Details of Organisation
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest Acute Teaching Hospital Trust’s in the country with capital assets in excess of £240 million, a revenue turnover of £400 million and over 5,500 staff Trust-wide. The Trust currently operates from its’ main site situated in Tooting South London.

The Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and in addition to providing general acute medical services to its local population it also provides a range of specialist tertiary services to not only the population of South West London, but also to the populations of Surrey and Sussex as well as providing specialist care to individual patients when required from all corners of the UK.

CIPFA is the preferred NHS Public Sector Finance qualification and as such, we actively encourage and support our trainees in their studies.

Job Title
Finance Assistant

Vacancies
Ongoing recruitment throughout the year

Key Responsibilities

1. Ensuring that financial information is processed in accordance with  Trust procedures and processes in order to provide management and statutory report information.
2. Responding to routine enquiries from staff / customers and suppliers and investigate as required.
3. Providing advice to managers and staff on relevant financial issues.
4. Ensuring financial information is completed in accordance with Trust financial timetables.

Salary (£)
Band 3 -£14,437 plus £3,468.

Benefits
Day release from work to attend the CIPFA Education and Training Centre in London SE1.
Financial support of 80% towards costs of the approved study course, the examination fees, open learning material as well as 100% support towards subscription fees.
Job rotation is a key element of our training support, this will provide trainees a varied range of work experience, suitable for their professional qualification.

Minimum Requirements
CIPFA entry requirements with an eagerness to build a career in the Public Health Sector.

How to Apply
To find out more about the excellent opportunities that await you at St George’s, please log into the St George’s Finance Directorate web site www.stgeorgesfinance.org.uk/ where you will find more information about the various departments within Finance and electronic copies of our job application forms or alternatively, telephone Kay Newton-Dawes, Finance Staff Development Officer on 020 8725 1346 for an application form.