Finance Apprentice

The finance team at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to advertise a vacancy for a finance apprentice. The vacancy has arisen due to the promotion of the current post holder.

**The post holder will**:
Provide accounting support within the Finance Department, particularly in the areas of accounts payable, payroll and monthly financial reporting

Assist in providing efficient and high quality financial support to service managers and the wider organisation.

Provide excellent customer service to colleagues as well as to clients and suppliers external to the Trust

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support

Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county

**Supportive flexible working patterns such as**: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Research opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton

Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks

Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces

Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)

Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast

Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Accounts payable

To liaise with suppliers and budget holders to help resolve queries and to facilitate prompt payments of invoices so that supplier payments can be made within agreed contract terms.

Payroll

To support the smooth operation of the payroll service by assisting the Payroll Gatekeeper in resolving pay related queries and issues and in managing the relationship with te payroll provider

Financial reporting

To participate in preparation of monthly, quarterly and the year-end reports, both financial accounts and reports to budget holders