Finance Analyst, Band 3 or 4

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job Purpose
To assist the Financial Management Team in the provision and development of sound, accurate, timely and meaningful financial information. The post holder will assist in the preparation of financial reports and other information and to conduct initial investigations as required. The Finance Analyst will provide support to the Finance Manager for the Division.
This role is suitable to both band 3 and band 4 applicants and banding, if successful, will be dependant on experience.
Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate budget expenditure information.
Assist in ensuring accuracy of expenditure information in the financial ledger and associated feeder systems.
Assist with the on-going development of sound financial management systems.
Prepare and ensure accurate input of budget and expenditure journals to agreed timetables.
Assist in the analysis of budget and expenditure variances.
Ensuring accurate representation of budget expenditure position in liaison with other teams.
Assist in the production and analysis of reports and confidential financial information.
Attend budgetary meetings as part of the Finance team as requested.
Band 4 Only
Contribute to the on-going development of sound financial management systems making recommendations where appropriate.
Production and analysis of reports and confidential financial information.
Support budget holders in answering budget / expenditure enquiries.
Provide accurate basic costings as requested.
Attend budgetary meetings.
Assist with the development of PLICS (Patient Level & Information Costing System).
Provide assistance in other areas of Finance as appropriate, approx. 20% of time to be committed to supporting cross-divisional tasks.
Actively participate in delivery of financial training programmes to NHS staff.
This a fantastic opportunity for a suitably enthusiastic individual to join our Finance team. The role will provide you with an opportunity to support 2 clinical divisions which have a wide variety of interesting specialties and to be part of a forward looking and innovative team.
The GHFT Finance team are on a journey to outstanding. We won the HFMA South West Finance Team of the Year Award in 2021 and were also short listed for the National Award. To find out more about our improvement journey, follow the link to our Twitter account. @GHFTFinance, #J2O, #GHFTCountMein
We are committed to delivering the best care for everyone and to ensuring we provide good quality services for the benefit of our service users.
You will be proactive and a motivated team player. The role involves providing timely and accurate financial information to both finance and non financial staff. You will need to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to demonstrate initiative. You will work closely with the Finance Manager to help produce robust financial information to enable monthly internal and external reporting.
In return the position will provide the right individual with an exciting opportunity to work within a highly motivated finance team and an environment to develop their experience and enhance their future career potential including the opportunity for study support.
The role is full time, 37.5 hours per week, and we offer flexible working.

Budgetary Control

• Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate budget expenditure information.
• Assist in ensuring accuracy of expenditure information in the financial ledger and associated feeder systems.
• Assist with the on-going development of sound financial management systems.
• Prepare and ensure accurate input of budget and expenditure journals into the ledger and associated feeder systems to agreed timetables.
• Assist in the analysis of budget and expenditure variances.
• Ensuring accurate representation of budget expenditure position in liaison with other teams.
• Assist in the production and analysis of reports and confidential financial information from appropriate systems.
• Attend budgetary meetings as part of the Finance team as requested.

Band 4 only

• Contribute to the on-going development of sound financial management systems making recommendations where appropriate.
• Production and analysis of reports and confidential financial information from appropriate systems to answer ad hoc enquiries.
• Support budget holders in answering budget / expenditure enquiries.
• Provide accurate basic costings as requested by Budget Holders and other managers.
• Attend budgetary meetings on behalf of the Finance department as requested.
• Assist with the development of PLICS (Patient Level & Information Costing System).

Please refer the Job description for details