About this role
Job summary
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is seeking a Senior Finance Assistant to support the finance team in delivering robust financial management information and effective financial systems. This Band 4 role will suit someone who is organised, analytical and confident working with financial data, spreadsheets and finance systems.
The postholder will help ensure financial information is processed, reconciled and reported accurately and in line with financial timescales and legal requirements. The role provides an opportunity to contribute to a reliable finance service, support budget and contract areas, work collaboratively across the team, and demonstrate the ICBs values and behaviours in day-to-day work.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide financial administration, reconciliation and analytical support to the finance team, helping to ensure accountability and responsibility are clear and that financial services are delivered accurately, consistently and within agreed deadlines.
Duties will include processing, checking, reconciling and reporting financial information; supporting the preparation of robust financial management information; maintaining spreadsheets and financial records; responding to queries from colleagues and external stakeholders; and assisting with month-end processes, journals, accruals, budget adjustments and other finance administration tasks as required.
The successful candidate will need strong communication, data entry, analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise their own workload, work accurately under pressure, maintain confidentiality, and contribute positively to a collaborative and values-led finance team.
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Finance Assistant will support the finance team by
Supporting the finance team in delivering robust financial management information and effective financial systems.
Providing a reliable and effective financial administration service across the team.
Ensuring financial information is processed, reconciled and reported accurately and in line with financial timescales and legal requirements.
Interpreting financial information where required and escalating issues appropriately.
Maintaining accurate financial records, spreadsheets and supporting documentation.
Supporting month-end processes, including journals, accruals, prepayments, budget adjustments, ledger corrections and recharge invoices.
Investigating and responding to queries from staff, suppliers, providers and other organisations in a professional and timely manner.
Contributing to routine and ad-hoc financial returns, monitoring information and year-end processes as required.
Planning and prioritising workload to meet financial deadlines and support the objectives of the wider finance team.
Demonstrating the organisations values and behaviours, including collaboration, accountability, inclusion, compassion and continuous improvement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to NVQ 4 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.
- Experience of using financial systems
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task
- Effective team working
- Minute taking
- Analytical skills, and ability to explain complex and sensitive financial information
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Administrative/ secretarial experience including initiating and maintaining office systems.
- Demonstrable experience in dealing with the public and dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
- Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access.
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
- Good understanding of accounting processes including payment of invoices and knowledge of the general ledger and coding structure.
Attributes
Essential
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Positive and flexible approach to work.
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Address
Eyre Street
Sheffield City Centre
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 3FG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)