Finance Administrator

Finance Administrator

The closing date is 16 April 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Finance Team at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Finance Administrator. This important role sits at the heart of our Enabling Services, providing high-quality, service-focused administrative support that helps ensure the smooth and effective running of our Finance operations. Working closely with the Business Co-ordinator and colleagues across Financial Management, Financial Accounting, and Transactional Services, you will play a key part in coordinating essential processes, maintaining accurate information, and enabling timely reporting.

As a trusted first point of contact for routine enquiries into the Finance Department, you will bring excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and a strong customer-focused approach. You will support the team by maintaining key records, producing routine data and reports from systems such as ESR, Roster and Integra, and ensuring efficient organisation of meetings, documents, and administrative workflows. This role is perfect for someone who is proactive, well-organised, and enjoys working as part of a friendly and supportive team within a busy and dynamic environment.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-quality administrative support across the Finance Department, including diary management, meeting organisation, note-taking, document handling, and general office coordination.
• Act as the first point of contact for routine enquiries, delivering excellent customer service to internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate records and undertake routine data entry, including sickness/leave records, invoice logs, trackers, and other departmental spreadsheets.
• Retrieve, input, and report information from key systems such as ESR, Roster, Integra, and Microsoft Office, supporting routine reporting and data collection requirements.
• Support team operations through effective communication, maintaining filing structures, assisting colleagues, providing training on systems where required, and working autonomously to manage workload in line with Trust procedures.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Job responsibilities

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification Education / Experience

• Level 3 qualification in administration or equivalent level of experience
• Good basic education, demonstrating high levels of literacy and numeracy
• Computer literate to ECDL standard or equivalent

Experience

• Administration experience within a busy office environment
• Experience of finance administration processes and procedures
• Previous NHS Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust