Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 374-SR3775
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Anne's House
- Town
- St Leonards-on-Sea
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Finance and Procurement Liaison Officer
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic full time Finance and Procurement Liaison Officer to join our dedicated team of Finance professionals.
You will be a self-motivated, pro-active individual with a positive attitude and good communication skills. You will be able to flexibly manage your workload and provide a full service in purchase ledger, ensuring the ledger is accurate and backlog is kept to a minimum.
Main duties of the job
This is a fast paced and challenging role in a complex and dynamic environment, and you will have the opportunity to support a key function within the Financial Services team from daily input, managing a portfolio of suppliers to dealing with ad hoc queries and supporting your management colleagues with day-to-day tasks.
This role would be suited to an AAT student looking to gain knowledge and experience of working within a Financial Services environment within the NHS.
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Statement on the Use of AI
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Using AI for your application may not accurately represent your knowledge, skills, and experience and may result in a disconnect between your qualifications and our assessment of your application.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Careful use of Trust systems both manual and electronic, to ensure accuracy of data. Store and share information in accordance with department protocols, Trust Information Governance Policy and Data Protection Legislation.
To investigate and resolve invoice queries promptly and support timely payment of invoices, thereby improving the Trust’s Better Payment Practice Code (BPPC) and No Purchase Order No Pay Policy (No PO, No Pay). Liaise with Finance and Procurement staff to ensure best practice is carried out.
To act as a point of liaison between accounts payable staff, procurement staff and budget managers in resolving invoice queries, and improving the accuracy of the General Ledger (GL) and the VAT coding of orders to suppliers.
Supervision of Assistant Finance Liaison Officer.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good GCSE results, minimum of 5 GCSE’s including Mathematics and English
Desirable criteria
- Educated to A-level standard
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of analysing and investigating financial data
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a large organisation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage self and exhibit personal skills, including self-awareness, self-management, and drive for improvement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Perry Swift
- Job title
- Accounts Payable Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03001314484
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