Finance assistant - Acute Finance

The Finance Assistant - Acute Finance provides financial administration, validating provider and supplier invoices, including contract, non-contract activity and funding requests. The role ensures accurate, prompt processing, coding and record keeping; maintains provider accounts and workflow notes; and resolves queries while updating stakeholders. It requires organisation, attention to detail and effective teamworking in a fast-paced NHS finance environment.

· Provide accurate, timely financial and technical support by processing and validating invoices, payments, coding, accounts, credit notes and reconciliations in line with contracts, controls and deadlines. Maintain complete system records and audit trails, protect confidential data, resolve and chase queries, support reporting and month/year end, and work collaboratively and professionally. Prioritise workload, adapt to process changes and undertake other duties as the role evolves.

The post holder may have regular contact with a wide range of staff at all levels within the ICB, with senior and other representatives of local stakeholders, as well as with patients and their representatives.

Reporting to the Senior Professional Lead - Acute, the post holder will process and validate acute provider invoices, contract and non-contract activity, IFRs and mandate payments. They will challenge invalid claims, resolve queries, maintain supplier accounts and accurate Oracle/ISFE2 records, support month- and year-end processes, reconcile statements, chase evidence and credit notes, analyse data, build effective relationships, and improve finance procedures, audit trails and information governance.