Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for high calibre accountant to join their Finance Directorate. We are looking to recruit an Assistant Financial Advisor. You will be a self-motivated Financial Advisor who will support the Finance Team and assist the Division with its financial position.Main duties of the job We are looking for an individual with the drive to succeed, who can work as part of a team, on with their AAT qualification which we will support, and assist both clinical and operational leaders and managers. The role is responsible for providing financial support and assistance to the Senior Assistant Financial Advisor & Financial Advisor in providing the delivery of a financial advisory service to the Division and its Clinical Business Units / Specialty Business Unit You will be based at the newly refurbished Finance Department at Preston Business Centre, which is located close to the M6/M55 and Trust's Royal Preston Hospital site. There is an expectation that this role will be hybrid, working from home 60% of the time with the other 40% office based as per the Finance remote working policy.Working for our organisation We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.,

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and others within Finance and Trust wide service users.
• Be the point of contact for all day to day enquires, referring where necessary to more senior staff in a competent and professional
manner.
• Ensure that all budgetary information is entered into the general ledger system.
• Produce detailed set reports and ad hoc reports on a monthly basis and ensuring these are issued in a timely manner.
• Collect and collate data/information.
• Ensure that the data/information meets pre-set quality criteria and report any quality issues
• Store data / information
• Assist the Senior Assistant Financial Advisor & Financial Advisor with analysing information at month end.
• Help budget holders understand their budgets by analysing expenditure
• Ensure that monthly reports of the budgetary position are issued to budget holders
• To be responsible for own continual professional development
• Contribute to service improvements
• Be a responsible team member, Due to current working from home arrangements, please email Megan to arrange a discussion either via email or MS Teams if you would like to
know more about the role.

Do you want to join a dynamic award winning finance team who are Towards Excellence Level 3 accredited, who will support you to develop your career? If yes, then this could be the role for you!,
• NVQ Level 2 in AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians), NVQ Level 3 in AAT, Experience in use of spreadsheets
• Experience in the use of computerised financial ledger systems
• Understanding of basis accounting principles like accruals, prepayments, deferred income etc
Desirable criteria
• Experience in using filter pivot tables, lookup and IF statements
• Experience of Oracle / SBS Financial Systems
• Previous NHS Finance experience
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.