Job Description

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

As a key member of the Senior Management Team, you will work alongside the Practice Manager, Operations Manager, GP and Nursing Clinical Leads, and the Dispensary Manager to support the strategic and financial leadership of the practice.

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

We strive for excellent clinical and professional support, a healthy work-life balance and a challenging but rewarding career, whatever your area of interest. We pride ourselves on excellent patient care, fantastic teamwork and a willingness to look at new ways of working.

We are a rapidly growing GP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary care system.

This position is for 16.5 hours per week

Job summary:

To assist the 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 Reporting to the MB SMT and Relevant Taurus Directors

Operational responsibilities

Use of Sage accounts package Maintaining the Purchase Ledger and Sales ledger for Much Birch within Taurus Sage 200 system 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 Management/Chief Accountant Monthly reporting to Much Birch and finance management team to include monthly P&Ls and Budget variances/ financial performance with support from wider Finance Management team and practice manager Overseeing all much birch contracts with support from practice manager and wider Taurus team, 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 for Much Birch 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 Organise annual appliance testing and calibration of medical equipment. Maintain Teamnet Premises and Equipment Check Portal. Oversee estates of Much Birch surgery, including health and safety and upkeep, working with the Taurus corporate teams to represent estates. Liaise with handyman and outsourced tasks decorating/building/repairs*
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 Completing Monthly/Quarterly Claims for all contracts, via appropriate systems eg EMIS and inputting all information onto Sage Ledger system, analysing and correcting any discrepancies 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

We are a rapidly growing organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary care system.

We want to improve patient access, patient experience and health outcomes to significantly increase the quality of care for our patients.

The Much Birch GMS contract was novated to Taurus Healthcare in February 2024, but the practice team remains unchanged as does the identity of the surgery in the local community. Much Birch is :-

A busy rural dispensing practice at the heart of the community. Located in the village of Much Birch, between Ross-on-Wye and Hereford city. Covering an area reaching from the edges of Hereford to Ross on Wye, and extending into the villages of the Golden Valley. List size of circa 5,000+ patients. A supportive clinical team of GPs, ANPs, Paramedics, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Physiotherapist, Social Prescribers.
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):

Do you have a NVQ Level 5/ Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification or equivalent general practice experience of a minimum of 3 years.
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/11/2025