We are looking for a candidate who is keen to start or to continue their career in NHS finance.
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic CCAB/CIMA qualified accountant, who has extensive experience in effective financial management, possesses strong management and communication skills, as well as excellent analytical, technical and IT skills from within the Public or Private sector. You will have the ability to operate at a strategic level, work under pressure and manage multiple and conflicting deadlines.
As a Financial Management team, we offer a dynamic, diverse and developmental environment in which to nurture and enhance your career within the NHS. We have embedded a culture of strong teamwork, and ensure we get quality time together to build and enhance inter-team relationships.
The Finance Directorate actively promotes training and development within the team. We have developed a comprehensive finance education strategy and hold Level 2 accreditation in Towards Excellence and Future Focused Finance. We are an active member of the FSD (Finance Skills Development) Network, Future Focused Finance, and Towards Excellence scheme.
Main duties of the job
The Divisional Finance Manager role is accountable to a selection of Corporate Divisions, as well as being the lead accountant for all aspects of internal and external reporting, supporting the Trust's financial planning process, managing a small team, and reporting into the Head of Financial Management. In addition to working closely with other areas of the Finance Directorate.
The role provides high quality, accurate and timely professional financial management advice, monitoring and reporting services to a range of divisions.
You will be the lead Finance contact to a number of Divisions, being the key point of contact for budget holders and managers.
You will also provide support and input to projects, business cases, and service developments.
We recognise how important modern working practices are to enable our employees to maximise their performance and productivity whilst maintaining an excellent work-life balance, and so have adopted a hybrid office/home working approach where employees have the opportunity to work either from home or flex their time between both.
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provide support to the Assistant Director of Finance (ADoF) and Head of Financial Management (HoFM) in providing an effective monitoring and reporting service to the trust in accordance with the agreed timetables, procedures, and standards prescribed within the trust.
2. Provide high quality professional financial management advice and support service, acting as lead accountant and contact point for a range of clinical and non-clinical divisions. Ensure that these divisions/directorates achieve financial balance and that financial pressures are highlighted at an early stage and appropriate action identified.
3. Provide specialist strategic, financial, and business skills input into the planning of any service development including strategic change within the division/directorate as appropriate.
4. Provide support and input to projects within finance or across the Trust as assigned.
5. Co-ordinate the production of divisional monthly financial management information in line with agreed timetables and to feed into the trust reporting framework.
6. Co-ordinate the budget setting process for division(s)/directorates by establishing and maintaining systems and procedures.
7. Interpret financial information and communicate variances from budget to senior managers and offer guidance to enable action plans to be formulated.
8. Proactively assist colleagues in managing budgets and promote financial control and stewardship.
9. Accurately forecast the year-end financial position of the division/directorates on a monthly basis.
10. Act corporately, upholding the professionalism, position, and focus of the Finance Directorate.
11. Develop a close working relationship with other members of the divisional board and divisional senior management team.
12. Provide the division with information on the links between the achievement of performance targets and the financial performance of the division.
13. Link with the Income, Costing and Contracting team in the production of profitability reporting.
14. Contribute to and where appropriate lead on identified corporate financial projects.
15. Work co-operatively across the finance function to ensure that common standards of accounting practice are maintained.
16. Exercise independent judgement and initiative when problems arise.
17. Responsible for prioritising own work and that of specific sub-teams within the divisional financial management team.
18. Provision of financial training to managers, clinicians, and all budget holders.
19. Provide input to the development and implementation of policies for the provision of financial management information.
20. Provide cover for other financial management team members' absences.
21. Work with the HoFM to agree Personal Objectives and a Personal Development Plan.
22. Demonstrate the Trust values and behaviours.
23. Be accountable for own attitude and behaviour.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* CCAB/CIMA Qualified Accountant
* Demonstrate Continuing Professional Development
* Degree
Experience
* Have post qualification experience (3 years minimum) in a senior role within a complex finance department.
* Experience in a multi-agency and disciplinary environment.
* Significant experience of management accounting.
* Experience of managing, motivating, and developing staff.
* Experience of computerised financial systems.
* Experience of NHS finance and the NHS financial regime.
* Experience in the preparation of the statutory annual accounts process.
* Experience of Charity / third sector accounting.
* Experience of Research grants and contracts accounting.
Skills
* Excellent analytical and reasoning skills.
* Ability to prepare and present financial information to non-financial people.
* Planning, monitoring, and influencing skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
* Proficient in the use of computerised and manual financial systems.
* Ability to manage, motivate, and develop staff.
* Ability to work without supervision and to deliver to deadlines.
* Ability to be both a team leader and a team player.
* Ability to lead change and have a positive influence on others.
Knowledge
* In-depth knowledge of the NHS financial regime including Payment by Results.
* Knowledge of the FT financial regime.
* Understanding of the NHS Cancer Plan and Trust performance targets.
Values
* Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.
Other
* Be able to manage time effectively, prioritise and deliver to agreed deadlines.
* Enthusiasm, determination, motivated and positive.
* Confident approach, hardworking, committed and reliable.
* Treat colleagues with dignity and respect.
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.
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