Finance Assistant Apprentice

This 18-month apprenticeship sits in the Finance Team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, within the Finance Directorate. The work centres on the purchase ledger, chasing invoice approvals and handling supplier queries with NHS Shared Business Services, alongside raising sales invoices and supporting Oracle users. The team is rebuilding after significant recent change, and the post is hybrid. Visa sponsorship is not available.

• Monitor the purchase ledger with NHS Shared Business Services, chasing invoice approvals and dealing with supplier queries
• Raise sales invoices and credit notes
• Support Oracle users with procurement queries, supplier set-ups, the user hierarchy and the authorised signatories database
• Respond to queries from the Finance Queries inbox and budget holders
• Prepare and post journals, keeping backing papers for audit
• Review the unpaid invoices report weekly and liaise with Management Accountants to meet the prompt payment policy
• Maintain the ledger, set up codes and clear the Trust suspense accounts
• Contribute to the accurate allocation of overheads and recharges
• Assist the Financial Accountant with the Annual Accounts and working papers, including the Agreement of Balances
• Support Management Accountants in financial planning
• Contribute to the costing of system transformation projects and to systems development within the Finance Directorate
• Organise team meetings, maintain paper and electronic filing, and take part in continuing professional development

• Four GCSEs at grade 4-9 (A-C equivalent) including Maths and English, or equivalent

• Experience of working in a team

• IT literate with good computer skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
• Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions

• Hybrid working arrangement
• Professional development
• Health and wellbeing initiatives