Assistant General Manager

3 weeks ago

Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Full time

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Financial Services department of a large acute Trust, where you will be part of a small team providing an efficient customer-focused payments service.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking various duties, including data input, scanning and registration, and dealing with queries from suppliers.

The successful applicant will ideally have experience of purchase ledger in an NHS environment (or similar) and be working towards an accounting qualification.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, together with the ability to deal with people at all levels.

Main Duties of the Job

You will need to be able to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, prioritizing a busy workload to adhere to challenging Department of Health deadlines.

You will need to be organized and methodical, proactive in improving processes, and committed to your own personal development.

This is a full-time position based at Unit F, Hermitage Lane, with a requirement to be in the office 3 days a week and work from home 2 days.

Working for Our Organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England, providing a full range of general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 people.

We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff and provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked us among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed, you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date, which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

We seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential, with opportunities to grow and develop their career.

We recognize and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients.

We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities.

We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints, and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

  • Studying for knowledge and experience to NVQ level 2 / AAT Foundation Level or equivalent.
  • European Computer Driving licence (ECDL) or equivalent experience.
  • GCSE Mathematics.

Experience/Knowledge

Essential Criteria

  • Ideally experience of working within the Payables team required.

Skills

Essential Criteria

  • Strong team working skills essential, commitment to supporting colleagues both within and external to finance.
  • Make judgements relating to accounting treatments e.g. Accrual & Prepayments decisions.
  • Ability to resolve routine queries and enquiries and report issues as required.
  • Be able to recognize sensitive or confidential situations/information and react accordingly.
  • Standard Keyboard Skills / Inputting data into computer Databases.
  • Ability to create & input data into financial spreadsheets.

Desirable Criteria

  • Knowledge of Trust systems (e.g. Integra) desirable.
  • Basic knowledge of VAT is desirable.

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