Finance Officer | NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
| Posting date: | 23 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 October 2024 |
| Location: | Telford, TF1 1LX |
| Company: | NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6658243/942-ICB-6658243 |
Summary
To directly support the Financial/Management Accountants in ensuring that the ICB’s financial systems and processes are maintained to deliver accurate, robust and timely information which informs the decision-making of the ICB.
To provide effective and competent analytical and clerical support to the wider Finance Team in respect of all commissioning and operational activities.
To support budget holders to validate and code invoices received to ensure compliance with agreed contracts, regulations and guidance.
To monitor activity, communication to budget holders and management of workflows.
To reconcile control accounts, cash control and agreement of balances.
To work in a busy office, being required to work to tight deadlines, using their own initiative and to plan their own workload accordingly.
To maintain awareness and understanding of the other areas covered by the department and focus on these areas as required.
Part of a small Finance team with a hybrid approach to working.
To work closely and maintain relationships with ICB staff, member practices, service providers, patient representative groups and other partner organisations.
• To assist in the management of purchase order processing, including raising purchase requisitions and matching corresponding supplier invoices to those purchase orders.
• To undertake reconciliations between activity information and the associated invoices to ensure that the ICB is only paying for relevant and validated activity
• To link with the CSU and SBS to ensure authorised new suppliers are created within the Creditor system and changes are maintained.
• To support budget holders to code and forward invoices for payment authorisation in a timely manner, liaising with other members of the Finance Team. This also includes collaborative payments to GPs and mental health assessment payments.
• To ensure budget holders have sufficient information to approve invoices for payment in a timely manner, including an understanding of the Purchase Order process, to enable the ICB to meet the requirements of the Better Payment Practice Code (BPPC).
• To raise sales invoices and credit notes
• To assist with payment runs, faster payments and ad hoc reports.
• To be the main point of contact for finance queries
• To process accruals, prepayments and other adjustments that reflect forecasts and ensure all charges are accurately reflected on a monthly basis.
• To assist in the production of monthly management accounts including variance analysis, journal creation and input, reviewing reports and reconciliations.
• To prepare budget statements and distribute to budget holders.
• To assist in the processing, validation and recording of employee time sheets and ensuring timely submission to payroll provider.
• To assist with agreement of balances processes and review of supplier statements
• To assist with month-end and year-end payroll reconciliations, including the production and posting of monthly journal adjustments and provision of supporting notes suitable for audit purposes.
• To provide costing information and other work necessary to support procurement, business cases etc
• To assist with Counter Fraud queries, and FOIs ensuring financial issues are answered within the required time limit.
• To provide accurate reporting of financial information in line with agreed financial procedures.
• To support the development, implementation and monitoring of QIPP projects through the provision of timely, accurate and informative finance information.
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Oct 2024