Financial Management Apprentice

Job overview

Are you looking for an entry-level Finance role working for one of the largest hospitals in the UK that is both exciting and challenging?

The Finance Team at Cambridge University Hospitals are launching a new Level 3 Financial Management Apprenticeship role which will combine study towards a professional accountancy qualification – the Assistant Accountant Level 3 Apprenticeship (with AAT – Association of Accounting Technicians – Level 3 included) alongside gaining experience and training in a busy and diverse finance team.  This is a 24 month fixed term apprenticeship.

Main duties of the job

We are a large, diverse department committed to developing our staff which presents excellent development opportunities offering CPD, training and Study Support. We are an accredited employer for ACCA, CIPFA and CIMA and have been awarded Level 1 accreditation by One NHS Finance reflecting our commitment to the development of our staff and department.

We are seeking enthusiastic staff to build a diverse workforce which reflects the values of the Trust and the patients and population that we serve within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region.

If you are looking for a role that shapes how finance meets the needs of our healthcare services, working alongside with clinical teams and managers as well as focusing on your personal development, then come and start your NHS Finance Career at CUH.

Key elements of the role:

• Once trained, to work with the finance team to complete month end routine requirements
• To develop the skills to be able to investigate significant variances by interrogating all the financial ledger sub-systems and liaising with budget holders
• To meet regularly with budget holders, initially with colleagues, and provide professional support to them
• To work towards assisting with simple ad-hoc costing exercises and investigations as required
• Once trained, to raise invoices and purchase orders and responding to invoice queries, escalating where appropriate · ·

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Come and join us and be supported to earn as you learn whilst undertaking a nationally recognised qualification.  You will study an Assistant Accountant Level 3 Apprenticeship (with AAT – Association of Accounting Technicians – Level 3 included). You will need to have minimum GCSE Grade 4/C or Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English plus an AAT or Bookkeeping Level 2 qualification.  You will be enthusiastic, have a positive work ethic, be keen to learn and able to work in a team.  You will receive support to gain a wide range of experience and skills, supervision and mentoring.

The Trust is proud of its values of Together – Safe, Kind and Excellent and looks to provide its staff with support, training and progression opportunities.

There is no upper age limit on joining us as an apprentice.

We also have apprenticeships in nursing which are subject to different terms. For more information on the Nursing Apprenticeship scheme please check our website http://bit.ly/3Akstsm

NB: Due to UK apprenticeship funding regulations applicants must have a right to work in the UK, or for EU citizens hold pre-settled or settled status and have been a UK or EU resident for the last three years or have indefinite leave to remain with documents that are not due to expire during the duration of the apprenticeship contract. Applicants must also not already have a qualification at a higher level within the same subject matter.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 5th November 2024

Interviews are due to be held on 15th November 2024

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.