Finance Assistant

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Finance team. As a Finance Assistant you will work as part of a team of six providing financial assistance across a range of clinical & non-clinical services., Key Management Accounts duties will involve supporting the Finance Business Partners to provide budget holders with financial support & advice and reviewing of departmental costs, while making appropriate adjustments through accrual & adjustment journals. Assist in identifying variance from budget to ensure effective budgetary control by budget holders. Support in the costing of information to assist both the month end process and divisional requests. Alongside your Management Accounts duties key Financial Accounts duties will involve the raising of sales orders, coding of invoices received & reconcile pharmacy invoice data., On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

The successful candidate will be either looking to or working toward their AAT qualification, have experience of computerised financial ledgers, be able to communicate with both financial & non-financial colleague, be able to prioritise their workload and have good IT skills, especially proficient in the use of MS Excel., Essential

• 4 GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
Desirable
• AAT Intermediate level or equivalent qualification
• European Computer Driving License (ECDL) or equivalent qualification or experience
Experience Essential
• Be familiar with computerised financial ledgers
• Experience of entering accurate and timely data onto electronic systems
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook and Excel
• The ability to communicate information to colleagues and other hospitals
• The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
• The ability to deal with telephone queries professionally and with confidence
• Able to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department daily
• The ability to suggest and demonstrate changes to own and departmental practice
• Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
• Maintains the quality in own work
• Ability to treat all employee and other hospital information confidentially
• Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
• Supportive of equality and values diversity
Desirable
• Previous experience of financial / management accounts
• Experience in using Excel spreadsheets in a working environment
• Ability and willingness to travel between two sites
Additional Criteria Essential
• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values : Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
  
  The Finance Directorate at Royal Papworth Hospital pride themselves on being a level 3 Future Focussed Finance accredited organisation and an environment of excellence in which we nurture and develop our staff., Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and / or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.