Finance Officer - Transactional Services

Ensuring suppliers are paid in a prompt manner is a key target for all NHS organisations. The Trust also needs to ensure that it receives payment for all services undertaken in a prompt manner., The role will include

• Supplier and customer set up
• Data entry for both purchase and sales transactions
• Problem solving
• Liaising with a range of internal and external parties
• Management of purchase and sales ledger
• Maintaining spreadsheets
• Performing reconciliations
A number of these tasks will require to be undertaken on a daily basis, whilst others may be weekly or monthly. There is a requirement to develop an understanding of the business as this will enable added value when problem solving. The ability to work to rules which may be continually changing and remember key points is important to being successful in this role. If you have the drive to be involved in process improvement, working in a proactive manner, educating end users and looking at the root cause of issues this role will offer these opportunities. This role is not a traditional purchase ledger invoice matching role.

The Transactional Services team is a small busy team supporting the Trusts purchase to pay pathway and sales processes. Working as an interface between Trust employees and our outsourced service provider this role covers a wide range of tasks. The role will interact with the wider finance team (financial services and management accounts) on a regular basis. All of these teams are hardworking supporting the Trust maintain its finance position, undertaking financial reporting and supporting the operational teams of the Trust., Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics