Deputy Finance Manager: Income & Costing
Job overview
We are seeking a highly driven, enthusiastic and organised individual to join the Income and Costing Team, within the Finance Department, on a permanent basis.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be an integral part of the team and a key link with the wider finance team. This is a very varied and interesting role; from ensuring the ledger reflects an accurate record of the organisation's clinical income, to producing financial and activity reports for service teams and meeting with them to review their income and SLR position; as well as providing advice and guidance across the trust. You will come across a wide variety of stakeholders in this role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a good understanding and experience of working in a Finance Department, an understanding of the NHS financial regime, namely the NHS Payment Scheme. You should have experience of working with large databases and the analytical skills to analyse large volumes of data. IT skills are essential, particularly working in Microsoft Excel and producing pivot tables and lookups. Flexibility, good communication, and creativity are also musts as demands can vary as the NHS guidance is continually adapting.
This is a unique role within a friendly team. We work very flexibly, currently with approximately 40% remote working and 60% in the office, mainly on the Grimsby site, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital.
Please do apply or reach out if you want to find out more about the role. We look forward to hearing from you.
Working for our organisation
What about us .....
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
We know that investing in our staff's development, and supporting and caring for them, will enable them to deliver great care with commitment, compassion, and courage. You will be able to enjoy a fulfilling career within the NHS with opportunities to develop, grow, and progress.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from everyone irrespective of disability, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.
We will support you as you continue your financial career. We provide mentoring and coaching as you develop, grow, and progress. We offer a flexible workplace, hybrid working, and a highly varied role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, which will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career; if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Finance Qualification or Relevant Experience
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience within a range of financial management disciplines
* Advanced knowledge of spreadsheets and databases
Desirable criteria
* NHS Finance Experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* In-depth specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
* Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* JD - Deputy Finance Manager, Income & Costing ( PDF, 319.3 KB )
* PS - Deputy Finance Manager, Income & Costing ( PDF, 319.3 KB )
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