Treasury Officer

As a Treasury Officer, you'll be at the heart of ensuring smooth financial operations. You'll handle the weekly Supplier payment runs with finesse, ensuring timely dispatch of remittances and cheques for our valued client organizations. Your knack for precision will shine as you swiftly input same-day transfers using our cutting-edge online banking system. Additionally, you'll be the hero who reconciles and reimburses petty cash, keeping everything balanced and efficient. Join us in making financial management not just a duty, but a delightful journey

You will be expected to manage, plan and organise your own workload, performance will be reviewed by line managers at agreed intervals not on a daily basis. You will have supervision in all aspects of work, but will be expected to use you initiative to identify solutions to any problems arising and communicate solutions effectively, escalating issues to your manager as appropriate.

ELFS Business Services are a business division of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust providing high quality financial services to our clients.

The Treasury team provides a high quality service processing supplier payment runs and faster payments for our clients

We are a small, pleasant and friendly team who work well together to ensure suppliers are paid on time.

We provide a full training package and encourage a positive work/life balance for the improved health and wellbeing of our team members

we are currently working on a hybrid format, with time in the office and working from home. All initial training takes place in the office (minimum period of 3 months)

Communications and Leadership

Responsible for receiving, interpreting and responding professionally to queries received from Finance and Non
- Finance staff, utilizing knowledge of, Statutory Regulations, policies and procedures

Manage Client Organisations, ensure prompt, accurate reconciliation and timely clearance via invoice requests to Credit Controller, in order to maximise client income. Liaise with client organisations to resolve complex reconciliation queries

Provide a customer focus service to members of the public, patients and NHS employees. Ensure that any sensitive or controversial discussions and negotiations are conducted professionally, courteously and confidentially. Ensure that confidential information is not disclosed to unauthorised people

Knowledge, Training and Experience

To adopt a flexible work approach, this involves providing cover in the absence of other departmental staff and providing assistance at peak times. Cover may be required for the Treasury function.

Provide information to the Internal Auditors to assist with periodic reviews required by client organisations

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

To use well developed judgement skills to resolve problems and assess options across work based situations

Maintain full and accurate records of all transactions. Responsible for receiving, reviewing, interpreting and responding professionally to queries received from Finance and Non
- Finance staff across client organisations, using expertise and knowledge of interpreting, Statutory Regulations, procedures, policies and working practice

Run Supplier Set Up reports and check the information has been entered correctly onto the finance system, verify the bank details on the online banking system, update the issue log with any discrepancies

Planning and Organisational Skills

The post holder will be expected to manage, plan and organise his / her own workload including:
- Prepare and administer, on a daily basis, the timely and accurate payment of each client organisation’s suppliers, by the appropriate method as advised by the Accounts Payable section

Make and record manual cheque payments for and on behalf of the client organisations. Prepare cheques, account transfers and same day (Faster Payments) payments in respect of charitable funds, patients monies, salary advances and urgent payments

Liaise with Treasury Team Leader to ensure work schedule is in accordance with agreed timetables, ensuring deadlines are met.

File source documents in accordance with departmental procedures ensuring that material is easily retrievable to resolve any queries arising

Personal development

To be responsible for own personal and professional developmen

Operate under the direction of the Team Leader to ensure procedures and timescales are observed taking on additional tasks as required.

Maintain an effective working relationship with other individuals of the team, other officers of the organisation and Client Organisations in order to ensure the delivery of a professional service focused on achieving a high level of customer satisfaction.

Adhere to the Host organisations Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Host Trusts policies and procedures
Participate in any associated training in order to enhance knowledge and skills.