Finance Officer

1 month ago


Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125) Full time
Job Title: Finance Officer

About the Role:

The Finance Officer will play a crucial role in supporting the Corporate Finance team in delivering high-quality financial management and reporting services to the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing financial support to the team, including budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the production of monthly financial reporting, including providing financial support for specified cost centres.
  • Contribute to the budget setting and budgetary control process.
  • Support the development and delivery of a finance training programme for ICB Executives, clinical and non-clinical managers.
  • Support the year-end production of the Annual Report and Accounts by producing relevant information to required deadlines and through liaison with auditors where appropriate.

Finance Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Financial Monitoring / Reporting

The Finance Officer will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of financial information in accordance with an agreed financial timetable, relating to complex areas requiring a significant level of finance expertise for a number of cost centres.

This will involve:

  • Confirming staff are coded correctly, analysing variances from budget, ensuring any Electronic Staff Record (ESR) changes (Assignment Changes, New Starters, Leavers) are reflected accurately for the relevant cost centres and identifying where accruals may be required.
  • Liaising with the Senior Finance Manager Corporate, to produce a monthly analysis of costs incurred within the Cancer Alliance cost centre, highlighting any variances from anticipated expenditure.
  • Liaising with the Senior Finance Manager Corporate, to produce a monthly analysis of costs incurred within the ICBs Research function, highlighting any variances from anticipated expenditure.
  • Ensuring lease car costs and deductions are coded appropriately and that any invoices and prepayments are entered into the ledger correctly on a monthly basis.

2. Statutory Reporting

The Finance Officer will assist in the NHS Agreement of Balances (AoB) exercise by completing the necessary DR/CR and I&E elements for the relevant Provider organisations as directed by the Finance Manager - Corporate.

This will involve:

  • Supporting the Finance Manager Corporate in reviewing both the monthly and the AoB Mismatch reports for the ICB.
  • Supporting the production of the ICBs Month 9 and Annual Accounts in accordance with the respective NHS England timetables, ensuring accurate financial coding of all transactions within areas of responsibility.
  • Providing high-quality working papers in accordance with audit requirements for the ICBs Month 9 and Annual Accounts, liaising directly with External Audit as required to ensure all audit queries and issues for agreed areas of responsibility are resolved.

3. Staff Responsibilities and Development

The Finance Officer will assist colleagues within the Corporate Finance Team in the development and delivery of training sessions for non-Finance members of the ICB.

4. Other

The Finance Officer will maintain the financial integrity of the national finance system through the correct use of financial codes.

They will also assist in the implementation of the new ledger, attending workshops and training as appropriate.

Additionally, the Finance Officer will help lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve processes and systems, including greater automation, eliminating duplication, consolidation, and standardisation.

They will support the finance development agenda, ensuring the adoption of best practices and sharing of knowledge and skills.

The Finance Officer will maintain and continually develop IT skills, including Oracle and Microsoft Office, in order to produce information from the computer systems used within the department to maximum benefit.

Person Specification:

Experience:

  • Experience of financial management, financial accounting, and a complex financial accounting system.
  • Experience of preparation and inputting of journals in the ISFE ledger.
  • Experience of the production of budget statements from the ISFE ledger.
  • Working knowledge of the arrangements for the processing and recording of Electronic Staff Record (ESR) amendments.

Qualifications:

  • AAT part-qualified to Level 2 or above.
  • Willingness to complete the AAT qualification (Level 4) within 3 years of appointment (if currently studying at Level 2) or 2 years of appointment (if currently studying at Level 3).

Skills:

  • Clear communication skills and experience of delivering complex information (both written and orally) to finance and non-finance staff.
  • Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and achieve deadlines.
  • Experience of Microsoft Office package, including complex spreadsheet modelling.

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