We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic professional to join our Financial Management team.
This role will cover the full suite of financial management responsibilities for a number of directorates, including undertaking detailed expenditure analysis at a directorate and service line levels as required through to establishment control and forecasting.
The post will support the production of monthly financial reports; proactively investigating variances and providing analytical reports as required.
We positively encourage and support continuous training with the Finance Team and study support for CCAB Qualification is available.
We support flexibility to work remotely for part of the working week.
Take responsibility for the month end process, supervising the production of month end information to meet strict deadlines. Constantly improving systems and processes within and beyond own area.
To prepare and to input into the ledger system journals and virements necessary to report an accurate financial position at month-ends and year-end and in accordance with GAAP.
To produce working papers and analysis in support of month-end and year-end reporting
To ensure that income and expenditure are correctly classified within the Trustâs ledger and undertake remedial actions where they are not.
To assist in the final accounts process and to support the completion of the Trustâs annual accounts.
Involved in the constant review of the various systems and processes used by the Trust including Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Crystal and Integra in order to introduce more effective ways of working.
To ensure that monthly financial statements are produced and disseminated to budget holders to agreed timescales
To analyse and report on financial performance including variances from budget, calculated forecast spend and changes in spend over extended periods of time
For further information please refer to the detailed Job Description attached
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care
Support budget holders, directorate Senior Finance Manager and wider directorate team in ensuring that resources are utilised in an efficient and effective manner. Proactively report and help solve potential problem areas, which may often be sensitive and contentious.
Liaise with directorate staff on financial reporting and queries providing advice on complex financial and corporate issues to non-financial managers. Liaise and support budget holders through various means (written, verbal, face to face meetings), confirming accuracy of reports and sensitive information on nominal rolls. Complete actions from these in a timely manner.
Improve existing information flows and establish new sources/flows of information.
For further information please refer to the detailed Job Description attached