The Salisbury finance team is delighted to seek applications for the key leadership role of Financial Controller within the Salisbury finance team.
The role is instrumental to the delivery of the statutory Annual Accounts, Charitable Accounts, and the Annual report and has key relationships with our auditors to ensure that appropriate controls and monitoring arrangements are in place.
We welcome applicants from all sectors with the relevant skills and experience to meet the remit of the role; however, knowledge of NHS finances would be considered highly desirable. Most importantly, you will be an individual who operates and demonstrates an inclusive and collaborative leadership style, upholds values which are aligned to those of our Trust, and has the drive and enthusiasm to promote a culture of improvement within the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the provision of an efficient, effective, and high-quality professional and well-coordinated financial services team capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory, and NHS requirements. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre, and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery, and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
* Minimum of 5 years’ post CCAB qualification
* Evidence of continued CPD
* Up-to-date knowledge of Accounting Standards, including IFRS
* Over 5 years general accounting experience in a large and complex organisation(s).
* Minimum of 2 years operating at a senior level within a large finance department
* Knowledge of Trust Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions
* Extensive knowledge and understanding of the current NHS financial regime and new NHS financial environment, including Trust/FT Financial Regime, Payment by Results, and Foundation Trusts
* Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial data to non-finance managers
* Highly developed presentational, influencing, and negotiation skills
* Able to understand and interpret national financial policies and advising the Trust on their implementation
* Able to work under pressure and to plan and prioritise workload effectively to deal with competing demands whilst meeting tight deadlines
* A positive “can do” attitude and a positive attitude to change
* Ability to motivate and develop others
* A flexible approach to working in order to meet the demands of the post
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:
* Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
* Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
* An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non-contractual) pro rata
* Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
* Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
* An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
* Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out, and utility bills for home
* Cycle to work scheme
* Uniform provided (where required)
* On-site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
* On-site health and fitness club
* On-site car parking (fees and restrictions apply)
* Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues, and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital; a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions, and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have a DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills, and experience required.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: Lynne Abbott
Job title: Interim Deputy Director of Finance
Email address: lynneabbott@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01722 336262
Additional information: Please contact via Teams or email.
The attached job description provides further detail, but we strongly encourage suitable applicants to make informal enquiries about the post to Lynne Abbott, Interim Deputy Director of Finance.
We welcome informal visits to meet our team and to see the hospital. Please make enquiries through Lynne Abbott via Teams or email.
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