Senior Finance Officer

NHS; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization based in Herefordshire seeks a Senior Finance Officer to join their finance team. This role involves assisting with financial tasks, maintaining records, and contributing to the management of finances. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, experience with financial systems like Sage, and professional accounting qualifications. The position offers up to 37.5 hours per week and supports a hybrid work model, promoting both work-life balance and professional growth.

Benefits

Access to NHS pension scheme

33 to 38 days annual leave

Employee Benefits Programme

Qualifications

• Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection.
• Financial Ledger System - SAGE an advantage.
• Reliable, conscientious and flexible approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Much Birch Practice Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial tasks.
• Maintain the Purchase Ledger, Sales ledger, Nominal Accounts and Cashbook.
• Align financial controls and reporting standards across both environments.

Skills

Good interpersonal communication skills

Experience of working to and achieving tight deadlines

Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Good level of accuracy and attention to detail

Education

NVQ Level 5 - professional accountancy Qualifications Certificate Level

Association of Accounting Technicians - AAT Member or equivalent experience

Tools

Sage accounts package

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Taurus Healthcare/Much Birch Surgery hasan exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Officer to join ourdedicated team of healthcare professionals.

As a key member of thefinance team you will work alongside the Practice Manager and team at MuchBirch surgery, as well as the core finance team within Taurus Healthcare.

The role will managed bythe Chief Accountant at Taurus Healthcare, with support from the Much BirchSurgery Practice Manager, giving you the benefit of being embedded within thepractice while also contributing to and drawing on the expertise of a widerfinance team.

We strive for excellentclinical and professional support, a healthy work-life balance and achallenging but rewarding career, whatever your area of interest. We prideourselves on excellent patient care, fantastic teamwork and a willingness tolook at new ways of working.

We are a rapidly growingGP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access tocomprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primarycare system.

* This position is for up to 37.5 hours per week *

*Officeworking - Hybrid home workingconsidered *

Main duties of the job

To assist the Much Birch Practice Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks

Organisational responsibilities

Job summary

Taurus Healthcare/Much Birch Surgery hasan exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Officer to join ourdedicated team of healthcare professionals.

As a key member of thefinance team you will work alongside the Practice Manager and team at MuchBirch surgery, as well as the core finance team within Taurus Healthcare.

The role will managed bythe Chief Accountant at Taurus Healthcare, with support from the Much BirchSurgery Practice Manager, giving you the benefit of being embedded within thepractice while also contributing to and drawing on the expertise of a widerfinance team.

We strive for excellentclinical and professional support, a healthy work-life balance and achallenging but rewarding career, whatever your area of interest. We prideourselves on excellent patient care, fantastic teamwork and a willingness tolook at new ways of working.

We are a rapidly growingGP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access tocomprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primarycare system.

* This position is for up to 37.5 hours per week *

*Officeworking - Hybrid home workingconsidered *

Main duties of the job

To assist the Much Birch Practice Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks

Organisational responsibilities

Understanding of the financialimplications of contractchanges and legislation

Maximising income

Minimisingexpenditure

Assistingthe reporting to the MBSMT and Relevant Taurus Directors

Operational responsibilities

Useof Sage accounts package

Maintaining the Purchase Ledger, Sales ledger, NominalAccounts and Cashbook within Taurus Sage 200 system

Alignfinancial controls, reporting standards and assurance processes across both theTaurus corporate finance environment and the day-to-day general practicesetting

Supportingin the information provided to complete VAT returns

Banking-BACs-Credit processing

o Supporting the wider team withcashflow and forecasting Fees register; utilities; cost effective purchasing; insurances;

Reporting anomalies to the Assistant Management/Chief Accountant

Assist with Monthly reporting to Much Birch and financemanagement team to include monthly P&Ls and Budget variances/ financialperformance.

Assist the practice manager, overseeing all much birchcontracts, with a contracts register to ensure a timely review for contracts toend or get renewed

Supporting Much Birch SMT to interpret the financialperformance of the much birch contracts with a monthly financial report.

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.

Taurus Healthcare offer many employee benefits, such as:

• 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:

o 24/7 access to counselling services

o Salary sacrifice scheme for cars and bikes

o Access to a wide range of discounts from national retailers

• Access to the Blue Light extensive discount scheme.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Jobsummary:

To assist the Much Birch Practice Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks

Organisational responsibilities:

Understanding of the financialimplications of contractchanges and legislation

Maximising income

Minimisingexpenditure

Assistingthe reporting to the MBSMT and Relevant Taurus Directors

Operational responsibilities:

Useof Sage accounts package

Maintaining the Purchase Ledger, Sales ledger, NominalAccounts and Cashbook within Taurus Sage 200 system

Alignfinancial controls, reporting standards and assurance processes across both theTaurus corporate finance environment and the day-to-day general practicesetting

Supportingin the information provided to complete VAT returns

Banking- BACs- Credit processing

Supporting the wider team withcashflow and forecasting Fees register; utilities; cost effective purchasing; insurances;

Reporting anomalies to the Assistant Management/Chief Accountant

Assist with Monthly reporting to Much Birch and financemanagement team to include monthly P&Ls and Budget variances/ financialperformance.

Assist the practice manager, overseeing all much birchcontracts, with a contracts register to ensure a timely review for contracts toend or get renewed

Supporting Much Birch SMT to interpret the financialperformance of the much birch contracts with a monthly financial report.

Adviseand prepare costings in conjunction with the Chief Accountant/Practice Manager

Provide financial input into business cases

Ensuring financial policies at Much Birch are up to date

Participation in overall Taurus reporting process,incidents and risk registers

Finance team away days, Much Birch SMT and quarterlyMuch birch staff meetings.

Processing of income and expenditure information to include GMS, CQRS Claims etc

Record-keeping

PO system/purchase and sales ledgerprocessing

Providefinancial control mechanisms and delivery for Ordering consumables; stock; vaccine;equipment

Liaise with PM for claims processes(including CQRS; GPES)and maintaining strong relationships

Assist the practice manager with Monthly/Quarterly Claims for all contracts, viaappropriate systems eg EMIS and inputting all information onto Sage Ledgersystem, analysing and correcting any discrepancies

Develop a strong understanding of the full claims and reconciliation cycle, includinghow GMS, Enhanced Services, CQRS and other income streams are generated,verified, submitted and reconciled

Liaise with all finance team members

Liaise with PCN managers

Liaising with the Management Accountant

Liaising with the Director of Finance

Any other related or relevant task in line with the role

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

Person Specification

Other

Essential

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

Desirable

• Experience in working in a Primary Care Commissioning or GP Practice role

Skills

Essential

• Good interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience of working to and achieving tight deadlines
• To manage and prioritise own work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Good level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 5- professional accountancy Qualifications Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians -AAT-Member or equivalent experience to degree level plus supervisory experience.
• Evidence of on-going professional development.

Desirable

• (Training towards a CCAB qualification)- Registered with a professional accountancy body

Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential

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

Experience

Essential

• Financial Ledger System -SAGE an advantage.
• Computer literate with an ability to use the required systems/office packages.
• Such as Word and Excel.
• Experience of having a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload in order to meet strict deadlines.
• Experience showing ability to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems.
• Experience showing ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and ensure a customer focused response.
• Experience showing ability to work both independently where required and as a team and player.

Desirable

• Experience or willingness to present financial information to individuals and/or teams.

Employer details

Employer name

Taurus Healthcare Limited

Address

Taurus Healthcare Ltd

Whitecross Road

Hereford

HR4 0DG

Employer's website

https://www.herefordshiregeneralpractice.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)