Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire Hospitals Services (Pharmacy) Ltd is delighted to offer a vacancy for a Finance Manager. Part of the role will require providing strategic leadership to our fantastic team. If you like variety, then this is the role for you. We are continually developing our services and are currently looking into opportunities to expand. It really is an exciting time for the company.
You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a desire towards developing our services.
Please note full-time hours are 37.5 hours per week worked over five days. While having a visible leadership presence is an essential part of the role, there may be the opportunity to work from home one day a week, which can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Providing managerial and strategic leadership for the pharmacy outpatient service.
2. Ensuring Contractual KPIs are met.
3. Overseeing overall financial operations of Lancashire Hospitals Services Ltd.
4. Ensuring efficient management of financial transactions, control systems, and external reporting requirements.
5. Producing monthly financial and contractual management information.
6. Efficiently running the business alongside the Operations Manager.
Job Responsibilities
Duties include but are not limited to:
1. Posting journals and ensuring accurate balance sheet reconciliations are maintained.
2. Preparation of monthly and ad-hoc financial information including variance commentaries and communicating these to stakeholders.
3. Preparing and presenting financial reports for quarterly board meetings.
4. Preparation and review of sales invoices, liaising with relevant approvers within the trust as applicable.
5. Control of company bank account ensuring funds received and transferred in accordance with requirements.
6. Submission of monthly VAT returns to HMRC.
7. Monitoring of pharmacy stock, facilitating rolling and annual stock-takes as required and investigating discrepancies and causes of any wastage.
8. Implementing processes to improve financial performance and compliance.
9. Preparation of year-end accounts and supporting schedules.
10. Leading on the external financial audit ensuring completion and filing in a timely manner.
11. Management of the accounting system including the creation and maintenance of all types of accounts and structures to ensure that it provides a robust account of the financial operations of the company.
12. Production of annual budgets including both P&L and Balance sheet elements for Board approval with subsequent performance monitoring to ensure targets are met.
13. Financial modelling of project-specific business opportunities.
14. Assisting LTHTr finance colleagues with matters relating to LHS.
15. Line management of accounting support staff and delivery drivers including appraisals, sickness, and workload allocation.
16. Compiling staff overtime and absence information for payroll, ensuring timely and accurate submission to facilitate correct payments to all subsidiary employees.
17. Reviewing and authorising employee expenses.
18. Preparing and presenting KPI information at monthly contract meetings.
19. Providing strategic advice and guidance to the LHS Board to keep them aware of developments and ensure that appropriate policies and procedures are developed to comply with company and statutory requirements.
20. Representing the company in negotiations with customers and suppliers to ensure contracts are secured on the most effective and efficient terms.
21. Contributing to effective operational management of the company within the core leadership team, providing direction and coordination of resources as necessary.
22. Providing input into the company Single Improvement Plan, taking responsibility for any actions or improvements as identified.
23. Ensuring systems are in place for the purchase of pharmacy consumables.
24. Acting as a superuser on the electronic rostering system, ensuring accurate entitlements are in place.
25. Ensuring appropriate insurances (including professional indemnity) and regulatory registrations are in place.
26. In conjunction with the Operations Manager, preparing corporate and annual business plans and monitoring progress to ensure the company attains its objectives and contractual requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Accountant or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Knowledge
* Experience of working in a senior Finance position within a small company.
* Excellent financial and analytical skills.
* Extensive experience of data manipulation, investigation, and analysis.
* Advanced computer skills (including Microsoft and accounting software packages).
* Experience of staff management and leadership.
* Experience of managing projects and tasks from concept to implementation.
* Experience in a combination of both management and financial accounting.
* Health or Pharmacy experience.
* Stock control experience.
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time
Reference Number
Job Locations
Royal Preston Hospital - Outpatient Pharmacy
Depending on experience, From £53,755 dependent on experience.
*Please note the interviews will be taking place either 20th/23rd December*
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