GCU Graduate Internship Programme – Finance Assistant

Please note: Applications are welcomed from Glasgow Caledonian University Graduates of 2022/23 only.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Internship within Management Accounts who would join our team for 12 weeks at Management Accounts in NHS Lanarkshire.

High quality finance staff are integral to our business and play a key role in ensuring we deliver on our objectives.

Our workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future – we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team. You’ll challenge yourself, build stepping stones to a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

We are looking for a motivated person who has excellent Excel and IT skills also knowledge of all Microsoft Packages. Good communication skills and experience of working in a finance environment – although this is not essential.

The role consists of the following:-

• To support the Management Accountants and Assistants in the delivery of directorate and corporate objectives.
• Work as directed by the Management Accountants to ensure that reports and ad hoc information requests are produced within timescales and are of a quality and standard that meets the corporate needs, ensuring that information requests are also dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
• Input and process financial information, completing routine financial transactions in accordance with procedures.
• Work as directed to support completion of various projects.

This is a support role within Finance, reporting to one of our Management Accountants in the development and delivery of financial objectives.

The internship is 30 hours per week with the hourly rate matching the Scottish Living Wage We presently have a hybrid system of working which is both home and office based at Kirklands Hospital in Bothwell.

If you would like to join our friendly team or would like to seek further information, then please contact Scott Murdoch, Interim Head of Management Accounts, via email on scott.murdoch@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact jane.davies@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk

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