Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- AfC Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF20919-B5
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £33,677 - £40,996 (per annum) includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Finance Analyst
AfC Band 5
Job overview
Do you have a passion for data, reporting and turning information into meaningful insight? We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Analyst to join our Planning & Reporting Team, where you will play a key role in developing financial reports and reporting tools, supporting colleagues across the organisation and contributing to effective decision-making and service delivery.
You will need to have excellent analytical experience, good MS Excel, Access and Power BI skills, together with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation and work to tight deadlines.
You will be working with information which covers all areas of the Trust, from operational and corporate areas. This post offers an exciting career opportunity working within a friendly and progressive organisation
Main duties of the job
This post provides support to the Trust’s Business Planning and Reporting cycle, working with the Planning & Reporting Manager. The post has responsibility for maintaining financial reporting tools in order to provide accurate information enabling budget managers to effectively and efficiently manage their budgets. It also supports development of these financial tools.
The post additionally provides support to the wider Financial Management section through the Month End process and through completion of ad-hoc projects. Finally, it co-ordinates and completes responses to Freedom of Information requests of a financial nature.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To support the Planning & Reporting team with administrative, reporting and analytical tasks.
• To maintain and develop centralised financial information & reporting tools to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.
• To assist with training staff in the use of the information systems and tools.
To support the Planning & Reporting Manager, with data and information requirements, reporting criteria, and other ad hoc tasks using Spreadsheets, MS Power BI, HealthRoster and the General Ledger.
Involvement in the financial month-end process by generating standard reports, processing Journals and production of both divisional and Board level information packs and dashboards.
Role also entails working within the Finance Department’s policies and procedures, to agreed timetables and to deal with ad hoc tasks.
Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of experience.
- Looking to study towards AAT/CCAB qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic Accounting Knowledge.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the NHS Finance
- At least one years’ experience in an accounting position
- Member of relevant Professional Body
- Experience of computer ledger systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Brown
- Job title
- Head of Department
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss this role please contact Rahela Quelch, Planning and Reporting Manager, on (01483 571122 Ext 2432). All applications should be made through NHS Jobs www.jobs.nhs.uk
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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