Financial Governance Deputising for the Head of Financial Governance as required regarding all areas within the teams remit Facilitating effective functioning of a range of Finance-led meetings across the Trust, including supporting agenda-setting, collation of papers and maintenance of meeting notes and action logs Providing advice on financial governance issues to finance and non-finance managers Supporting the Head of Financial Governance with updating, maintenance, review and queries on OUHs Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) and Limits of Delegation (LoDs); this will include working with the Corporate Governance team to ensure OUHs Standing Orders are aligned to the SFIs and the LoDs Horizon scanning for/review impact of changes in government policy and accounting standards and guidance which would impact on the operation of OUHs financial governance processes and rules Writing briefing papers for Committees and attend Committee meetings as required Internal Audit, External Audit and Counter-Fraud Acting as the key point of contact for Trusts Internal Audit provider and coordinating Internal Audit activity for the year, including dissemination of instructions to participating teams, documentation collation, follow up of management responses to findings and resulting recommendations Supporting the Head of Financial Governance in ongoing interaction with the Trusts Counter Fraud specialist, including facilitating Trust engagement in proactive counter fraud work throughout the year Supporting the Head of Financial Governance in project managing the external audit process to ensure accounts are audited and submitted on time Coordinating the Trusts response to outcomes of regional and national exercises, such as the National Fraud Initiative, and ensuring follow up is undertaken and learning is disseminated Developing initial processes and plans to address any control issues identified by external advisors Annual Report Leading on compiling the Trusts Annual Report according to NHSE/DHSC guidance and a prescribed timetable Liaising and working closely with key senior personnel of the Trust Taking the report through the internal governance process for Audit Committee and Trust Board approval Liaising with External Auditors for the purpose of annual report audits Ensuring the approved Annual Report is submitted to NHSE and Parliament as per guidelines and timescales Training and Development The postholder will be responsible for: Working with the Head of Financial Governance on developing and rolling out a comprehensive finance skills training for non-finance colleagues across the organisation Risk Management Leading on the upkeep of the Finance team risk register and for managing circulation / update across the Senior Management team so that risks are recorded, reported and managed correctly Freedom of Information Requests Acting as the first point of contact for all FOI queries shared with the Finance team, disseminating these to relevant individuals and following up on responses.