Specialist Finance Analyst

1 month ago

St Ives, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a Specialist Finance Analyst (Management Accountant) to join our friendly Finance Team.

The role is based in our headquarters in St Ives, Cambridgeshire and there is scope to work at home some of the time if preferred.

You will have experience of working on Oracle and being part of a finance team, your excel skills will be very strong and you will be able to communicate clearly and concisely with a broad range of people.

Ideally you will be a qualified or part qualified accountant with NHS finance experience.

Please check you meet the person specification before applying.

(Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised.)

Main duties of the job

Production of timely, accurate and reliable financial information in line with financial procedures and timetables through completion of own work and liaison with others.

Establish effective working relationships with budget holders, ensuring understanding of financial issues pertinent to their services and assisting them with often complex finance queries.

Supporting the Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) in budget-setting and maintenance of a defined, large portfolio of services, relating to one or more Divisions.

Support Cost and Income Improvement Programme (CIIP) reporting for a defined portfolio of services.

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Financial Management

Liaise with other staff in the Finance Team to ensure production of timely, accurate and reliable financial information on a monthly basis.

Comply with all delegated responsibilities in respect of the monthly closedown timetable including:

Production of draft reports for review Prompt investigation of variances and correction of errors Support the production of reliable forecasts in agreement with appropriate budget holders, and the SFA Provision of accurate and comprehensive monthly financial performance information ( Finance Dashboards) for services within own area of responsibility

Provide financial information and advice to budget holders across a defined range of budgets in one or more Divisions, to support decision making by budget holders and within the Trust, referring appropriate issues to the Senior Financial Analyst.

Undertake detailed financial analyses to support understanding of variances from plan, including use of non-financial information such as activity performance against targets.

Provide a monthly summary of progress against CIIP schemes within own areas of responsibility.

Support production of final accounts by adhering to Head of Statutory Accounts (HoSA) instructions relating to year end and the agreement of balances exercise.

Cost and Contract Accounting

To support the Cost and Income Accountant to complete business cases, service line reporting, and cost reviews, by providing cost information as appropriate for areas of own responsibility.

Understand the financial implications of customer contracts and liaise with the Contracts Team and external stakeholders to assess compliance and the impact of contract variations.

Financial Planning

Support Service Managers and the Assistant Director of Finance in the production of the business plan for the services by providing financial input as required.

Ensure the annual income and expenditure budgets for services within own area of responsibility are completed on time and in agreement with appropriate Managers.

Ensure a full audit trail for all budget changes for services within own area of responsibility is maintained.

Assist in the development of CIIP proposals, establishment of feasibility and timescales of delivery.

Provide complex financial analysis, interpretation, and advice to services, to assist in decision making, for example, cost implications of changes in working practices.

Financial Control

To ensure adherence to robust financial controls by budget holders within own area of responsibility.

To maintain the integrity of the ledger at all times.

To support the Head of Finance in the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations.

To support the Director of Finance and Local Counter Fraud Specialist in promoting an anti-fraud culture, identifying potential cases of fraud and ensuring internal controls are adhered to, in order to minimise the opportunities for fraud.

Information Management

With support from the Senior Finance Analyst to design excel spreadsheets (sometimes with complex functions) for financial reporting and analysis.

Communication

Day to day liaison with other finance staff to ensure achievement of common objectives.

Have regular meetings with budget holders and other finance staff to review working practices, resolve problems and identify improvements.

Support Service Managers within own area of responsibility in the analysis and interpretation of financial information and the implications of financial policies.

Be able to explain complex financial information to non-finance Managers.

Deliver informal budget and financial management training to budget holders and other non-finance staff.

People Management.

Provides advice, and demonstrate own activities and processes, to new or less experienced employees in the Finance Team, as required.

Quality and Leadership

The post holder will be required to ensure they remain up-to-date on technical knowledge and other appropriate issues. The post holder will therefore need to evidence development themselves.

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) process.

On a ongoing basis to review, suggest changes to and implement accounting and financial policies and procedures.

Clinical and Practice Governance.

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.

The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.

The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures.

Where you are currently registered with a professional accountancy body it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.

Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.

The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding as required.

The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness.

To represent finance at service meetings as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a finance team Experience of using computer based general ledger systems to create and input finance journals, produce reports and reconcile balances Experience of financial reporting relevant to this role (eg variance reporting of performance against budgets and trend analysis) Experience of and ability to, manage own workload

Desirable

Experience of working in an NHS management accounts team or similar multi-professional organisation Experience of working with Oracle accounting system Experience accessing payroll systems and other business intelligence software

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Ability to communicate complex financial issues to non financial personnel Very good standards of numerical, written and oral communication Good analytical skills and ability to analyse and interpret data Very good working knowledge of Excel including ability to create and design new financial spreadsheets, using common excel functions ( formatting, pivot tables, data filters, count, concatenate, sum, sumif, and vlookup) Good knowledge of MS word including formatting, tracking changes, inserting objects

Desirable

Detailed knowledge of financial aspects of one of more Community Services portfolios Good working knowledge of NHS bodies and NHS financial systems, policies and legislation

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE or equivalent/higher standard in English and Maths CCAB/CIMA equivalent experience commensurate with role

Desirable

CCAB/CIMA qualification or part qual with ambition to gain full qualification

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