IntraHealth are recruiting an experienced Finance Manager to cover maternity leave to support our Finance Team and Clinical Service Division, based at our Head Office at William Brown Centre in Peterlee, County Durham.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of budgeting, variance analysis, and business partnering. You must be an excellent communicator, team player, hardworking, and flexible who can adapt easily to change in a busy forward-thinking company.
The successful applicant for this post will be joining us at a particularly exciting time and will be supporting our operational teams who deliver school vaccination programs. In return, you will enjoy excellent NHS terms and conditions, a competitive salary, and the option of hybrid working.
Main duties of the job
The role will be varied and will involve exposure to a combination of duties including management accounting, budgeting, P&L forecasting, cashflow forecasting, balance sheet reconciliations, and undertaking financial viability exercises for new opportunities. You will also closely support budget holders with varying degrees of financial acumen and therefore your ability to communicate financial performance compared to budget to colleagues from a non-financial background will be paramount. Depending on the needs of the business your role may place more emphasis on one or more of the duties above, but you will be required to have knowledge of all.
The post holder will be the financial lead for the Clinical Services division of the business, partnering the management team of the division and the Clinical Services Director.
The post will also be required to work alongside the Head of Finance in developing the financial reporting system and ensuring appropriate checks are in place.
About us
IntraHealth is one of the UK's leading providers of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy, and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews, and childhood immunisation programmes.
We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the company was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care Assistants (HCAs), and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration, and data analysis support.
We operate NHS services across the North East, North West, and Yorkshire.
Job responsibilities
1. Month End Reporting
* Posting prepayments where appropriate
* Generating accruals and provisions as necessary
* Identify the correct level of income to recognise for the month and either deferring or accruing income as necessary
* Raising appropriate invoices in a timely manner
* Allocating costs to the appropriate cost centres
* Reviewing overheads against budgets/forecasts
* Reviewing salary costs against budgets/forecasts
* Perform P&L review for reasonableness
* Conducting balance sheet reviews and preparing balance sheet reconciliations
* Correctly accounting for fixed assets
* Conduct variance analysis against budgets, forecasts & prior year information and then providing commentary to explain reasons.
* Assisting the Head of Finance in producing the month-end reporting pack for the Board of Directors
* Producing contract/site level reporting packs for budget holders, regional managers, and divisional leads
* Assisting the Head of Finance with reporting improvements
1. Budgeting & Forecasting
* Working with budget holders for cost centres within the post holder's remit in order to produce a detailed budget on an annual basis
* Working with budget holders for cost centres within the post holder's remit in order to produce a detailed (budget) reforecast at the half-way stage on an annual basis
* Maintaining a working/live P&L forecasting model for each cost centre which is constantly updated to reflect new information as it becomes known and also to reflect actual costs as these are produced on a monthly basis.
* Providing input into the monthly cashflow forecasting exercise for cost centres within the post holder's remit
1. Maintaining Policies, Procedures and Records
* Assist in maintaining a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
* Drive process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function
* Maintaining records such as customers, asset registers, risk registers, chart of accounts
1. Relationships
* Assist with requests for evidence from external auditors
* Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including NHS Pension Authority and NHS Property Services
* Represent IntraHealth in a manner befitting the image of the organisation
* Work unsupervised when necessary whilst recognising the need to refer to others for support/guidance when required.
* To work effectively as part of a team.
* Communicate clearly and in a manner consistent with the individual's level of understanding.
1. Other duties
* Assisting with the year-end audit process
* Input into the production of business cases and business development.
* Producing ad-hoc reports and dealing with requests from the Senior Management Team & Board of Directors
* Monthly review of debtor balances and recovery of aged debts.
* BI Reporting systems maintenance and development
Core Competencies
* A good level of IT literacy in general
* Competent user of Microsoft Office package, advanced level user of Excel is desirable
* Attention to accuracy and detail
* Ability to provide training, performance coaching, mentoring and feedback to staff.
Managing Tasks / Projects
Ensuring tasks and duties are performed within clearly defined time and quality standards.
Managing Information / Data
Compiling, processing and provision of data or information to both internal and external contacts whilst ensuring confidentiality is maintained where appropriate.
Observing the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation at all times.
Discretion and confidentiality.
Communications
High level of verbal and written communication skills.
Careful sharing of sensitive information with other professionals.
Health and Safety
* The post holder is required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. The post holder is also required to co-operate with their employing body to ensure that statutory and departmental regulations are adhered to.
Person Specification
Attitudes, skills and abilities
* Flexible and proactive approach to work.
* Team player.
* Calm and friendly personality.
* High energy levels and commitment.
* Approach challenges in an open, constructive, professional manner.
* Ethical and honest.
* Discreet and confidential.
* Innovative and proactive with a solution-oriented approach.
* Organised, methodical and disciplined.
* Demonstrable ability to maintain accuracy at all times.
* Able to communicate in a professional manner both verbally and in writing.
* Able to manage high volume workload and respond effectively to changing priorities without direct supervision.
* Develop strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Ability to maintain clear focus under pressure.
* Solid computer literacy and a high level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word.
* Able to work in a busy office environment that often demands high levels of concentration, while coping with frequent interruptions.
* Logical and systematic in work processes.
* Skills for manipulating information.
* Demonstrates clear problem-solving capabilities in pressurised situations.
* Good analytical ability.
* Willingness to learn and develop.
* Prepared to undertake further studies to obtain accountancy qualifications.
* Supervising another staff member.
* Ability to provide training, performance coaching and feedback to staff.
Experience
* Knowledge of IT applications particularly Microsoft Office packages.
* Experience of management accounts and budget preparation.
* Knowledge of Accounting Standards.
* Experience of costing/pricing, variance analysis, financial reporting and forecasting.
* Evidence of sound communication skills with non-financial managers on financial issues.
* Experience of Business Partnering Divisional Leads.
* Experience of calculating contract tenders and bids.
* Experience of presenting information in numerous formats.
* Experience of financial modelling.
* Experience of day-to-day interaction with Budget holders.
* Experience of working within a finance team within a busy office environment.
* Experience of working with finance systems, Microsoft Dynamics Navision in particular and BI reporting.
* Basic knowledge of the NHS and its current financial regime.
* Staff coaching experience.
* Improving and documenting procedures.
Qualifications
* 5 GCSEs at Grade A to C or equivalent including Maths.
* Qualified accountant - ACCA, CIMA or equivalent accountancy qualification.
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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