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Finance Administrator

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

SALARY £35,811

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Finance Administrator to join our Finance team within the Corporate Services Directorate on a Fixed term contract to cover Maternity Leave for 12 months.

The team is responsible for managing the organisation’s day-to-day financial operations and supporting strong financial management across the organisation.

As the Finance administrator you will be working in small finance team alongside a Finance Officer and a Head of Finance.

In your role you will be responsible for:
• Completing Purchase to Pay process including Purchase Orders, Invoices, Expenses and processing payments
• Maintaining Sales ledger
• Preparing KPI and Transparency Data for the website
• Working on the PSA payroll system to prepare and input monthly payroll and working with the payroll company to produce accurate outputs
• Updating NHS pensions providers portal with all necessary information such as contributions, staff changes etc
• Supporting the Head of Finance by ensuring all necessary documentation is prepared and available for audit fieldwork

We currently operate a hybrid working policy. In the first six months of employment full-time staff working five days will be expected to attend the office three days a week, after this the requirement is two days a week in the office. However, should you require any reasonable adjustments or wish to discuss the possibility of further flexible working please contact us directly to discuss.

The PSA’s offices are located in Blackfriars, London.

About you

We are looking to recruit a Finance Administrator who has:
• Experience in working in accounts payable, receivable and payroll with a good knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping procedures
• Capability of working in a small team environment with the ability to work to deadlines
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Sage 50, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal. The role will involve dealing with suppliers /customers and bank
• Attention to detail, with an ability to spot numerical errors

You will need and a strong commitment to protecting patients and the public. You will also need to share our values of integrity, transparency, respect, fairness and teamwork.

About the Professional Standards Authority

The Professional Standards Authority is a strategic organisation with a key role in ensuring high standards of patient safety through excellence in regulation. We promote the health, safety and wellbeing of patients, service users and the public by raising standards of regulation and registration of people working in health and care. We are an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament. We are a small organisation that is respected for its expertise.

We help to protect the public by raising standards in the regulation and registration of the health and care workforce.

We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our staff can flourish and reach their full potential. We know that a diverse workforce, at all levels, allows for a more creative and productive environment bringing different viewpoints, knowledge and experience. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from everyone irrespective of age, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for people with disabilities who meet all the essential criteria and so if you would like to be considered under this scheme then please let us know.

We will not accept CVs or applications where CVs are attached in place of a personal statement. Please see attachments at the bottom of this page for the job description and application form.

If you have any questions, or would like reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the process, please do not hesitate to contact the HR team on 0207 389 8050 or email us at recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk.

To apply, please contact our team for a copy of the application form at recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk.

The closing date for applications is 24th August 2025 (11.59pm).

Interviews will be held on 11th September 2025 at PSA’s offices. Please note that it is unlikely that an alternative interview date could be offered should you be unable to attend at this time.

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