Charities Finance Officer
- NHS
- Full Time
- Manchester
- 29970.00 - 36483.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Charites Finance Officer to join our busy Charity Finance Team.
We're excited to be recruiting for a passionate and driven Charites Finance Officer to be an integral part of a high-quality Financial Services Function.
We are looking for an individual who is an experienced, highly organised and motivated individual, who likes to work on their own but can work well as part of a team with a 'positive can-do attitude and a passion for giving back. You'll be responsible for providing financial support to the Charity Finance Team, managing your own workload and providing complex charitable information as required.
Main duties of the job
Based at Trafford General Hospital, the postholder will co-ordinate the production of information relating to the Trust's charitable funds and provide advice to the appropriate fund holders.
Produce monthly income and expenditure reports, highlighting, investigating and reporting
on budget variances/errors and making the necessary adjustments through accurate input to the financial ledger.
Dealing with complex financial queries from budget and fund holders and provide advice as required.
Complete legacy administration and liaising with executors of Wills and legacy fundraisers as required.
Support the Charities Accountant in providing relevant information for the Charity's Annual Financial Accounts and ensure VAT is dealt with in accordance with guidelines.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential
- AAT, NVQ4 or equivalent experience to degree level.
- Understanding of the NHS and the Trust Financial Regime.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems.
- Knowledge of relevant accounting standards and other guidance and legislation.
- Demonstrable experience of working with a computerised accounting package
- Commitment to own personal development and that of the Team.
- Knowledge and experience of all applications found in "Microsoft Office.
- Ability to analyse and interpret data.
- Ability to analyse, investigate and resolve complex queries and discrepancies.
- Ability to implement policies for own work area and propose changes for own work area.
- Positive, 'can do' attitude.
- Ability to communicate and negotiate effectively in both written and verbal form.
- Ability to discuss complex, confidential and sensitive issues.
- Ability to be a team member that works with others cooperatively in a way which secures a high level of commitment, trust and energy.
- Demonstrate good customer service skills and the ability to deal objectively with complaints.
- Ability to plan and organise time in order to deliver quality output to agreed timescales and resources.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to work at different locations as required.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Charity SORP / FRS 102.
- Experience of working within an NHS finance function.
- Working knowledge of Integra Ledger system.
- Staff management experience.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Finance and Procurement Business Unit
Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme
Manchester
M41 5SL
