Job overview
Join the Finance Team at the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and help ensure NHS resources are managed effectively to support the delivery of high-quality healthcare services across the region. Serving 3 million people, this is an exciting opportunity to build your finance career within one of the largest Integrated Care Boards in England.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
As a Finance Officer, you will support senior finance colleagues in delivering a comprehensive financial management service to a range of stakeholders across the organisation. Your role will include:
- Producing accurate and timely financial information, reports and working papers.
- Supporting budget monitoring, financial reconciliations and month-end processes.
- Investigating and resolving financial queries, discrepancies and variances.
- Maintaining financial systems, databases and spreadsheets to ensure robust financial control.
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders, auditors and NHS partners.
- Assisting with statutory and management reporting requirements.Supporting financial governance, compliance and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Supervising and supporting junior team members where required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the effective delivery of services to stakeholders, as defined by agreed service specifications.
- Ensure all financial information provided is timely, accurate and relevant, and is produced in accordance with the relevant reporting timetable.
- Complete all statutory, internal and external reporting for all areas of responsibility, including preparation of relevant working papers.
- Contact internal and external stakeholders to resolve queries.
- Manage the reconciliation of financial information, taking action where necessary to support in resolving any reconciling items.
- Provide leadership to junior colleagues within their designated team.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working autonomously with confidential and sensitive information.
Desirable
- Experience of staff management.
- Experience of large integrated financial systems and dealing with large volumes of data in analysis.
Qualifications
Essential
- AAT level 3 / NVQ level 4 / Part Qualified Accountant or equivalent.
Desirable
- Minimum 5 GCSE’s Grade A-C or 5 to 9 including Maths and English or equivalent.
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This advert is for Finance Officer with North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board in Pemberton House. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Sep 2026.
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