Assistant Finance Manager - Contract Income, Research & Development
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Finance Manager - Contract Income, Research & Development
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated finance professional to join the Specialist Finance team at Bradford District Care Trust. We are looking for a dedicated and innovative self-starter who can demonstrate the drive and commitment needed to really make a difference to support the ongoing delivery of excellent services for our service users.
This role is to support the co-ordination of the financial aspects of the research projects whilst working closely with our Research & Development team. It is also responsible for the provision of timely and accurate management accounts of commissioner contract income of the Trust and liaising closely with commissioning bodies locally and across the country.
A pro-active and positive approach, developing relationships with clinical colleagues and being responsible for producing, analysing, and developing high quality financial information is essential.
This is a challenging and rewarding role and will give successful applicants a broad range of professional development and experience. This is a great opportunity for someone who has the ability, drive and commitment to succeed and is looking to take the next step in developing their career within NHS Finance.
Main duties of the job
* NHS Finance experience, some must be Financial Management
* Experience in budget setting and dealing with budget holders
* Experience of reviewing, developing, and implementing new systems
* Experience of using Oracle, Business Intelligence, ESR
* Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships within and outside of Finance
* Numerate, with reasoning skills and the ability to analyse and interpret complex financial information
The Trust welcomes flexible working including reduced hours, job share, flexible start/finish times and remote working. This role is primarily a home worker with flexible requirements for working from the office based in Saltaire.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs.
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Achieved certificate level of a CCAB Professional Accountancy qualification or equivalent
* Educated to degree standard or equivalent
* Studying for a CCAB qualification
Training
* Evidence of CPD and a commitment to personal/professional development
* Willing to undertake all mandatory training and any other training that may be required in the future
* Trained to extract reports using Oracle based ledger and payroll systems (Oracle and ESR)
Experience
* Finance experience, some of which must be Financial Management
* Experience of co-ordinating, organising, and monitoring projects to achieve challenging deadlines
* Experience of reviewing, developing, and implementing new systems and processes to streamline working practice, increase automation and remove duplication
* Additional experience of working across different financial disciplines e.g. Financial management, financial accounting, costing or audit etc.
* Experience of working within the NHS
Knowledge
* Demonstrate an intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
* Expertise on the Oracle Financials system and other related applications.
* Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships within and outside of Finance
* An understanding of the NHS financial regime
Skills
* Numerate, with reasoning skills and the ability to analyse and interpret complex financial information
* Strong written and oral communication skills, including presentations and communicating complex analysis
* Flexible approach to managing workload and achieving agreed deadlines and ability to multi-task
* Articulate, numerate candidate with excellent interpersonal skills
ATTITUDE/APPROACH
* A strong work ethic, positive and flexible approach
* Highly numerate and analytical
* Effective team worker
* Diligent and self-starter
* Committed to CPD
* Innovative, forward-thinking and solution-oriented.
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.
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
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