IPA/CHC Analyst (Band 3) - Finance Assistant - NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Suppor[...]

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Assistant to join their award-winning team. This full-time role involves supporting the Financial Services Manager in delivering high-quality financial services. The successful candidate will ensure accurate processing of invoices and maintain effective relationships with providers. With a focus on efficiency and accuracy, this position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the financial operations of a leading organization in the healthcare sector. If you are detail-oriented and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable and financial processes.
• Strong communication skills for internal and external interactions.

Responsibilities

• Process invoices accurately and promptly for timely payments.
• Maintain records of Continuing Healthcare costs on the CHC database.

Skills

Good numeric and analytical skills

Experience of dealing with providers / suppliers

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Main area Finance Assistant Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 3 months (37.5 hours per week) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Fixed Term mid-August 2025) Job ref 877-CSU-7193274

Employer NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Employer type NHS Site Sandwell House Town Oldbury Salary £24,625 - £25,674 pa pro rata for short term contract Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

IPA/CHC Analyst

Band 3

Job overview

This full-time role for an IPA/CHC Analyst will support the Financial Services Manager and be part of an award winning Finance Team that will provide a professional, high quality and effective support. The role will be a fundamental part of delivering new ways of working by delivering consistent processes and information to the rest of the financial services team and its customers. The post holder will help contribute towards the CSU being a provider of market leading financial support services and supplier of choice for its customers.

The role will be responsible for contributing to an effective delivery strategy for the financial support services provided by the CSU, ensuring effective use of financial resources and people, consistently delivering successful outcomes and helping to manage financial risk. The role will support the operational delivery of financial support services to customers.

Please note for any NHS candidates in substantive roles applying for fixed terms contract positions (both for internal and external applicants), these have to be agreed on a secondment basis. Prior to applying for the position, you must discuss with your current Line Manager and HOS to ask permission to be released on a secondment basis, should you be successful in your application.

Main duties of the job

• Promptly and accurately process invoices, by applying correct general ledgers codes to ensure timely payments are made care providers (NHS & non-NHS providers) for Continuing Health Care are made in line with the BPPC
• Ensure CHC costs are recorded on the CHC database, creating accurate service receipts
• Investigate and resolve a range of queries from external providers and internal colleagues in a professional and efficient manner.
• Chase providers on a regular basis on any open queries
• Maintaining notes in ISFE to reflect status of all invoices in the workflow
• Deal with all related queries internally and externally in a timely manner
• Complete statement reconciliations as needed to ensure provider accounts are up to date
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal colleagues and external care providers
• The duties and responsibilities outlined in this document are indicative, and not exhaustive. The post holder may be requested to carry out other tasks that are necessary

Working for our organisation

The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe. It's a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities.

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)is one of the biggest and best-performing commissioning support units in the country, with among the highest levels of staff and customer satisfaction. We work together as a team of over 1,800 expert staff based across the Midlands and North West to make a difference - for our customers, patients and communities.

Offering a full range of professional services to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), hospital trusts, local authorities, integrated care boards (ICBs) and other public bodies across the country, our NHS values underpin everything we do.

You will support the Financial Services Manager and be part of an award winning Finance team.

In return, we provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment.

Any applications from ‘at risk’ CSU employees will be given priority in line with CSU policy. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and email the named contact if you have any questions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the timely and accurate recording of Continuing Healthcare Care costs on the CHC database and applying correct GL codes in Oracle to ensure payments to the provider/supplier are issued in line with the BPPC. The post holder will also take ownership of any queries that may arise, ensuring that the supplier / providers or internal colleagues are notified of the query and chased regularly for updates. You will be an organised and efficient person who is comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

The main responsibilities of this job have been clearly detailed in the paragraphs above and can also be found on the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification

Skills

• • Experience of dealing with providers / suppliers
• • Good numeric and analytical skills

Personal Qualities

• • Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with a good telephone manner

Experience

• Working knowledge of Accounts Payable

MLCSU is committed to our process of redeployment at risk members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Name Georgina Walters Job title Financial Services Manager Email address [e-mail] Additional information

All applications must be made online and all information available is included in the job description and person specification.