Cygnet Hospital Churchill, located in south London, is a 57 bed inpatient mental health hospital for men.

We are currently recruiting for a full time Finance Assistant who will be responsible for the collection, collation and dissemination of vital information as required by the Group Accounts Department. You will also review and manage e-census, patient funding, purchase ledger invoices, petty cash and monthly payroll for permanent and bank staff.

You’ll be working 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday in a hospital setting and ideally have previous finance or accounts experience.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while being part of an organisation that cares about helping people.

Your day-to-day... 

• Provide a high standard of organisational & administrative support 
• Prepare reports & other written materials
• Keep files & records as required
• Work co-operatively with all other members of the administration team to ensure the department runs smoothly
• Management and submission of patient funding documents. 
• Completion and submission of invoices for Access to Work
• Handling, distributing and reconciling petty cash. Reconciling receipts and expenditure for rehab.
• Creation of monthly patient statements
• First point of contact for finance related queries at site level
• Responsible for collating payroll information and liaising with head office contacts to process it
• Petty cash reconciliations
• Processing all initial and additional funding
• Approving supplier invoices
• Process orders

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Strong career progression opportunities 
• Expert supervision & support
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• “Cycle to work” scheme & employee discount saving

You are... 

• A Finance Assistant with experience (ideally in Finance/health care sector) & knowledge of mental health 
• Flexible, organised, able to prioritise workloads, solve problems & make decisions
• Calm under pressure & can work under your own initiative 
• A strong written & verbal communicator with an eye for detail & excellent interpersonal skills
• Highly proficient in the use of Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Windows & the internet

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.