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NHS Jobs; Grays; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% High Cost Allowance

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Grays, England, is seeking a finance professional to manage journals, budget virements and accurate transaction authorisation. You will also work with budget holders to review financial performance and variances.

Responsibilities include annual budgeting support, staffing establishment costing, directorate invoicing, and contributing to the Trust Annual Accounts. The role offers a path within NHS finance with a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Budgeting and financial controls
• Journal input and adjustment
• Understanding of financial procedures and policies

Responsibilities

• Prepare and input journals to correct coding errors, ensuring transactions are correctly authorised.
• Prepare and input budget virements in line with policy and procedures.
• Meet with budget holders to discuss financial performance and variances.
• Provide challenge, support and advice to ensure variances are addressed and financial control is maintained.
• Assist with annual budget setting, including staffing establishment costing and maintaining working papers.
• Raise invoices for directorate income and provide supporting information for charges.
• Contribute to production of the Trust Annual Accounts and related analysis.

Job description

Prepare and input journals to correct coding errors, enter monthly commitments and pre-payments ensuring appropriate supporting information is provided and transactions are correctly authorised. Prepare and input budget virements ensuring that the trust virement policy and procedures are adhered to. Meet regularly with budget holders to discuss financial performance and to understand the reasons for any variances. In conjunction with the senior management accountant, provide challenge, support and advice to ensure that variances are dealt with, and financial control is maintained. Undertake costings for new developments and service enhancements within the service area supported. Assist with the annual budget setting process, which will include costing an approved staffing establishment and maintaining budget working papers. Raise invoices for directorate income correctly and regularly. Provide appropriate and clear supporting information for charges. Provide advice to budget holders on trust financial and purchasing systems and interpretation of the financial statements provided to them. Understand and comply with key financial procedures and policies including Trust Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and purchasing procedures. Provide advice and clarification to budget holders as required. Contribute to the production of the Trust Annual Accounts, completing working papers, analysis and returns as directed.

In addition to the above duties you will also be expected to perform the below key activities in line with your job role;

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures
• To participate in the staff appraisal process and to undertake for any staff you manage
• To keep yourself updated on all matters relating to Trust policy
• To provide management supervision where appropriate

£28,392 - £31,157 per annum plus 5% High Cost Allowance