Finance Manager
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence. This means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the UK Government requirements for sponsorship are met. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the minimum salary and skill level.
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Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Finance Manager to join our Management Accounts team. The role is a key member of our close knit Finance team and being a team player is crucial to success.
This role is ‘reporting’ based, both internally and externally and the postholder will need to be advanced with excel, power query and more, as well as being able to create new dashboards and analysis depending on the fluctuating trends/variances to tell a comprehensive story to Senior Finance Team.
The role is responsible for a team of management accountants, and you will need to understand what the team are doing on a monthly basis to, look at areas which may be behind schedule and move resources around to be able to meet the deadlines.
You will be responsible for reporting the financial position to the Head of Management Accounts and the Finance Business Partners, so that forecasting and external submissions can be completed.
This role is not based within direct divisions but is responsible for consolidating the trust wide position and perfect for someone who wants to look at the overall trust position, support with cost saving strategies and would one day aspire to be a Head of Management Accounts.Leadership skills are essential as well as the ability to review and improve processes so that workload is more streamlined and effective.
Mid Cheshire Finance team is undergoing significant transformation, and the post holder will be a key part in this journey towards excellence.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have close working relationships with the Financial Management Team and Finance Business Partners, providing high level complex financial support and leadership in financial issues.
Duties include, although not limited to:
- Leading on internal and external reporting of the financial position
- Supporting analysis of the financial position, by analysing trends and variances, with a view to identify ways to reduce the trust run rate
- Line Management for the Management Accounts team including recruitment, training and development
- Leading on change projects within and outside of the Department, providing specialist training in particular areas within and outside of the Department (e.g. demand and capacity planning),
- Leading on training programmes for trainees in the Department,
- Finance lead on complex cross cutting Efficiency and Value schemes and
- Leading on Finance Staff Development and the Towards Excellence process
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, employs more than 4,500 members of staff, has around 550 hospital beds, and provides services including A&E, maternity, therapies, and children's health.
We offer a wide range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (based on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, shopping, cinema and finance from a range of providers
Sponsorship
If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, please check you are eligible under the UKVI points based system online. Not all jobs we advertise are eligible for sponsorship.
We have a strong commitment to ensuring Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), we encourage applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership.
Appointment will be based on merit alone. Note, CVs will not be accepted – all applications must be via TRAC.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Description
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualification - Essential:
- CCAB Qualified Accountant with 2 year post qualification experience
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge, Skills and Experience - Essential:
- Knowledge of accounting procedure, NHS financial policies and legislation
- Considerable knowledge and experience of computerised financial systems, coding structure and inter-relationships of other financial systems
- Able to discuss complex and sensitive information with budget holders and financial colleagues, gain their respect and influence their decision
- Able to understand complex corporate and financial issues and advice budget holders accordingly
- Able to negotiate with finance colleagues
- Able to contribute to planning the teams workload, making adjustments to meet department requirement and internal and external targets
- Demonstrable In-Depth experience and knowledge of:
- Management Accounts
- Financial Planning
- Budgetary Strategy and Control
- Financial Support to Budget Holders
- Leadership
- Acute Hospital environment
Other Skills - Essential:
- Able to discuss complex and sensitive information with budget holders and financial colleagues, gain their respect and influence their decisions
- Able to provide detailed advice and guidance to finance and non-finance managers
- Able to Analyse complex financial issues and exercise judgement on financial decisions and risk
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with consistent professionalism and objectivity
- Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressures
- Ability to lead and motivate staff, and work effectively as part of a team
- Negotiation skills
- Evidence of leading complex change issues
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- CCAB qualified and member of Professional Body (2+ yrs post qual exp)
- Finance Degree + work experience in Finance field
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential criteria- Quality of Supporting Information that meets the essential person specification
Other Skills
Essential criteria- Quality of Supporting Information that meets the essential person specification
- Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
- We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.
- All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
- Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
- Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
- Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
- Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
- You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
- We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
- Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions
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