Finance Officer

The Finance Officer has a key role in supporting the development, implementation and monitoring of the Oracle financial ledger to aid the timely and accurate systems and reporting service.

The role will be part of the Finance Services and Governance team with predominantly Accounts Payables tasks.

The role will require you to work closely with colleagues across the Finance function, Procurement team and Shared Business Services. Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills are essential.

The post holder will receive regular supervision, training and development opportunities, and will be supported by a professional and friendly team who are committed to providing a high-quality service.

Design and maintain reports and spreadsheets as required by the Finance Manager.

Liaise with staff in NHS Shared Business Services to resolve queries with the operation of the Oracle Financial Ledger or data held on the Creditors ledger.

Ensuring the Trust’s, NO Purchase Order, NO Payment Payables Policy is maintained.

Ensuring the Trust’s IR35 process is maintained.

Maintain and undertake investigations to resolve items on the Rolling Creditors each month.

Processing of monthly purchase invoices, sales orders and credit memo’s, including oracle system enquiries.

Able to communicate through written and verbal methods and respond to queries.

Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade and nature of the post as directed by the Finance Manager (Payables).

You will need experience of working with data, audit, analysis and managing workload with a good working knowledge of Finance and Payables and their key tasks. An excellent communicator, able to build on relationships at all levels with the ability to work within a team as well as on your own is fundamental.

As a key member of the team you will supporting the Finance Manager and your colleagues, managing any day to day issues, ensuring the team works within timescales and successfully achieves required quality targets.

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You must be confident, motivated and flexible and be able to show initiative in an environment which is often busy, rewarding and dynamic.

You will be adaptable, ambitious, approachable and tenacious with an eye for detail and the ability to pre-empt, identify and solve problems. An ability to reassess priorities on a continual basis with strong skills in the Microsoft Office packages.

Other responsibilities
- Communicate with staff, budget holders, customers and suppliers as required, responding to routine queries.
- Develop own skills, knowledge, behaviours and provide information to others to help their development.
- Undertake regular supervision and appraisals to discuss ongoing learning and future aspirations.
- Contribute to the improvement of services
- Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so
- Gather, analyse and report a limited range of data and information
- Contribute to developing, testing and reviewing new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment.
- Coordinate and monitor the use of financial resources
- Organise and plan own workload of straightforward activities with attention to specific aspects of services and/or projects.
- Able to follow Trust policies and procedures, whilst suggesting improvements to current practices within the department.
- Participation in staff survey requirements

**KEY RELATIONSHIPS**:

- Other Systems & Governance Team colleagues and Financial Management Team colleagues.
- Other Staff and Senior Management within the Finance and Performance Directorate.
- Budget & Departmental Managers
- Procurement Team
- Other Trust staff and managers
- NHS Shared Business Services
- Suppliers and customers in dealing with queries and clearing payments