Finance / Administration Officer

B3 Administration & Finance Officer
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individual to join the administration team in the Quality Control North West Department at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be responsible for providing general clerical support and reception duties within the QCNW department. The main focus of the role will be to support the Office Manager by preparing financial data on a regular basis.
A good understanding of MS Excel formulas, graphs and pivot tables is an essential requirement for this post as are organisational and personable skills. Previous reception or customer focused experience would be advantageous. Methodical method of working and a keen eye for detail is crucial to this role.
Training on in-house information systems will be provided.
Previous NHS experience would be an advantage but not essential., We are looking to appoint a highly enthusiastic individual to join an office team. They will report to the Office Manager and Senior Scientists and help to support the administration of our laboratory services. . They will help to drive the scientific and financial outputs of the laboratory. They will gain experience and skills in specialised databases and spreadsheets, and will need to use their own initiative to look for system improvements., + Responsible for maintaining the departmental income and expenditure accounts.
+ Carrying out annual review of template invoices.
+ Producing and issuing regular financial information, income data, invoices, projections, and reports in conjunction with the finance department, including communication with clients as necessary
+ Preparing costings and quotations for users of QCNW service
+ Checking and recording all invoices for payment
+ Producing regular departmental activity, projections and reports
+ Preparing Service Level Agreements/contracts for NHS and non NHS clients.
+ Maintaining QCNW's website
+ Handling of orders, including operation of the devolved ordering system.
+ Preparing documents for archiving and maintaining records on spreadsheets
+ Maintaining staff attendance records including Healthroster
+ General office duties including mail, reception, typing, filing and stock control of office and general consumables
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you'll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four 'specialist' hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a 'specialist' hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values 'We Care, We Respect, We Listen' are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: 'Making a difference every day.' They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear, We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population., Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
+ Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
+ NHS pension scheme membership
+ Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
+ NHS Staff discounts
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
+ Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice