Finance & Commercial Support Officer - NHS

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