Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for Finance Officer Job at Sutton in Ashfield, England Full Time

The post holder will support the internal section of Finance Team, acting as one of the points of contact between the team and internal and external agencies requesting information from NHIS. The Finance team supports NHIS’s financial performance, business model and processes, which in turn, supports our ‘partners & customers’ ICT strategies and their business needs.

The post holder will receive, understand, investigate, and process information, enquiries and financial information and issues from NHIS staff members and its customers in accordance with policies, procedures, and information governance best practice. The post holder will provide support primarily to the NHIS and the Finance Manager but will also support the Head of Digital Strategy & Planning as required.

The post holder will utilise and update a range of IT applications such Integra, databases and systems and will be required to manipulate extracted data into meaningful reports and understand and explain the context and content of their reports.

The post holder will record, evaluate and process financial enquiries from internal staff members and external customers and provide assistance and advice as required.

The post holder will procure, physically handle, and facilitate the onward deployment of expensive ICT equipment in accordance with Trust’s financial and safe working practice policies.

The post holder must have and maintain a detailed understanding of accounting procedures, including reconciliations, financial computer systems and ledgers, coding structures, VAT payments etc.

This post requires adaptability to a range of non-routine practices and requires the post holder to have knowledge of all relevant financial processes, plus knowledge of how to deal with non-routine activities such as work allocations, problem solving, answering queries and progress chasing.

The post holder will analyse, investigate and resolve financial queries and discrepancies ensuring that routine tasks required to maintain the ledger are completed in a timely manner and with a high level of accuracy.

The post holder will have problem solving skills, and the ability to respond positively to sudden, unexpected demands.

The post holder will ensure that routine budgetary meetings with budget holders occur and pro-actively manage and record all correspondence and take follow-up actions from meetings, which will include handling confidential and sensitive issues.

The post holder will continually adapt to the changing nature of the ICT requirements, the products and solutions available, and evaluate their systems of work accordingly to ensure maximum efficiency and delivery of the team’s goals and objectives.

The post holder must have excellent time management skills and the ability to re-prioritise.

NVQ Level 4/ AAT Technician level or equivalent experience

Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service (NHIS) provides Information, Communication and Technology Services (ICT) across the NHS and Local Health Community.

We provide expertise and capability, effectively delivering National and Local ICT requirements, and continually research and innovate to provide technologies that enable our customers to do things better, or to do better things.

We support a large number of Partner and Customer organisations within the Integrated Care System across the whole of Nottinghamshire

This is an office-based post and required significant amounts of time spent working on a computer (VDU), inputting data for a considerable part of the working day.

The post holder must have and maintain a detailed understanding of accounting procedures, including reconciliations, financial computer systems and ledgers, coding structures, VAT payments etc.

This post requires adaptability to a range of non-routine practices and requires the post holder to have knowledge of all relevant financial processes, plus knowledge of how to deal with non-routine activities such as work allocations, problem solving, answering queries and progress chasing.

NVQ Level 4/ AAT Technician level or equivalent experience

Experience of using windows-based PC applications

Awareness of confidentiality and Data Protection issues

Awareness and understanding of data collection requirements

The post holder must be able to process relevant information ensuring recorded data issues are identified and resolved appropriately.

The post holder will analyse, investigate and resolve financial queries and discrepancies ensuring that routine tasks required to maintain the ledger are completed in a timely manner and with a high level of accuracy.

The post holder will have problem solving skills, and the ability to respond positively to sudden, unexpected demands.

The post holder will ensure that routine budgetary meetings with budget holders occur and pro-actively manage and record all correspondence and take follow-up actions from meetings, which will include handling confidential and sensitive issues.

The post holder must have excellent time management skills and the ability to re-prioritise.

The post holder must carry out complex calculations about payments and decide on how to pursue under/over payments.

The post holder must analyse and summarise detailed financial information and produce and present reports at relevant formal and informal meetings.

The post holder will support the Finance Section in the production of NHIS Income & Expenditure Accounts

The post holder plans their own workload, ensuring that weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial timetables are met.

The post holder will have the skills to ensure that month end budget reconciliation occurs to timetable on a monthly basis.

The post holder will assist the Finance Section Manager in the production of financial forecasts and other management information