Senior Finance Assistant - CHC

To provide assistance and support to the Management Accountant/Senior Management Accountant - in the provision of finance management support., Financial Management / Budgetary Control
To provide support to the management accountants and senior management accountants within the place team in providing comprehensive management accounting services.
Responsible for month end actions/adjustments to meet month end reporting timetable.
Support the production of financial statements for month end reporting for areas of responsibility
Support production of financial information and analysis as necessary
Where necessary maintain patient level data base for all continuing care, special placements patients and ECR's ensuring it reconciles with general ledger on a monthly basis
Meet and support budget holders to meet their financial targets
Update budgets to reflect inflation, virements and developments.
Calculate and input accruals and prepayments to ensure the financial position reported is true and fair.
Ad hoc project work including support into business cases as required.
Discuss and resolve financial queries with staff and suppliers.
Monitor, validate, challenge and process invoices and claims for payment ensuring appropriate Senior Commissioning Manager sign-off.
Monitor and prepare monthly financial statements for internal reporting.
Raise periodic invoices as required.
Control systems and Statutory Functions
Support year end accounts process, journal input, accruals and budgets.
Ensure financial procedures are adequately documented and maintained.
Provide appropriate training to new recruits in finance., 2. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
3. As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. As an ICB, we value diversity and are committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
4. If you are successful and are joining from a non-NHS background, there will be an expectation that you will be engaged from the bottom of the pay band. If you would like to review the Agenda for Change pay scales in more detail and to view other benefits of working in the NHS, please visit the Agenda for Change website for further details.
5. New employees to the ICB will be subject to a probationary period of six months (some exemptions apply, please refer to the ICBs policy for full details).
We encourage and support our staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as this remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus.

We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
+ 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
+ NHS pension scheme
+ Sick pay policy
+ Occupational health services including staff counselling services
+ Flexible working and family friendly policies
+ Flexible retirement
+ Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.