Finance Officer

Job summary This is a great opportunity to join our Finance Team in a key role for Erewash Health Partnership, supporting the Central Finance function and Practices.This rewarding office based role presents a unique opportunity to collaborate closely with our GP practice colleagues and delivery partners, who play a crucial role here at Erewash Health Partnership.
EHP is made up from a variety of exciting & innovative teams, all of which offer the chance to have a direct impact in the services we can provide for our local population.
This Finance Officer role will be directly involved with providing Finance support to a mixture of staff, from Practice Managers and Practice staff to the Senior Leadership Team.We are committed to providing a supportive work environment where employees are able to work to the best of their abilities.
We value professional development and care about health & wellbeing of our staff with many initiatives in place to make us an employer of choice and an organisation than employees are proud to be a part of.Successful applicants will be interviewed on 13-14th January 2025 Main duties of the job In this role you will work on all key finance areas including payroll, purchase/sales and credit control, financial reporting and forecasting, and budgeting/year end.
You will be working as a core member of the Erewash Health Finance Team supporting the delivering of a high-quality finance service to Erewash Health Partnership and the expansion of this service to EHP Practices.You will also act as Finance Officer for a GP practice, providing high quality financial support; preparing and maintaining accurate financial records in line with the latest financial legalisation.
Ensuring that finance officer responsibilities relating to income and expenditure and banking reconciliations are undertaken, reporting to GP Partners to resolve financial queries and provide management information and subject matter expertise to support them in running their Practice.
About us Erewash Health Partnership (EHP) was established on 1 April 2018 and is a single GP Partnership comprising of seven constituent practices (see below).
EHP employs approximately 250 people who work within the constituent practices and central team.As well as providing high quality core primary care services, EHP is the prime provider for delivering services to Erewash Primary Care Network (EPCN), as well as operating its own services for EHP Partners.
Job description Job responsibilities Key JobResponsibilities below, please refer to the attached Supporting Document for the FULL Job descriptionAll of thebelow may be performed across a variety of financial settings and you will needto deal with multiple accounts and stakeholders.Provides, receives and presents complex financial information Manage bank reconciliations, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.Process invoices, claims, payroll, pensions, reimbursements, payments,and receipts.Maintain accurate sales and purchase ledgers, generate reports, andperform credit control activities.Manage banking activities, reconcile statements, and process payments.Assist with the annual budgeting process and year-end financialpreparations.Ensure data accuracy in the Xero accounting system, maintain efficientadministrative systems, and meet deadlines.Adhere to all legal, statutory, data protection, and informationgovernance regulations.Collaborate with stakeholders to address financial queries, provideaccurate and timely financial information.Process monthly and ad-hoc invoices, reconcile the sales ledger, andmaintain clear and organised filing systems.Code and process all purchase invoices with budget holder approval,generate and manage payment reports, reconcile the purchase ledger, andmaintain organised filing systems.Process invoices received from multiple sources using, generate paymentreports, and maintain comprehensive filing systems.Manage monthly bank statements, ensure timely banking of receivedcheques, handle petty cash transactions accurately, and maintain organizedfiling systems.Ensure accurate generation of payroll submissions (including employeeovertime and expenses) for the accountants to generate the payroll Administer NHS pensions ensuring records are updated in a timelymanner.
Conducting annual update to NHSPensions for all staff.
Generate Management information and trend reports as required.
Person Specification Personal Qualities Essential - Excellent communication skills - Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies/procedures and code of conduct - Ability to maintain confidentiality - Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues - Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative - Ability and willingness to travel across the locality on a regular basis Highly motivated - Team player and supportive to colleagues - In date DBS check (new DBS will be undertaken on appointment) Desirable - Experience of championing diversity and inclusion and promoting actions to make improvement to the experience of diverse groups Experience Essential - Good working knowledge and experience of a financial ledger system - Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries - Communication: skills for the communication of complex financial information requiring developed interpersonal skills and oral / written communication skills - Ability to pull together comprehensive draft financial reports and financial data Desirable - Good working knowledge and experience of Xero Accounting Software Qualifications Essential - Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience - AAT Level 2 (with commitment to qualify) / Level 3 - 2 years' experience of working in finance (accounts) Desirable - Previous experience in a similar position in the NHS - Knowledge of financial legislation affecting the PCN - Previous experience of supporting a budget setting process EHP Attitudes & Behaviour Essential - High service delivery work ethic - A ' Can Do' attitude - Patient focused and having a customer mind set - Have good attendance - Be a 'team player' and supportive across the Practice / Erewash Health Partnership - Be resilient