance with Charity Commission and NHS regulatory standards.

Working under the guidance of the Finance Manager as part of the finance team, the Finance Officer will provide administrative and analytical support to enable sustainable growth, effective use of charitable funds, and transparent stewardship. The role includes building strong relationships with trust fund holders, staff, and external stakeholders including suppliers, fund advisors, and the wider charity team.

Main duties of the job

The post will have responsibility for the day-to-day financial administration of payables, receivables, and treasury management.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the charity's impact through sound financial administration, accurate record-keeping, and clear communication of financial processes and compliance requirements.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working within a busy office environment.
• Experience of working within a Finance Dept.
• Experience of working in an NHS Charity

Skills

• Enthusiastic and committed, possess initiative and the ability to work well under pressure as part of a team and independently.

Knowledge

• High standard of numeracy, analytical and problem solving skills. High levels of computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel are essential. (Equivalent to ECDL advanced level).
• Excellent interpersonal & communications skills to, e.g. communicate financial issues to non-finance staff and manage conflict situations sensitively and negotiating with colleagues to deliver against timescales for outputs they do not attach the same priority to
• Knowledge / experience of using a General Ledger system
• Detailed understanding of accounting procedures. Notably: payroll, payables, financial ledger system, reconciliations, coding structures, income and expenditure analysis.

Qualifications

• 2 A Levels or equivalent 5 GCSE's (incl Mathematics & English)
• AAT Technician level accountancy qualifications (equivalent to NVQ level 3).
• Degree (minimum 2.2) or equivalent

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

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust