Finance Officer Corporate | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Southend University Hospital NHS Trust
Salary:	£25,760 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6GD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	4 Aug 2026
Closing date:	3 Sept 2026

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Summary

We are seeking a Finance Officer within our Financial Management/reporting Team. The job involves assisting the Management Accountants and Management Accounts Assistants in the provision of a complete, professional financial service to a range of Sites/Departments, providing timely and accurate financial support and advice through the provision of robust monitoring information.

The postholder will support the Deputy Finance Business Partner/ Finance Manager in delivering a customer focused service to budget holders of the highest possible standard and maintaining adherence to the Trust monthly reporting timetable, preparing monthly financial performance reports and forecasts, analysing trends and variances.

The post holder will assist the Deputy Finance Business Partner/ Finance Manager in ensuring the Sites/Departments can manage their financial position and the Trust meets its financial targets. This will involve a range of regular analysis work, supplemented by ad hoc tasks as required

Working with Site/Department Management to agree their budget for each year, particularly with regards to the validation of staff in post and the costing of staff

Assisting in the production of the Site/Department monthly financial position within monthly timetables, particularly with intelligence gathering and producing analysis as required

Supporting the production of robust and detailed year end forecasts in accordance with Trust standards and timetables

Preparing, calculating, planning and monitoring complex information (using Excel spreadsheets and other software as appropriate), ensuring the accurate input of data and coding of transactions.

Ensuring that that all relevant income and expenditure is accurately reported in the financial statements of the Trust in accordance with monthly reporting timetables

Supporting the service with changes and recruitment of staffing. This will involve working with the service, Management Accountants and Deputy

Partners to ensure these are actioned, challenged and appropriately approved in a timely manner.

Supporting the service and the Financial Services team with resolution of coding of invoices where appropriate

Performing a programme of analysis work as appropriate to each Service and to assist in ensuring that the programme remains up to date, developing user-friendly reports with software tools such as Power BI dashboards, pivot tables, graphs and tables

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.

We look forward to your application!

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires.

This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Aug 2026

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