Finance Officer

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a part-time Social Care Finance Officer in Gloucester. The role involves providing financial support and advice, ensuring accurate invoicing and reporting. Essential qualifications include AAT Level 4 or equivalent experience, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication abilities. The role offers an opportunity to work within a supportive team and contribute to the financial management of social care services.

Qualifications

• Ability to act on own initiative within defined parameters.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Able to work to deadlines while maintaining accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Extract reports and confirm the accuracy of data.
• Provide advice and training on Trust systems.
• Liaise with colleagues for analysis of expenditure.

Skills

Initiative

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Level 4 AAT or equivalent accounting experience

Tools

Computerized financial systems

Job description

Job summary: This role is offered on a Permanent/fixed term/secondment basis for 12 months. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.

*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*

The Social Care Finance Officer performs an important role as the link between the Social Care and Finance teams. As part of the Social Care team, you will provide financial support and advice ensuring that system records and invoiced amounts are accurate. You will also work closely with the Finance team to use the specialist knowledge gained to provide key information for month end, forecasts and regular performance monitoring reports.

This will involve working to strict deadlines and using a variety of software and systems.

Your Excel skills will be put to good use working with large data sets and taking opportunities to review and improve current processes.

The Adult Social Care function for people with mental health needs is changing in Gloucestershire. Currently located within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHSFT, the mental health NHS trust in Gloucestershire, the Mental Health Social Care offer is transitioning back to Gloucestershire County Council within the next 12 months.

This post is substantive and will be subject to TUPE arrangements. Fixed term contracts and secondments will also be considered.

Main duties of the job

• To extract reports and confirm the accuracy of data, using it to check and pay invoices, create accruals and forecasts and prepare details for quarterly reports.
• To provide advice and training to the Social Care team on Trust systems, policies and financial controls.
• Liaise with colleagues within the Trust as well as partner organisations to provide analysis of expenditure and resolve queries.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential:

• The ability to act on own initiative within defined parameters of the NHS finance policies.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.
• Able to work to deadlines and under pressure maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable:

• Previous NHS and Public Sector experience, knowledge and understanding of NHS and Gloucestershire County Council procedures and policies.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Level 4 AAT, part qualified CCAB/CIMA or significant equivalent accounting experience

Experience

Essential:

• Previous experience of using computerized financial systems or data bases and processing complex information.

Desirable:

• Experience within a management accounts team producing financial estimates and forecasts
• Understanding of funding and payment arrangements for Social Care

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Invista, Ermin Street, Gloucester, GL3 4HP

Employer's website: https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/