Finance Officer (Commissioning Finance)

Job summary

Following promotion of the current postholder a secondment opportunity is available to join the AACC (CHC) Finance team as a Band 3 Finance Officer. The post is based in John Snow House, Durham, and will work on a hybrid basis.

The CHC Finance Team provides financial services to NENC ICB which includes monthly financial reporting, annual budget setting, monitoring of local authority recharges and payment of individual packages of care.

The secondment is to 31st March 2024.

The successful candidate will:

Produce monthly schedule payments to suppliers for individual packages of care and any other ad hoc payments as required.

Support in the financial coding of individual packages and other data requirements as necessary for financial reporting and payments

Perform client account reconciliations in response to supplier queries.

Support in the completion of local authority recharge reconciliations.

Main duties of the job

Provide the Finance Team with transactional finance services to allow the production and delivery of specific financial reporting requirements, ensuring all aspects of financial management and control are maintained at a high level.

Provide administrative and clerical support to the team where required.

Contact internal stakeholders and external clients to resolve queries.

Ensure all financial information provided is timely, accurate and relevant and is produced in accordance with the relevant reporting timetable.

Provide and receive routine information, which may be sensitive or may requiring tact or persuasive skills to managers, including non-financial managers.

Discuss routine financial queries with internal stakeholders and external clients, which are often complex and sensitive.

Display good verbal and written communication skills to convey routine financial issues, to support decisions to the subject in hand.

Support with external audit and internal audit to resolve the majority of issues at the earliest stage.

About us

At NECS we are very proud to be part of the NHS England family. We are one of the very few truly customer-owned entities within the NHS. We have grown from our roots in the North East to be an NHS business with customers the length and breadth of the UK and further abroad. Our customer base has diversified significantly over this period, and we are now very pleased to be serving NHS providers as well as commissioners, NHSE regions, Local Authorities, General Practices and national NHSE Directorates.

NECS combines specialist skills and expertise with scale and resilience to achieve required results. We combine core NHS values with a sharp focus on customer care and a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement. We very much see ourselves as a key partner in the future success of the healthcare system and we take our share of the responsibility for shaping effective delivery.

Our people are the heart of our organisation. We strive to ensure they feel trusted, valued, and empowered. We are passionate about nurturing and developing people.

We collaborate in the offices at least twice a week and do not offer 100% remote working. Please only apply for this role if you are able to commit to this arrangement.

Owing to this vacancy being 'ring fenced' to internal applications only we regret to advise that on this occasion any external applications will not be considered at the present time. Thank you for your understanding