Finance Officer

1. Responsible for the overall management and performance of the operational finance team incorporating monthly reporting processes, statutory accounts, treasury management, systems, controls and charitable funds.

2. Maintain oversight of the Trust financial governance processes, advising financial and non-financial stakeholders of implications and requirements.

3. Ensures statutory/NHS accounts & monitoring returns are accurate and meet financial timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.

To support Management in delivering financial management services to two or more divisions/directorates

Analysis of variations in expenditure on budget reports by investigating queries and discrepancies raised by managers and discussing responses and solutions with individual members of staff.

Actions a range of monthly adjustments and amendments required for the production of budget reports and in order to resolve managers’ queries.

The post holder will propose changes to working methods and procedures, where required, to respond to changes in accounting guidance and new developments in practice.

The post holder is required to exercise own initiative within clearly defined occupational policies & procedures; and work is managed rather than supervised.

Support the processes for raising and follow up of Trust sales invoicing, dealing with queries from Trust customers as required.

Other ad hoc duties where required.

Our team act to support the delivery of the Trust organisational priorities in support of providing “great care, closer to home” to our patients. The department is responsible for the planning, production, monitoring and reporting of financial, performance and contractual information with regards to the Trust activities. The department has developed its functions and culture around the stakeholders we serve and looks to add value within all areas of the work we undertake.

We are a fast moving and innovative organisation characterised by passion and enthusiasm, delivering a wide range of community-based healthcare aimed at supporting people to manage their own health at home and reducing the need for people to go into hospital. Working with other health and social care services LCHS supports a shift from care in acute hospital into more joined-up care in the community.

Responsibilities for direct/indirect patient care
- Although direct patient contact is incidental within the role; opportunities to shadow clinical delivery are encouraged.

Responsibilities for policy and service development implementation
- Proposes changes to working practices and procedures (e.g. when planning for the impact of new legislation), implements procedures set by others

Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
- Responsible for use of financial systems and resources to maximise departmental efficiency.
- The planning of workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial timetables are met.
- Handles petty cash and careful usage of office equipment in undertaking of duties.

Responsibilities for human resources (including training)
- Demonstrates activities, work routines to others in own work area/allocates work to more junior staff in the section; provides induction training for trainees or new members of staff.

Responsibilities for information resources (including systems access)
- Inputs financial data into computerised and paper databases/systems; creates financial spreadsheets

Systems Required to Access

Level of Responsibility

Integra

Data Entry

ESR

Enquiry
- Systems Required to Access may include: Integra, ESR,Qlik view and Level of Responsibility may include: data entry and enquiries.

Responsibilities for research and development
- Audits as necessary to own work, feeds thoughts into developmental discussions and surveys.