Role:Finance & Commercial Support Officer
Organisation: NHS
Contract: 3 Months with extensions - Immediate start required
Salary: Agenda for change band 6 up to £42,618 pro rata
Location: Fully remote
Summary of responsibilities:
The postholder will, under direction of the Finance and Commercial Lead, have delegated responsibility over and support the following activities:
- Ensure that all documentation relevant to the business is completed and kept up to date in line with organisational requirements.
- Raising requisitions/POs, reviewing invoices, receipting payments.
- Liaising with programme leads, finance colleagues and suppliers.
- Support contract management and development of SOWs, including use of the Atamis system, raising business cases, and managing through the governance process.
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting, and tracking spend of activities with BPs; ensuring that appropriate justification exists, and that authorisation has been granted.
- Monthly meetings with commercial and finance
- Commercial pipeline planning
- Clear presentations/summaries for the Director and service owners on a regular basis to inform decision-making.
- Drive adherence to financial process requirements, check/challenge charges and other financial information
Expertise/skills required (incl. software):
- Strong administrative skills, high level of accuracy for data inputting, attention to detail
- Strong excel skills and ability to manipulate financial information (e.g. using pivots and formula)
- Document management
- Financial transaction management and processing (invoicing, POs, receipting etc)
- Experience using F&C systems including Atamis & Oracle (others TBC)
- Experience of NHSE governance and approval mechanisms/processes.
- Ability to summarise and present complex information clearly, concisely, and accurately for a range of stakeholders.
- Secretariat skills, diary management, meeting management