Deputy Divisional Finance Manager
Job overview
** Please contact us to discuss if you are interested in this post but are not yet CCAB/CIMA qualified or equivalent as we will consider applicants who are part qualified and are actively studying as a developmental post. **
We are looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic Deputy Divisional Finance Manager to provide financial management support to the Surgery Division of the Trust.
This role provides accounting and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues. You will work as part of the financial management team and provide financial input into decision making, budget management and ensuring the continuous development of financial information and integrating new sources of information.
Working closely with the Divisions operational teams, you will ensure that finance is understood, embedded and part of the daily management of all areas across the Division. You will ensure that approval processes and frameworks are distributed and understood and complied with within the Division.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Divisional Finance Manager position will be supporting the financial management of the Surgery Division. The role has direct responsibility for a number of key month end tasks, including budget monitoring and forecasting, to help ensure that the reported position is accurate and processes are robust.Throughout the month the post holder will support the operational budget holders in analysis, maintenance and control of budgets.
The post holder will supervise the duties of the financial management assistants and will deputise for the Divisional Finance Manager as and when appropriate.
The post is primarily based at Royal Stoke University Hospital with all finance staff currently working under an agile working arrangement split between two days or more on site and three days at home. If there is anyone considering the role on a less than full time basis then please contact us to discuss before applying.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the above summary applicants should familiarise themselves with the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- CCAB/CIMA qualified
Experience
Essential criteria- 2 years working in a similar finance environment
- NHS experience
Communication skills
Essential criteria- Strength of supporting statement
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