Finance Assistant

We are a friendly, enthusiastic and motivated team based in offices in Frimley, Surrey. Weare looking for a Finance Assistant to join us to support the team in the day to day running ofthe company.

The post holder will take responsibility for day to day finance transactions including payment sand raising invoices, collating data both for internal and external use and providingmanagement information.

The role requires a good communication and problem solving skills in order to deal with avariety of tasks. The individual will need to work as part of a team but also have the confidence to work on their own and use their initiative.

Key Responsibilities and duties may include the following:

• Managing the preparation of payments to practices and suppliers
• Keeping accurate and orderly documentation to support financial transactions such asjournals and payments within the financial system (Xero).
• Reconciling bank transactions on a regular basis
• Raising invoices for income due and recharges for services provided by the Federation/PCN to other NHS organisations.
• Acting as the first point of contact for invoice and payment queries.
• Updating the Primary Care Workforce Portal each month to support thereimbursement process for the Additional Roles employed by the PCN and prepare the appropriate invoices.
• Updating the Primary Care Workforce Portal each month to support thereimbursement process for the Additional Roles employed by the PCN and prepare the appropriate invoices.
• Maintaining information relating to costs for the Additional Roles posts on a monthly basis
• Bookkeeping support to practices as necessary
• Supporting the preparation of ad hoc financial information to support businessdecision making
• Checking and preparing timesheets for inclusion in the monthly payroll

We are Surrey Heath Community Providers Limited, which is a federation of 7 GP practices across
10 sites, covering a population of over 104,000 patients across Surrey Heath. We began in 2016and now employ around 200 members of staff across our head office sites, and our primary careand unplanned care services. Our services include Surrey Heath Primary Care Network, PRIMACYworkflow management and Upper Gordon Road Surgery.

As a GP Federation, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of primary care and unplanned healthcare services in Surrey Heath, and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patientsfeel safe, supported, communicated with and respected, at a time when they may be feelingvulnerable. Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling supported and cared for.

Please see supporting documents for full Job Description, list of responsibilities and person specification

• Experience of working within a Finance team
• Good knowledge of fundamental accounting principles Standard
• keyboard skills for using finance packages, spreadsheets etc.
• Good I.T skills, including experience in using Microsoft Excel and Word
• applications
• Experience in NHS finance
• Experience using Xero

• 5 GCSEs (C and above) or equivalent

• Communicates effectivley and clearly using verbal and written skills
• Understanding the need to provide accurate and timely data to meet the needs of the organisation as a whole and for individuals
• Able to manage a variety of tasks and prioritise as appropriate
• Willing to learn and take on new responsibilities
• Consider and show respect for the opinions, circumstances and feelings of others

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.