Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Job overview
At Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, we are looking to recruit for the position of a Finance Manager to join our staff BANK.
We have a fantastic variety of work underway at our hospitals which will both stretch you professionally and ensure you have a rewarding workplace experience. You will be expected to quickly develop an understanding of the business of healthcare provision, to support and lead on quality decision making through provision of excellent analytical support.
Be part of a diverse, energetic and capable hospital group finance team, which is focused on supporting financial recovery and developing best in class finance reporting and business analytics.
This opportunity is likely to suit a qualified accountant or near qualified with enthusiasm, drive and ambition.
Main duties of the job
1. To prepare appropriate financial reports to set timelines with written analysis/commentaries for the various departmental senior managers enabling them to manage their areas of the business, analysing reasons for under/over performance and ensuring that the likely full year outcome is well explained.
2. To contribute towards the preparation of the Monthly Management Reports and Board briefings ensuring that information is prepared in a timely manner, is accurate and is accompanied by incisive commentary explaining major variances to budgets/forecasts.
3. To take full responsibility for preparing and delivering monthly finance reports for their specific directorates.
4. To manage the relationship between Finance and the division and ensure they receive timely and accurate financial information to enable them to run the various aspects of their business.
5. To manage the team workload such that all deadlines are met, whilst completing work to a high standard, allowing for appropriate review and amendment by senior management before documents are disseminated outside the finance department.
6. To work with the clinical division to ensure that annual I&E budgets are prepared in the correct form and according to timelines agreed with the Assistant Director of Finance, ensuring that they meet the Trust's financial objectives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Royal Free World Class Values
The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.
2. Responsibility for Policy and Service Development
1. The post holder will be responsible for budget setting for their Directorate's in line with the policies and processes specified.
2. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Directorate's period end finance reports are appropriate, complete and accurate and contains all the information required to brief the Board on the financial performance of the Directorate. They will need to continuously review and improve the content of the pack.
3. The post holder will be responsible for the integrity of the financial data contained within finance reports and directorate budget reports. They will be expected to review and analyse the data before disseminating it to other interested parties and to include clear, concise and informative commentary on the figures reported.
4. They will be responsible for exploring better methods of presenting financial information to the Divisional Board and other users supporting the Head of Finance for the division. This will require strong Excel skills and a good working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.
5. The post holder will be expected to ensure that reporting timelines are reduced as required by the Head of Finance (Reporting).
6. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Directorates to ensure that they receive appropriate sound financial advice which they review and use to take decisions on costs.
3. Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources
1. The post holder will be expected to ensure that accurate records of departments' performance against QIPP (Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention) are maintained and that departmental heads understand their progress towards targets. They will also be expected to ensure that action plans to improve performance are articulated and implemented should the QIPP plan not be being met.
2. The post holder will be expected to provide reports to budget holders within Directorates. One of the key tasks of the post holder will be to reduce the timelines by which month end reports are prepared and issued. In addition, they will be expected to ensure that concise, accurate, relevant, business-focused comment is given to users with the financial data and ensure that the information is used to support continuous improvements in operational performance within the Trust.
Person specification
Essential criteria
1. Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Relevant post qualification experience or significant management accounting or equivalent experience in a similar organisation.
2. Experience of managing and developing staff.
Desirable criteria
1. Knowledge and understanding of the NHS financial environment.
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Professional qualification (CCAB) in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA).
2. Evidence of having kept technically up to date since qualification.
Desirable criteria
1. Degree.
2. First time passes in professional examinations.
3. Attendance at an Accounting for Foundation Trusts course.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
1. Analytical skills with the ability to communicate clearly the results of such analysis.
2. Excellent communicator both verbally and in writing.
3. Ability to make use of systems (e.g. Excel, Access, Microsoft Word) to prepare and present accurate, clear information and to identify what can be produced from other financial systems.
4. Ability to present and explain financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non-finance managers.
5. Record of delivering to tight deadlines.
6. Record of improving processes and reporting in previous roles.
7. Record of influencing staff, colleagues and budget holders to achieve positive outcomes.
8. Record of analysing areas of work to identify and implement improvements.
9. Record of successfully training and coaching staff.
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
1. Team player who complies with policies set by senior management.
2. Flexible and resilient.
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