Assistant Finance Manager

7 days ago

StokeonTrent, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Health Jobs UK Full time
  • Hold relevant Level 7 accountancy qualification
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Divisional Financial Management
  • Liaising with departmental managers, divisional finance manager and divisional senior managers to set divisional budgets within the Trust wide parameters and maintain and review these in line with Trust SFIs and other appropriate policies
  • Advise in the interpretation of monthly financial reports to ensure that managers have accurate financial information to be incorporated in the decision making process
  • Supports individual budget holders in the analysis, maintenance and control of budgets ensuring that new appointments/developments are within agreed establishment with recurrent finances identified. Is proactive in investigating budgetary variances
  • Deputise for the Divisional Finance Manager as and when appropriate
  • Obtain and evaluate information for input into business cases or other service developments
  • Deliver a Trust wide training and development programme to budget holders and non-finance managers. Advising on all aspects of Finance, including Financial Accounting issues and Corporate Governance. Ensuring the programme is delivered on a regular basis and responds to the changing financial environment
  • Create reports using Excel, Word and PowerPoint to communicate complex financial information to non-finance managers on a regular basis
  • Assist the Divisional Finance manager in the production of monthly reports for the division including forecast information
  • Manage the work of the divisional financial management support, participating in appraisals personal reviews and appropriate training and development
  • Assist in the calculation of supporting information for the Trust cost improvement programme
  • Producing monthly financial reports that completely reflect all known informationabout a specific budget at that point in time, eg known accruals, stock takes, in year savings or changes in service delivery
  • Assist in the production of the divisional business plan providing financial input
Trust Financial Management
  • Provides quality input into the monthly process of producing finance reports for Trust Board, Management Board and Finance Committee
  • Providing support to the commissioning team with the supply of relevant financial information to inform the process and monitoring of financial and activity performance.
General requirements
  • To ensure absolute confidentiality on all information obtained in the course of the job role
  • To participate in training and development activities in order to improve awareness of financial issues and to ensure financial control is exercised. Working effectively as part of a team to facilitate the achievement of team goals
  • Attend & participate in Finance and Directorate meetings contributing information and actively discussing Finance issues where appropriate
  • To ensure that work is carried out efficiently, confidentially, to a high standard, resulting in quality output, delivering a high level of satisfaction to customers
  • To ensure that health and safety legislation is complied with, promoting high standards and acting immediately on hazards or unsafe practices
  • To fully participate in the Trust's performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis
  • To actively promote the Trust's Equal Opportunities policy & procedures
  • To plan, co-ordinate, communicate and monitor work activities against plans in order to optimise the use of resources and ensure completion of work within agreed timescales
  • Any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Divisional Business Adviser and or Divisional Finance Manager
Person specification Qualifications
Essential criteria
  • 5 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English
  • Part qualified in relevant accountancy qualification i.e Level 7 (e.g. CIMA, ACCA etc.) or equivalent experience and working towards qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Hold relevant Level 7 accountancy qualification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
  • Recent, sufficient and relevant work experience within a management accounting environment within a large and complex organisation
  • Experience of financial accounting ledger systems and procedures
  • Demonstrate a sound understanding of accounting principles
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills
Desirable criteria
  • NHS Finance Experience
  • Experience of managing a team
  • Experience of working with clinical activity information
Important information about your application
  • All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
  • References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
  • We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
  • Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
  • New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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