Finance Assistant - Cashier | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen at East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust for a keen, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Financial Services Department.

You will join our Cash Management Team and will report to the Cash Management Team Leader

The role will require a mix of office based working located at the Colchester Hospital site and working from home as required. Financial Services very much supports this approach and our teams work from home where possible.

To facilitate this the candidate must be comfortable using Microsoft teams video calls to communicate on a day to day basis, with team manager, members and the wider organisation.

Financial Services is a team of twenty people made up of three departments; Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management which work closely together

• Responsible for the daily banking of Trust income into the relevant commercial & charitable fund bank accounts.
• Responsible for the accurate recording of Trust income into the relevant cash books and financial accounts.
• Responsible for the weekly counting and management of cash received by the Trust.
• Responsible for daily reconciliations of cash books and cash balances.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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You will have experience with computerised systems and Microsoft excel to input and record data. It is desirable that you will have previous working experience of cash management.

Possess excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Studying towards Associated of Accounting Technician or have equivalent relevant experience.

Have good IT skills and demonstrate experience of using computerised financial ledgers, word processing and spreadsheets

Have the ability to work from home or in the office as required

Be comfortable working to formal procedures

Responsibilities

Support the day-to-day management and ongoing development and maintenance of financial accounting systems and procedures of the Financial Services team.

Support the Trust’s Financial Controller in the provision of fundamental accounting and financial systems maintenance in order to effectively deliver the core financial services duties of the Trust.

Participate fully in the Financial Accounts agenda to maintain robust financial controls regarding statutory returns, control account reconciliations and other aspects of financial accounting.

Adhere to all legal and accounting requirements.

Support the Financial Controller and Financial Accountant in producing information for inclusion within the Trust’s monthly and annual accounts within the timescales and procedures laid down.

Responsible for the banking of Trust into the relevant commercial & charitable fund bank accounts.

Responsible for the day-to-day counting and management of cash received by the Trust.

Responsible for the accurate recording of the Trust commercial and Government Banking Service bank accounts and for the accurate recording of the commercial bank accounts.

Responsible for daily reconciliation of cash balances.

This advert closes on Sunday 8 Sep 2024