Finance Assistant
Accepting applications until: 18-Dec-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 18-Dec-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- St. Leonards Rd
- Town
- Windsor
- Postcode
- SL4 3DP
- Major / Minor Region
- Surrey
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Finance
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.
The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.
Job overview
NHS Frimley ICB are looking to recruit a Band 4 Finance Assistant to work within the Financial Control team on a 6 month fixed term contract.
In this role post holder will help improve outcomes for patients, service users, and populations by supporting the Head of Department and the wider Finance Services team to ensure that financial programmes and processes are effectively planned, managed, and delivered. The primary aim of the role is to provide proactive, professional, and customer-focused support across the Finance Services team, enabling the accurate, timely, and efficient processing of financial transactions and the production of key financial information.
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The post holder will support the team in accounts payable, month-end and year-end processes, and other key financial workflows, ensuring that services to internal and external customers are delivered to a high standard. They will assist in maintaining robust financial records, support the preparation of working papers for audits, and provide assistance in the preparation of internal and external financial reports and returns.
Working closely with budget holders, colleagues across the ICB, and external partners such as NHS Shared Business Services, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of finance services that support organisational objectives and service outcomes. The role provides valuable exposure to the full range of financial operations within the ICB and offers developmental opportunities to support career progression to higher-level finance roles.
Working for our organisation
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.
The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.
Benefits include:
- Fringe HCAS payment
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Agile Working; currently 1 day a fortnight office based.
Supportive team, flexible working arrangements and access to NHS leadership development and training opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Process and code invoices accurately, ensuring payments are made efficiently and in line with organisational procedures.
Assist with manual payment runs, Faster Payments, and CHAPS transactions as required.
Complete payment request forms and input them onto Oracle or other finance systems as needed.
Support the resolution of invoice queries from suppliers, liaising with SBS to ensure issues are resolved promptly.
Manage dummy suppliers, ensuring they are correctly recorded and accounted for within financial systems.
Assist in the production of financial reports such as £25k reports, BPPC reports, aged creditor reports, and Board papers.
Support the preparation and verification of invoices for LES and Mental Health payments and other specialised schemes.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the public sector and NHS Structures.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
Desirable criteria
- CCAB qualified or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Evidence of employment in Finance.
- Studying towards Technical Qualification of Finance (AAT or CAT).
- Knowledge and experience in finance management.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- High level of communication skills for delivering key messages (both written and oral) to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, many at very senior level.
- Ability to motivate, encourage, persuade and influence others.
- Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others and to secure the co-operation of colleagues at all levels.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential criteria
- Intermediate stage of Excel, including ability to analyse data and create reports.
- Intermediate stage of Excel, including ability to analyse data and create reports.
- Demonstrated capability to manage own workload, make informed decisions, and work to tight and often changing timelines.
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiating with colleagues and stakeholders where necessary.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of financial systems e.g. budget monitoring, invoice processing, procurement, and business planning processes.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
IT Skills
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Ability to create spreadsheets and manipulate and analyse data.
- Good keyboard skills and an ability to concentrate throughout the working day while using a VDU for prolonged periods of time.
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chloe Foreman
- Job title
- Head of Financial Control
- Email address
- [email protected]
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