Finance OfficerNHS
Job summary
Reporting to the Head of Finance, will help deliver a professional financial service.
This role requires a flexible, organised and experienced Finance Officer, with excellent communications skills, who is IT literate and who works to a proficient level in excel.
Interviews Thursday 3 September in person
Main duties of the job
The Finance Officer will be supporting on matters including but not limited to:
PCN ARRS Submission, ARRS statements, NWRS Submission, PCN monthly payments reconciliation, PCN accounts receivables and payables, timely query resolution, maintaining Quickbooks system, general adhoc support, assisting with year-end reporting and collaborating with HR and GP Practices.
Job description
Job Summary
Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care (BHNC) is a GP Federation supporting the 19 Bexley Practices / 4 PCNs, Erith Hospital and Queen Marys Urgent Treatment Centre who are working collaboratively to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bexley residents, covering over 260,000 patients.
The Finance Officer reporting to the Head of Finance, will help deliver a professional financial service. The Finance Officer will be supporting on matters including but not limited to:
PCN ARRS Submission, ARRS statements, NWRS Submission, PCN monthly payments reconciliation, PCN accounts receivables and payables, timely query resolution, maintaining Quickbooks system, general adhoc support, assisting with year-end reporting and collaborating with HR and GP Practices.
This role requires a flexible, organised and experienced Finance Officer, with excellent communications skills, who is IT literate and who works to a proficient level in excel.
Organisational Values / Objectives
The goals of BHNC are to work strategically with all Bexley Primary Care Networks (PCNs), to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together, to support the member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS.
Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care (BHNC) aims to improve the morale of PCNs / general practice in Bexley, by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce. BHNC will make a positive impact on medical services in Bexley, by working closely with the CCG, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population.
Key Working Relationships
Key relationships include but are not limited to:
Overall BHNC (inc Bank, Self Employed, ARRS) workforce
GP Practices
South East London ICB
NHS England
Key Responsibilities
General Finance Administration
Take responsibility for completing monthly ARRS submissions on the portal and producing ARRS statements for Governing Body Meetings.
Take responsibility for reconciling funding received from the ICB, accurately logging PCN invoices on QuickBooks (QBO), processing approved payments to practices, and providing practices with clear and timely statements in line with agreed schedules and finance governance requirements.
Maintain financial systems and records, including QBO, PCN sales and purchase ledgers, daily cash postings, bank reconciliations and cash flow monitoring.
Prepare and input the annual budget for the four PCNs, ensuring budget information is accurately collated, recorded and aligned to agreed finance schedules.
Take responsibility for completing NWRS submissions.
Liaise with budget holders, the ICB, external suppliers, practice managers and GP practices as required, including arranging and attending meetings, responding to PCN finance queries, resolving issues promptly, and agreeing clarification or follow-up actions on invoice matters, payment schedules, ARRS recharges and budget variances.
Undertake additional finance tasks and projects as required by the team, ensuring work is completed accurately, on time and to the required standard.
Provide advice and guidance on finance administration practice and procedures to relevant colleagues/line managers to maximise their effectiveness.
Ensuring data for monthly reports is accurately recorded, i.e. ARRS Submissions
Invoice Management Raising sales invoices within tight deadlines, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Account Setup, Reconciliation, and Closure Managing the opening of new customer accounts and handling full reconciliation and closure as needed.
Chasing outstanding payments Monitor and follow up outstanding payments, including ARRS recharges and other PCN/practice balances, addressing and resolving customer, practice and budget holder queries. Review areas where spend is over budget or recharge values require clarification, escalate unresolved issues where necessary, and ensure appropriate records are maintained to support timely recovery and accurate financial reporting.
Support the completion and maintenance of finance department procedure manuals, ensuring processes are clearly documented, accurate and kept up to date.
Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, systems, and efficiencies.
Support year-end financial processes, liaise with external accountants, and take responsibility for core internal finance projects as required, including audit requirements.
Build and maintain effective, credible and trusting working relationships with NHS organisations, PCSE, the ICB, PCNs, GP practices and other key stakeholders.
Organise and securely maintain personnel records and systems for processing data and information in accordance with GDPR and UK employment legislation.
Support the BHNC finance team with wider Head Office finance work, including processing and checking financial information, assisting with reconciliations, responding to internal finance queries, maintaining accurate records and completing administrative tasks to support the effective running of the finance function.
Adheres to and proactively promotes Infection Control standards and complies with Health & Safety, Corporate, Clinical and Information Governance.
General
To review current ways of working to reduce/eliminate repetition.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.
Represent the organisation positively and professionally, behaving as an ambassador for the PCN by displaying the organisations values and levels of expected professionalism at all times.
Take responsibility for supporting own development learning and performance.
Work within BHNC policies and procedures.
This list is not exhaustive, and additional tasks may be required.
About us
Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care (BHNC) is a GP Federation supporting the 19 Bexley Practices / 4 PCNs, Erith Hospital and Queen Marys Urgent Treatment Centre who are working collaboratively to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bexley residents, covering over 260,000 patients.
The goals of BHNC are to work strategically with all Bexley Primary Care Networks (PCNs), to help secure the best services for patients whilst working together, to support the member practices in the challenges of a changing NHS. Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care (BHNC) aims to improve the morale of PCNs / general practice in Bexley, by sharing expertise, services and supporting its workforce. BHNC will make a positive impact on medical services in Bexley, by working closely with the CCG, local NHS trusts, local providers and patient groups, to improve the delivery of healthcare to the local population.
Please see the full BHNC Safeguarding Statement attached to this advert.