To provide support to the Finance Business Partner in the provision of a comprehensive advice and support service to a range of budget holders. Key responsibilities will include the supervision of a small section of staff dealing with the maintenance of budgetary control information systems.

The post holder may be required to rotate within clinical or corporate financial management areas as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

The Trust has an annual turnover of c.�600m.

Within the Divisional accounting section, the relevant teams consist of a Divisional Finance Manager each with Finance Manager support.This post provides direct supervision of one team member including appraisals, day-to-day line management, verification of time sheets, annual leave, performance, motivation and interviews.

About us

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Post

Proactively contribute to the management of the financial performance of a portfolio of budgets, identifying key financial pressures and appropriate corrective action.

Ensure production of accurate, complete and timely monthly budget statements for a portfolio of budget areas, together with appropriate interpretation and analysis of variances.

Provide full Management Accounting Service for a range of cost centres with limited supervision. This will include assisting budget holders in planning service developments, identifying and achieving targets and developing business cases.

Provide Budget Holders with accurate financial information to assist them in controlling and monitoring their financial resources. This may include production of reports, attendance at meetings, or any ad hoc costing/investigation as requested.

Support budget holders in the identification and monitoring of cost improvement plans and income generation schemes.

Preparation and supervision of input of budget and expenditure journals into the ledger system to agreed timetables.

Analysis and explanation of budget expenditure variances for Management and in liaison with budget holders.

Ensuring accurate representation of budget expenditure position in liaison with the Assistant Director of Finance.

Maintenance of an agreed programme of quality checks to ensure validity of information held in the ledger.

Production and analysis of reports and highly complex confidential financial information from appropriate systems to answer ad hoc enquiries.

Other

Assistance in Budget Holders liaison and training.

Proactively develop and maintain system notes for the section.

Ensure appropriate income is received for areas of responsibility including recharges to other NHS organisations.

Deputise for the Assistant Director of Finance at Directorate and other meetings as appropriate.

Set personal and team priorities within established boundaries including ensuring availability of appropriate assistance for other sections within the Finance department when necessary.

Day to day supervision and training of staff within section including authorisation of staff leave and time sheets, appraisals and staff recruitment.

Perform duties with limited supervision.

Contribute to the general development of the Management Accounting and Finance function

Covering of appropriate duties of other Section Heads in cases of absence.

Ensure complete confidentiality of highly sensitive complex information.

Other ad hoc duties as required

Communications and Working Relationships

The post holder will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

The post holder will be required to present highly complex and highly sensitive financial information to large audiences of varying experience.

This will require highly developed presentation and influencing skills.

The post holder will require negotiation and persuasive skills when communicating contentious information to staff and directorates where there may be significant barriers to acceptance.

Attend Clinical Business meetings in the role of key finance lead for the Directorates within the Divisions portfolio providing responses both written and verbal on financial performance issues. This will often include complex issues, which are open to interpretation and will require a multi layered communication and influencing skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• AAT Qualified or confirmed Intermediate Level AAT upwards or Accountancy Degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of Accountancy & Financial management and reporting within a large organisation
• Appropraite years' experience working in the finance department of a large organisation, preferably within the NHS.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Essential

• Advanced knowledge and highly skilled in the use of MS Excel and Word.
• High level of numeracy and accuracy skills
• Experience of collaborating across multiple stakeholders, and working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Able to cope under pressure
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience of budgetary control systems and procedures
• A good technical working knowledge of the NHS financial regime

Organisational Skills

Essential

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritise work in order to meet tight deadlines.
• Methodical, practical and strong attention to details

Communication

Essential

• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to present information clearly to a range of audiences including finance and non-finance staff
• Able to influence and persuade others and inspire and motivate staff.

Qualities

Essential

• Team player, but also able to work independently
• Proactive / takes own initiative
• Demonstrates a commitment and recognition to the core values of the NHS and to the Trust's values
• Willingness to learn a range of procedures, processes and systems in order to support colleagues within the team

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Riverside House - CGH / Working From Home / GRH

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

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