Finance Assistant Essington, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team. The role is ideal for an individual with finance experience or who has completed training such as their aat and are looking to put this into practice. A dedication of 30 hour or full time is required, which must include Friday as a working day.
Job Description
Post Title: Finance Administrator
Hours: Full Time or Part Time (30 Hours+ preferred)
Accountable To: Operations Manager
Location of Work: Walsall, West Midlands
Pay: Starting Salary of £21,500+ (Dependant on experience)
Pension: Auto-enrolment into the government regulated NEST pension scheme
Overall Objective of the Role
The post holder will provide finance support to OurNet Health Services Ltd and the Walsall
Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
PCNs aim to further improve access, availability and quality of primary care services to local people and are based on GP registered lists serving communities of around 30,000 to 50,000.
A key feature of practices coming together, is introducing new additional roles into general practice which helps GPs focus their skills where they are most needed.
OurNet works closely with the Walsall PCNs to provided services and staffing to aid their delivery of the NHS England DES. OurNet is also the provider of the Walsall Enhanced Access service offering daily primary care appointments to Walsall registered patients.
The post holder will be an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within the business.
Main Duties:
- Assist with reconciling finance accounts
- Maintaining accurate spreadsheets
- Preparing PCN accounts and reports
- Reconciling company bank transactions
- Making payments, including salaries
- Running the payroll for over 100 staff members
- Reconciling locum clinicians and providers hours and payments
- Work closely with the Business Manager and Operations Manager
- Credit control
- Calculating practice allocations
- Submission of funding requests to meet deadlines
- Liaise with lead PCN practices, Black Country ICB colleagues and other stakeholders
- Investigate funding opportunities
- Attend regular meetings as and when required, Inc. practice finance meetings
- Help to develop and maintain effective communication within the organisation
- Collating statics and assist in preparing reports
- Ensure the compliance and safe storage of company data
- Any other ad hoc duties
Confidentiality:
- The post holder will comply with the Company Confidentiality Policy and must not, under any circumstances, disclose information to anyone outside of the organisation.
- In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post holder will have access to confidential financial information relating to the business, staff and other healthcare workers. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Health & Safety:
The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to the organisations guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of colleagues, patients and carers, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the organisation as part of this employment and will participate in an annual individual performance review.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the organisation and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
KEY COMPETENCIES
Personal Qualities:
Essential Desirable
- 2 years finance experience (including 2 years NHS finance experience making commercial payments) An understanding of PCNs
- Numerate and technically competent Hold accountancy/finance
- Competent on Excel and Microsoft qualification, e.g. AAT/ NVQ applications Experience of Xero (bookkeeping
- Basic knowledge of accountancy/book software) keeping. Hold a full driving licence
- Good communicator Flexible working if and when
- Diligent with strong attention to detail required.
- Good organisational skills and ability to work to, and sometime implement own processes
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Work autonomously and as part of a team
- Able to prioritise workload
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 per week
Salary: From £21,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Essington, WS3 2QW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: FINANCE-ASSISTANT2
