FINANCE ASSISTANT CASH MANAGEMENT

Job Title - FINANCE ASSISTANT CASH MANAGEMENT

Hours per week - 37.50 hours per week Perm/Fixed Term - Permanent

Salary - £25,147 - £27,596 PER ANNUM

Closing Date - 02 June 2023

Interview Date - TBC

Responsible for ensuring that all monies received by the Shared Services, Innovate & Clinical Services are recorded and processed promptly and that the cashbooks are maintained on a daily basis in order that an up-to-date cash balance is always available.

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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• Responsible for the daily reconciliation and input of all card payment receipts taken throughout the Trust in various departments and investigating any discrepancies with the bank and department concerned.
• Receipting and backing of all income, ensuring that all cash book entries are recorded and allocated following procedures and within timescales. Cashbooks are all managed on excel spreadsheets and updated on a daily basis using secure internet banking for RBS and Lloyds
• Responsible for the preparation of the weekly banking and liaising with the appointed security firm to ensure transit to the local banking center.
• Support Line managers with any ad hoc tacks.
• Authorise bank account setups / amendments & process faster payments.
• Allocate funds for remittances resolving discrepancies relating to monies received.

Here at George Eliot our vision to‘excel at patient care’takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

• Responsible for the safe keeping of debtors card details and processing the payment as and when required in line with instalment plans.
• Action requests made by senior finance officers in relation to transferring monies from the Trust’s commercial bank accounts to the government bank account thereby assisting with cash management guidelines.
• Action requests made by the Trust Payroll Providers to stop BACS payments to employees thus avoiding overpayments and from senior finance officers to stop potential payments to incorrect suppliers.
• Responsible for the raising of foreign drafts and BACS payments into overseas accounts when required for the purchase of goods/services from the EU/Worldwide
• Monitor any duplicate payments and implement reimbursement, where necessary
• Responsible for the maintenance of all suppliers/individuals on the Accounts Payable ledger. Coordinate the input of new bank details on suppliers’ accounts when rejected BACS payments have been returned into the Trust bank account owing to incorrectly held bank details, thus ensuring prompt reissue of returned payments
• Write and maintain written procedures for tasks within the department
• Log all budget changes and ensure that each is supported by evidence of their validity (e.g. senior manager sign off, skill mix requests, etc); ensure all movements in and out of Trust reserves are authorised, store all documents in an appropriate manner and respond to management and audit queries as they arise.
• Undertake mandatory training as appropriate – Information Governance, Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities