Finance Apprentice

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
The role will support the provision of financial services to budget holders and be involved with project work to enable the department to achieve its objectives.

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will learn and understand the role and function of a finance department undertaking a range of duties to achieve this. They will assist in ensuring orders are processed, payments are made correctly and income received promptly and all items recorded correctly in the appropriate ledgers. They will also assist in preparing budgetary and reporting systems and implementing procedures that enable an effective financial management service to be provided to the various budget managers within the Group. In so doing, the post holder will assist the finance team in reviewing and controlling resources.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Undergraduate Student

**Desirable criteria**:

- A Levels or BTEC Equivalent Qualification

**Role requirement**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to use PC based spreadsheets and word processing
- Pleasant attitude and professional approach

**Desirable criteria**:

- Accounts experience

**Role requirement**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders across the ogranisation

**Team working skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Can demonstrate experience of working as part of a team

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**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
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