Job Description

Taurus Healthcare/Much Birch Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Officer to join our dedicated team of healthcare professionals.

As a key member of the finance team you will work alongside the Practice Manager and team at Much Birch surgery, as well as the core finance team within Taurus Healthcare.

The role will managed by the Chief Accountant at Taurus Healthcare, with support from the Much Birch Surgery Practice Manager, giving you the benefit of being embedded within the practice while also contributing to and drawing on the expertise of a wider finance team.

This position is for up to 37.5 hours per week

Office working - Hybrid home working considered

Job summary:

To assist the Much Birch Practice Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks

Organisational responsibilities:

Understanding of the financial implications of contract changes and legislation

Maximising income

Minimising expenditure

Assisting the reporting to the MB SMT and Relevant Taurus Directors

Operational responsibilities:

Use of Sage accounts package

Maintaining the Purchase Ledger, Sales ledger, Nominal Accounts and Cashbook within Taurus Sage 200 system

Align financial controls, reporting standards and assurance processes across both the Taurus corporate finance environment and the day-to-day general practice setting

Supporting in the information provided to complete VAT returns

Banking- BACs- Credit processing

Supporting the wider team with cashflow and forecasting Fees register; utilities; cost effective purchasing; insurances;

Reporting anomalies to the Assistant Management/Chief Accountant

Assist with Monthly reporting to Much Birch and finance management team to include monthly P&Ls and Budget variances/ financial performance.

Assist the practice manager, overseeing all much birch contracts, with a contracts register to ensure a timely review for contracts to end or get renewed

Supporting Much Birch SMT to interpret the financial performance of the much birch contracts with a monthly financial report.

Advise and prepare costings in conjunction with the Chief Accountant/Practice Manager

Provide financial input into business cases

Ensuring financial policies at Much Birch are up to date

Participation in overall Taurus reporting process, incidents and risk registers

Finance team away days, Much Birch SMT and quarterly Much birch staff meetings.

Processing of income and expenditure information to include GMS, CQRS Claims etc

Record-keeping

PO system/purchase and sales ledger processing

Provide financial control mechanisms and delivery for Ordering consumables; stock; vaccine; equipment

Liaise with PM for claims processes (including CQRS; GPES) and maintaining strong relationships

Assist the practice manager with Monthly/Quarterly Claims for all contracts, via appropriate systems eg EMIS and inputting all information onto Sage Ledger system, analysing and correcting any discrepancies

Develop a strong understanding of the full claims and reconciliation cycle, including how GMS, Enhanced Services, CQRS and other income streams are generated, verified, submitted and reconciled

Liaise with all finance team members

Liaise with PCN managers

Liaising with the Management Accountant

Liaising with the Director of Finance

Any other related or relevant task in line with the role

About us

Taurus Healthcare was established in 2012, as the provider arm of the GP Federation serving 185,000 patients in Herefordshire. Founded and owned by the partners of the entire Herefordshire Primary Care community, Taurus is focused on providing excellent out of hospital services for patients. Our ethos is to provide high quality and cost-effective health outcomes that are delivered as close as possible to the patients home, whilst ensuring that patients who do require in hospital services are seen as quickly and effectively as possible.

At Taurus Healthcare we strive to create a diverse, inclusive workplace, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds including those from Military Veterans and family members of serving personnel.

Taurus Healthcare offer many employee benefits, such as:

Access to a generous NHS pension scheme with 23.78% employer contribution. 33 to 38 days annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays, depending on service (pro rata for part-time staff). Access to an extensive Employee Benefits Programme (Vivup) offering:
o 24/7 access to counselling services

o Salary sacrifice scheme for cars and bikes

o Access to a wide range of discounts from national retailers

Access to the Blue Light extensive discount scheme.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: 28,962.57-33,418.35 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Application question(s):

NVQ Level 5- professional accountancy Qualifications Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians -AAT-Member or equivalent experience to degree level plus supervisory experience.
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 04/01/2026