Job Description

Are you a highly organised, detail driven and ready to play a key role in a busy finance team?
We're looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our successful team, where you'll help ensure smooth and accurate financial processes that keep our organisation moving.In this varied role, you'll be at the heart of our finance operations.We're looking for someone who is experienced in accounts, with payroll knowledge, meticulous with numbers but also adaptable and proactive when priorities shift and a confident communicator with strong customer service skills, able to handle queries with professionalism and tact.If you're ready to bring your finance skills to a role where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you.
The successful postholder will work remotely, as well as being required to attend our office in Redditch for team office days and as per the needs of the business. Working Wednesdays and Fridays is essential with flexibility for working pattern across remainder of week.Interviews will be held week commencing 6th October.
Main duties of the job
In this varied role, you'll be at the heart of our finance operations. From managing accounts payable and receivable, credit control and bank reconciliations, to supporting payroll, pensions and management accounts you'll be hands-on in ensuring our financial systems run like clockwork. You'll also work closely with colleagues across the organisation, providing excellent support and clear communication to both financial and non-financial staff.
About us
Vertis Health is a fast-growing provider of community-based healthcare services to NHS patients within South Worcestershire. The organisation utilises the excellent clinical expertise that already resides within the local NHS environment and harnesses it with efficient administration pathways to provide patients with more convenient and accessible services. We hope that by doing this we will not only deliver pathway improvements to patients but also go some way to relieving the growing volume pressures that are being experienced within local hospitals and GP practices.
Details
Date posted
10 September 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
26,530 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
B0158-25-0081
Job locations
38 Kenilworth Close
Redditch
Worcestershire
B97 5JX
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within a successful team you will deliver a consistent, efficient, timely and accurate service in the following areas.
Accounts payable, ensuring creditors are paid in accordance with the payment terms
Process bank payments to employees, locums and suppliers
Track funds received and determine payment distribution
Accounts receivable, raise customer invoices and send to customers
Raise invoices to recharge costs as necessary
Create and submit claims
Credit control, minimising overdue debt
Posting journals
Bank reconciliation
Cash flow, ensuring there are sufficient funds in the bank accounts to cover all planned expenditure
Assisting with the preparation of Quarterly Management Accounts
Payroll and Pensions processing
Liaise with Operations teams, when receiving critical data, to ensure finance deadlines are met
Ensure telephones are managed and answered in a timely manner and act as the point of contact for financial matters
Plan, organise and manage your own workload to ensure that financial processes are achieved in a timely and accurate manner
Assist in the production of financial reports as required, preparation of spreadsheets and correspondence as required including end of year procedures
To work to deadlines and respond in a flexible way to the changing demands of the organisation, including ensuring that customers are responded to promptly and professionally.
Provide all aspects of generic administrative support and financial support to Team members, Staff, Managers, and Directors as directed, and keep them informed of work in progress.
To attend and participate in team meetings, training courses, and appraisals punctually and well prepared, as appropriate and when required.
To attend and participate in Profit and Loss meetings, held with non-financial managers and Clinical Directors, providing support as necessary
Any other duties that may be deemed appropriate to this role; be proactive, seeking work from the Head of Finance when your own areas of responsibility have dissipated, remaining flexible to take on any tasks as requested.
To complete tasks and objectives that are outlined in your own personal objectives Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within a successful team you will deliver a consistent, efficient, timely and accurate service in the following areas.
Accounts payable, ensuring creditors are paid in accordance with the payment terms
Process bank payments to employees, locums and suppliers
Track funds received and determine payment distribution
Accounts receivable, raise customer invoices and send to customers
Raise invoices to recharge costs as necessary
Create and submit claims
Credit control, minimising overdue debt
Posting journals
Bank reconciliation
Cash flow, ensuring there are sufficient funds in the bank accounts to cover all planned expenditure
Assisting with the preparation of Quarterly Management Accounts
Payroll and Pensions processing
Liaise with Operations teams, when receiving critical data, to ensure finance deadlines are met
Ensure telephones are managed and answered in a timely manner and act as the point of contact for financial matters
Plan, organise and manage your own workload to ensure that financial processes are achieved in a timely and accurate manner
Assist in the production of financial reports as required, preparation of spreadsheets and correspondence as required including end of year procedures
To work to deadlines and respond in a flexible way to the changing demands of the organisation, including ensuring that customers are responded to promptly and professionally.
Provide all aspects of generic administrative support and financial support to Team members, Staff, Managers, and Directors as directed, and keep them informed of work in progress.
To attend and participate in team meetings, training courses, and appraisals punctually and well prepared, as appropriate and when required.
To attend and participate in Profit and Loss meetings, held with non-financial managers and Clinical Directors, providing support as necessary
Any other duties that may be deemed appropriate to this role; be proactive, seeking work from the Head of Finance when your own areas of responsibility have dissipated, remaining flexible to take on any tasks as requested.
To complete tasks and objectives that are outlined in your own personal objectives
Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in a finance or accounts environment
• Experience of payroll processing

Desirable

• Experience of working in the healthcare sector
• Experience of processing payroll using Sage50

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills, with tact and diplomacy to be able to manage difficult situations
• Good numeracy, literacy and communication skills to be able to check data, identify common issues and communicate errors and problems
• Understanding of data governance, confidentiality, GDPR and the principles of secure data handling

Desirable

• Strong technology and telecommunications skills to be able to enter, report, store and manage data accurately and efficiently. This includes software, such as computerised financial/accounting systems and Microsoft Office skills (especially Microsoft Outlook - email and Microsoft Excel), and hardware, such as telephones and scanners.
• Strong team player able to support peers in the delivery of personal, team and organisational goals and generic admin support as required
• Motivated to implement/deliver on time to quality standards, with strong ability to prioritise tasks effectively
• Initiative and flexible to new ideas and ways of working
• Able to stay calm and work efficiently under pressure

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in a finance or accounts environment
• Experience of payroll processing

Desirable

• Experience of working in the healthcare sector
• Experience of processing payroll using Sage50

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills, with tact and diplomacy to be able to manage difficult situations
• Good numeracy, literacy and communication skills to be able to check data, identify common issues and communicate errors and problems
• Understanding of data governance, confidentiality, GDPR and the principles of secure data handling

Desirable

• Strong technology and telecommunications skills to be able to enter, report, store and manage data accurately and efficiently. This includes software, such as computerised financial/accounting systems and Microsoft Office skills (especially Microsoft Outlook - email and Microsoft Excel), and hardware, such as telephones and scanners.
• Strong team player able to support peers in the delivery of personal, team and organisational goals and generic admin support as required
• Motivated to implement/deliver on time to quality standards, with strong ability to prioritise tasks effectively
• Initiative and flexible to new ideas and ways of working
• Able to stay calm and work efficiently under pressure

Skills Required