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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
Band 5
Contract
12 months (12 month fixed term contract)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid Working)
Job ref
151-JLM318
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Greenwood Offices
Town
Ascot
Salary
£29,828 - £36,311 per annum INCL HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Finance Analyst

Band 5

Job overview

We have an opportunity for an full time Finance Analyst to join our dynamic and busy Business Support Team.

This role will be supporting a Business Support Accountant and Senior Finance Analyst working with Clinical Departments to help ensure robust and accurate financial management and reporting are completed at all times.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a progressive person who will embrace our strategies and strive for excellence and improvements wherever possible. We are keen to develop our workforce and this could lead to future opportunities internally for ambitious and capable candidates 

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. 
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. 
 
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

The post holder will support and input into the production of monthly and annual management accounts, including;

  • Investigating variances and resolving discrepancies, liaising with internal and external parties as necessary.
  • Discussion with staff regarding confidential and sensitive financial issues and offering financial advice where possible.
  • Participating with interfaces and journals to input and manipulate financial data onto Finance Systems.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant finance experience in a large organisation.
  • Experience of preparing and maintaining accounting records
  • Use of relevant software packages
  • Preparation of management accounts
Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS Accounting Experience
  • Knowledge of E Financials
  • Knowledge of Oracle Financials
  • Knowledge of Electronic Staff Record

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • AAT full membership (i.e. exams plus portfolio of minimum one year’s work experience
  • CCAB/CIMA Certificate level or Honours degree
Desirable criteria
  • Commitment towards completing CCAB/CIMA qualification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Ability to explain financial issues with clarity
Desirable criteria
  • Influencing, negotiating and cross-functional working skills
  • Willingness to travel between sites

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employer

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nelka Goonawardana
Job title
Business Support Accountant
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07810864035
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