Band 3 Treasury Assistant

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an organised and highly accurate Accounts Assistant to join our Financial Accounts team.

Reporting to the Treasury Accountant, you will help deliver an efficient treasury service.

Key responsibilities include recording and allocating cash and cheque receipts, maintaining cash books, completing bank reconciliations, processing card payments, preparing weekly banking and petty cash, and identifying income and expenditure across bank accounts. You will also support other treasury functions when required.

• 1. To record all cheques/cash received onto cash sheets, issue receipts and cash allocation on ledgers
• 2. To collate cheque requisitions, ensuring adequate back up and authorisation
• 3. Reconciliations of cash book to bank statements for all bank accounts
• 4. Weekly preparation of petty cash for cashiers
• 5. Operate the Streamline debit card terminal and allocate payments received
• 6. Identify and allocate income/expenditure from the bank accounts
• 7. Maintenance of cash books
• 7. Preparation of the weekly banking
• 8. Cover of other treasury functions in the case of absence/holiday

You will have five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, including Maths and English, ideally with experience in a finance or cashiering environment and an understanding of finance functions. You must be highly numerate, IT literate and confident using spreadsheets, with strong communication, problem-solving and organisational skills. The ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining excellent attention to detail is essential.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.