Job overview
Support divisional budget holders in the management of budgets.
Resolve financial queries and issues with staff, suppliers, customers, including reasons for delays in payment and other sensitive issues.
Assist in the day-to-day management of staff within the Financial Management function.
Ensure financial management information is processed in a timely manner and in accordance with procedures.
Assist in investigating complex enquiries providing assistance & advice as required to the clinical, operational and corporate divisions.
Ensure that work is completed in line with financial timescales and legal requirements.
Shortlisting planned for: 14 October 2024.
Main duties of the job
Provide advice on complex financial, operational and corporate issues to non-financial managers in clinical divisions and corporate services.
Support the delivery of training on a range of subjects related to financial management for a wide range of staff groups.
Support the development of reports or documents to meet the specifications of others.
Develop and advise on the financial systems in operation within the trust for suitability of use.
Responsible for the deadlines within the financial management team on a weekly basis.
Completion of financial management reconciliations, understanding and resolving variances and issues.
Support the financial services team, if required as part of business continuity, in relation to Salary Sacrifice schemes for the trust.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description and Person Specification attached which details all the main responsibilities for the role advertised.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Relevant academic background: CCAB or CIMA part-qualified (certificate level) or AAT qualified.
* ECDL qualification or equivalent proficiency.
* 5 GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths.
Desirable criteria
* Degree or post-graduate level management qualification.
* Progression towards or willingness to study CCAB or CIMA qualification.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
* At least 3 years' experience in a financial setting.
* Experience of working in a customer-focused environment.
* At least 3 years staff supervision experience.
* Experience of data analysis and report preparation.
* Experience of working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
* Experience of using a range of computer packages/applications in order to present reports and evaluation presentations.
* Understanding of the NHS SBS general ledger system.
* Working knowledge of Public Procurement.
* Thorough understanding of accounting concepts and principles.
* Excellent knowledge of spreadsheet applications.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in an NHS Finance Department.
* Experience in a procurement team within the public sector environment or equivalent.
* Project/change management experience.
* Preparing and presenting reports to non-finance staff.
* Working in a Mental Health Trust.
* Knowledgeable with the application of EU/UK procurement legislation.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Ability to manage own time and administration in an effective manner.
* Ability to analyse and interpret information to a high standard.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Excellent negotiating and listening skills.
* Must be able to work as part of a team.
* Demonstrate continuous self and professional development.
* Must be able to work without direct supervision.
* Adaptable, flexible, and keen to learn.
* Ability to maintain a high level of commitment and energy towards goals.
Desirable criteria
* Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access.
* Evidence of strategic thinking and innovation.
* Competent use of reporting software.
Values
Essential criteria
* Continuous Improvement.
* Accountability.
* Respectfulness.
* Enthusiasm.
* Support.
* High professional standards.
* Responsive to service users.
* Engaging leadership style.
* Strong customer service belief.
* Transparency and honesty.
* Discreet.
* Change oriented.
We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
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