Band 3 Treasury Assistant - 12 months fixed term

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Longboat Key (FL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an organised and highly accurate Accounts Assistant to join our Financial Accounts team. Reporting to the Treasury Accountant, you will help deliver an efficient treasury service.

Key responsibilities include recording and allocating cash and cheque receipts, maintaining cash books, completing bank reconciliations, processing card payments, preparing weekly banking and petty cash, and identifying income and expenditure across bank

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs grade C/4 or above including Maths and English.
• Desirable Part AAT qualification.
• Experience in a finance environment / cashiers.

Responsibilities

• Record all cheques/cash onto cash sheets, issue receipts and allocate.
• Collate cheque requisitions with backup and authorisation.
• Reconciliations of cash book to bank statements for all accounts.
• Weekly preparation of petty cash.
• Operate debit card terminal and allocate payments received.
• Identify income/expenditure from bank accounts.
• Maintenance of cash books.
• Prepare weekly banking.
• Cover other treasury functions when required.

Skills

Numeracy

IT literacy

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English

Job description

Job Summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an organised and highly accurate Accounts Assistant to join our Financial Accounts team. Reporting to the Treasury Accountant, you will help deliver an efficient treasury service. Key responsibilities include recording and allocating cash and cheque receipts, maintaining cash books, completing bank reconciliations, processing card payments, preparing weekly banking and petty cash, and identifying income and expenditure across bank accounts. You will also support other treasury functions when required.

You will have five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, including Maths and English, ideally with experience in a finance or cashiering environment and an understanding of finance functions. You must be highly numerate, IT literate and confident using spreadsheets, with strong communication, problem-solving and organisational skills. The ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining excellent attention to detail is essential. If you are professional, approachable and keen to contribute to a busy NHS finance team, we would welcome your application. Join UHB and help us build healthier lives through our values of Kind, Connected and Bold. For a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification. For further information on the role, please contact [e-mail].

This is a part time post for 22.5 hours per week.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

• To record all cheques/cash received onto cash sheets, issue receipts and cash allocation on ledgers
• To collate cheque requisitions, ensuring adequate back up and authorisation
• Reconciliations of cash book to bank statements for all bank accounts
• Weekly preparation of petty cash for cashiers
• Operate the Streamline debit card terminal and allocate payments received
• Identify and allocate income/expenditure from the bank accounts
• Maintenance of cash books
• Preparation of the weekly banking
• Cover of other treasury functions in the case of absence/holiday

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

[Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description]

Person specification

Qualifications

• 5 GCSE's grade C or above including Maths and English

Desirable

• Part AAT qualification

Experience

• Essential Experience of working in a finance environment / Cashiers. With familiarity of all finance functions (Sales Ledger, Payroll, Cash Management and Purchase Ledger

Additional Criteria

• Essential
• Highly numerate with analytical mind
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
• Work planning and co-ordination skills
• Team working and team building skills
• Motivator
• Problem solving skills
• IT literate with the ability to analyse large amounts of data using spreadsheets
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Knowledge of Trust SOs, SFIs & Scheme of Delegation -- their application to the Trust procurement and accounts payable processes.
• Awareness of the importance of cash position on a business
• Professional
• Approachable
• Punctual
• Accuracy with attention to detail
• Highly organised

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Alison Evans
[e-mail]

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25760.00 to £27476.00 Yearly

Contract

Fixed Term

Duration

12 Month(s)

Working pattern

Part-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1103738

Job locations

Regent Court

Attachments

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