Finance Assistant

Job summary

The Finance Assistant post is an integral part of the wider finance department function and has a key part to pay in the accurate, effective, and efficient delivery of department objectives. The postholder will also be responsible for the processing of the purchase and sale invoices, preparing bank reconciliations, and supporting the monthly management accounting process.

The post requires good IT skills and an ability to work to strict deadlines as part of a small team.

Main duties of the job

Process purchase invoices, obtain relevant approvals and resolve queries that may arise.

Processing of expenses and purchase orders.

Raise sales invoices and distribute to customers and NHS organisations.

Post and allocate income received against the sales ledger and general ledger ensuring all unknown items are investigated and resolved.

Assist in the monthly production of Debtors and Creditors analysis

Assist in production of month end and year end management accounts.

Reconcile bank accounts on accounting systems.

Petty cash reconciliations

Administering and maintaining relevant paperwork, for example, filing, scanning, shredding, archiving, audit records.

Problem solves, work within a team and use initiative to work at all times

Communicate effectively with finance colleagues from partner organisations.

Undertaking other tasks and duties associated with general finance.

About us

The Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company limited by shares, wholly owned by local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent 50 GP practice shareholders and cover nearly 420,000 patients.

We describe our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating, Developing and Educating - we are on the S.I.D.E. of general practice and we have developed our Operational Plans to describe what we are going to do over this year to ensure that we continue to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both practices and patients.

We have identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our existing services.

These are our Strategic Priorities:

• Clinical Service Improvement & Delivery
• Clinical Innovation
• Primary Care Development Practice and Network Support
• Training and Education
• Integrated Care
• Good Governance