Finance Assistant

The Finance Assistant plays a key role in overseeing the monthly reporting cycle, ensuring precise financial reporting for the ICB.

The role consists of, preparation for month end, prepayments and accruals, month end variance analysis, monthly budget meetings and being the first point of contact for queries from budget holders.

You will also work with a wide variety of teams across finance and within the ICB and as part of your role you will be expected to attend various meetings.

There will also be the need for you to support the Finance Officers and liaise with members of NHS and non-NHS bodies, where appropriate, on behalf of the ICB.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will support financial reporting by managing provisions, accruals, and prepayments, and processing adjustments to the general ledger.

Maintains and monitors through the ICB's ledger system, income and expenditure budgets.

To provide support to the Finance Officers to ensure financial information is both timely and robust and reflects the ongoing financial risks faced and opportunities available.

To undertake a broad range of financial tasks, which enable accurate, comprehensive financial data to be processed through the Oracle ledger system.

The postholder needs to possess intermediate or advanced Excel skills, good problem solving skills and the ability to multi-task within this busy environment in order to meet agreed deadlines.

Integrated Care Boards are at the heart of a new way of working for the NHS, bringing together providers of NHS services with local authorities and other local partners to plan, co-ordinate and arrange health services as part of what is to be known as an Integrated care System. They are part of a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised - away from competition and organisational autonomy and towards collaboration, with health and care organisations working together to better integrate services, improve population health and reduce health inequalities.