Finance Officer

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Finance Officer to join our Financial Accounting team in Guildford. The role supports the accounts payables function and contributes to monthly and year-end activities, helping ensure accurate financial reporting and smooth processing of creditor invoices.

You will work with SBS, suppliers, and internal staff to improve payment efficiency and resolve issues, while providing cover across Financial Services where needed.

Responsibilities

• To provide Account Payable function and other financial service function in ensuring all financial accounting processes are completed accurately and within the deadlines set out in the Finance Systems Timetable.
• Be able to work on their own and as part of a team to process creditor invoices in Account Payable.
• Working with NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), suppliers and internal Trust staff to improve efficiency, quality & timeliness of payments and information regarding payments; resolve disputes or elevate issues if necessary.
• Work with payables team for the processing and issuing of all invoices, for amounts due or payable to/by the Trust.
• Providing ad hoc cover to other area of Financial Services.
• Providing contribution to the Trust's Monthly, Year End reporting processes and the annual Agreement of Balances exercise, ensure that the Trust's financial controls are maintained.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Officer role to join our Financial Accounting team at the Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting appointment and offers the chance to directly work in the Trusts accounts payables function. Working closely with the financial accounting team, the successful applicant will be involved in daily work of Trusts accounts payables - assisting payables invoices and dealing with of aged creditors, and other functions. The post holder is responsible for assisting the trust daily financial accounting tasks and monthend and yearend processes.

• To provide Account Payable function and other financial service function in ensuring all financial accounting processes are completed accurately and within the deadlines set out in the Finance Systems Timetable.
• Be able to work on their own and as part of a team to process creditor invoices in Account Payable.
• Working with NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), suppliers and internal Trust staff to improve efficiency, quality & timeliness of payments and information regarding payments; resolve disputes or elevate issues if necessary.
• Work with payables team for the processing and issuing of all invoices, for amounts due or payable to/by the Trust.
• Providing ad hoc cover to other area of Financial Services.
• Providing contribution to the Trust's Monthly, Year End reporting processes and the annual Agreement of Balances exercise, ensure that the Trust's financial controls are maintained.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients' homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

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