Finance Officer

NHS; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hereford is looking for a Finance Officer to manage the Finance Director's diary and provide administrative support to the finance team. You will be responsible for organizing meetings, taking minutes, and supporting various finance-related tasks. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, organizational abilities, and experience in a finance-related role. The position offers a hybrid work model with competitive benefits and salary of £24,506.79 to £27,848.63, dependent on experience.

Benefits

Generous NHS pension scheme (23.78% employer contribution)

33 to 38 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time)

Access to an extensive Employee Benefits Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance-related role is essential.
• Experience in diary management and agenda planning is required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage the finance team's diary and correspondence.
• Provide high-quality administrative support to the Finance Director.
• Organize meetings and take accurate minutes for the Finance team.

Skills

Interpersonal communication skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Telephone communication

Education

GCSE English or equivalent

GCSE Mathematics or equivalent

ECDL or equivalent IT skills

AAT level 2 or equivalent

Tools

Sage Financial Ledger System

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

An exciting opportunityhas arisen for a Finance Officer to join our small and friendly team atTaurus Healthcare. We are looking forsomeone who has an interest within finance as you will be responsible notonly for managing the diary of the Finance Director but also providingsupport to the finance team on a range of finance related activities.

We are a welcoming teamof driven and energetic people who are looking for a well organised andeffective individual who is proactive and able to use their own initiative.

We are looking for a good team player with the ability to communicateeffectively, and willing to work on their own as well as part of a team.Previous experience of diary management, agenda planning and minutetaking is essential, as is previous experience of working in a finance basedrole.

*This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days required in the office*

*Interviews are expected to be held on Monday 12th January 2026*

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Main duties of the job

Tosupport the work of the Finance Director and Finance team by providing highquality administrative and finance support.

Tomanage the daily financial tasks for the day to day running of the business.

Tomanage the diary of the Director of Finance and the ensuring their time iseffectively deployed and they have all the necessary papers for meetings.

Toarrange meetings across the finance team, liaising with a wide range ofstakeholders, partners, staff and agencies, producing agendas and minutes.

Thisrole is mainly for finance related tasks, but there would be a small aspect ofbusiness support needed to help maintain the functionality of the team and tosupport the wider business.

About us

Taurus Healthcare was established in 2012, as the provider arm of the GP Federation serving 185,000 patients in Herefordshire. Founded and owned by the partners of the entire Herefordshire Primary Care community, Taurus is focused on providing excellent out of hospital services for patients. Our ethos is to provide high quality and cost-effective health outcomes that are delivered as close as possible to the patients home, whilst ensuring that patients who do require in hospital services are seen as quickly and effectively as possible.

At Taurus Healthcare we strive to create a diverse, inclusive workplace, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds including those from Military Veterans and family members of serving personnel.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the effective deployment of the Director and the teams time (including diary management, correspondence, arranging meetings and events, assembling agendas and meeting papers, minute taking and other core tasks).
• Act as the first port of call for diary events, knowing where the Director and team members are, and how they can be contacted.
• To provide full support to the Audit & Finance Committee by linking in with the Finance Director, agreeing the agenda and ensuring the timely distribution of agendas and papers. Attending meetings to take accurate and complete minutes, recording actions due, and ensuring that a forward plan of key meetings is developed, maintained regularly and shared with relevant staff/stakeholders.
• To provide full support for any other meetings as required to support the Finance Director, Such as Director of Finance meetings, and SLA meetings. Including attendance at monthly financial P&L meetings and circulating the reports to budget holders.
• Providing admin/Financial support to LMC where required and attending meetings via teams or face to face. To include the following: Mailbox monitoring, Organising, booking and paying for conferences/meals for the LMC Chair, GDPF Claims and reimbursements, All supplier payments to include Expenses and meeting payments, Card hold for bank, Payroll processing for the Chair, Attending 1 monthly internal meeting with the Chair, and then 1 meeting every 4-6weeks face to face with all members of the LMC ensuring the agenda has been set/sent and minutes taken, liaising with practices with any information that needs to be circulated (EG BMA updates), and to attend any additional meetings outside of these as required (e.g Reset/extraordinary meetings)
• Manage with the team all incoming correspondence both electronic and paper, and use initiative to determine what matters can be directed to other colleagues and which require the Directors/team members attention. Draft responses to general correspondence where appropriate.
• To create clear systems to organise own workload, keeping track of repeating deadlines/meetings and ensuring tasks are diarised, followed up, and completed.
• Deal professionally and effectively with telephone calls, correspondence, emails and the meeting and greeting of visitors, respecting confidentiality.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key contacts and stakeholders associated with the Finance team.
• To collect and report relevant data to support the work of the Finance team, including developing databases, and/or recording systems as appropriate.
• Maintain the current contracts database held within Taurus Healthcare.
• Maintain effective, accurate and, where appropriate, confidential filing systems and contact lists.
• To be responsible for the incoming and outgoing post
• To work collaboratively with the Central Services Team to provide Business Support, as necessary, in their absence. This may include, for example, taking minutes or arranging meetings
• On behalf of Taurus Healthcare, ensure effective communication with all outside agencies including GPs, general public and patients/carers. This requires taking accurate messages or dealing with queries in accordance with Taurus Healthcare Policies and Procedures.
• Involved in the process for debtors following strict procedures for late payments
• Involved in the process for creditor accounts, ensuring invoices are paid on time and accurately coded on the ledger system
• Review and process reimbursements (expenses, claims, invoices)
• Raise invoices for income to ensure funding is received on time
• Point of contact for procurement and purchasing via Credit Card or Petty cash ensuring Purchase Orders are submitted and raised and working alongside the business support team to ensure stock levels are maintained.
• Daily Cashflow monitoring, to include monitoring and updating the daily cashflow spreadsheet each day with the bank transactions in/out, and ensuring this is up to date in readiness for group meetings.
• Identify and address account discrepancies.
• Involved in payroll processes to include submission and journals.
• Responsibility for timely online banking payments to include bi-monthly supplier payments and Bankline payments (Payroll, PAYE+NI, GP monthly invoices)
• Obtaining quotation from suppliers and ensuring best value.
• Ability to work flexibly providing cover to ensure that workload pressures and absences due to annual leave and sickness are dealt with appropriately.
• To actively participate in any developmental work.
• To carry out any other appropriate duties as required.

* A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert*

Person Specification

Experience

• Working knowledge of Microsoft office Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Experience in producing correspondence, reports and presentations.
• Experience in general office duties.
• Experience within a finance related role.
• Sage Financial Ledger System.
• Experience in minute taking/transcribing.
• Experience in planning, co-ordinating and facilitating meetings.
• Experience in management of electronic diaries.

Other Job Requirements

• Required to travel to meetings.
• Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection.

Qualifications

• GCSE English or equivalent level.
• GCSE Mathematics or equivalent level.
• ECDL or equivalent level of keyboard/IT skills.
• AAT level 2 or equivalent.

Skills

• Good interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Confident telephone manner and accurate message taking.
• To manage and prioritise own work to meet deadlines.
• Be able to organise work in a methodical way.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Good level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Reliable, conscientious and flexible approach to work.
• To be able to work independently on own initiative.

Benefits

• Access to a generous NHS pension scheme with 23.78% employer contribution.
• 33 to 38 days annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays, depending on service (pro rata for part-time staff).
• Access to an extensive Employee Benefits Programme (Vivup) offering:
  • 24/7 access to counselling services
  • Salary sacrifice scheme for cars and bikes
  • Access to a wide range of discounts from national retailers
  • Access to the Blue Light extensive discount scheme

£24,506.79 to £27,848.63 a yearDependent on experience