Finance Manager RRDN B7
Job overview
The Finance Manager position within the South East Regional Research Delivery Network offers the post holder a unique opportunity to support the delivery of health and care research across the South East though the oversight, accountability and operational management of South East RRDN finances.
You will be part of an ambitious, inclusive and compassionate team, committed to collaboration across the region to enable more patients, the general public and healthcare professions the opportunity to take part in research. You will be supported by the Finance Officer and work closely with Host Organisation finance team at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.Key responsibilities for this role include ensuring clear transparency of RDN finances and that there is a clear audit trail for the accountability of expenditure.
Main duties of the job
As Finance Manager you will be the primary point of contact for finance teams in research Delivery Organisations across the South East. You will work with these organisations, with support from the RRDN Operations Director, to ensure appropriate full cost recovery and will provide advice on best practice on full cost recovery.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh.We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the full jib description & person Spec- Describe what the candidate will do (Main duties of the role)
The Finance Manager will be involved in the management of the budget and will introduce, adapt and improve systems to assess applications for funding. The role will lead on the day-to-day coordination of budgets and produce forecasts and reporting of RDN expenditure as required by various stakeholders, including the RDN Coordinating Centre (RDNCC), RDN Board, and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The purpose of the role is to provide robust financial accountability, supported by the Finance Officer and Host Organisation finance team. Key responsibilities for this role include ensuring, at all times, that there is clear transparency of RDN usage and that there is a clear audit trail for the accountability of expenditure.The role will ensure that all processes will align to the Host Organisation’s Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs), and lead on developing and implementing a streamlined system for the receipt and payment of invoices from research Delivery Organisations (organisations delivering RDN portfolio research) across the RRDN region.
The role will also be responsible for oversight of the processing of the Excess Treatment Costs (ETC) payments and ensuring that all payments are processed in-line with the Host Organisation requirements and within the contractual and sub-contractual arrangements for the RRDN.
The Finance Manager will support the Directors within the RRDN, in collaboration with the Data and Analytics team, to ensure that research Delivery Organisation plans and reports are in place in a timely fashion and that impact can be demonstrated through analysis of Value for Money.Outputs may correlate to the requirement for local financial modelling and forecasting across the RRDN.
This role will provide operational management of the Finance function, and line management of the RRDN Finance Officer. Line management of staff members will include undertaking staff reviews to identify training and development needs, and establishing how those needs will be met, and managing performance against agreed objectives.
Regular travel to local and regional offices required and some national travel.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Postgraduate qualification (eg. Post Graduate Diploma) in a relevant subject or significant relevant equivalent experience
- Working towards a full CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification and has extensive relevant specialist accountancy experience
- Registered for CPD with accounts institute
- Fully qualified CCAB/CIMA Accountant
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Significant specialist accountancy, financial and performance management experience in a large organisation
- Ability to apply previous experience of working across multi-disciplinary services for budgeting, financial reporting and strategic financial planning to lead on the delivery a specialist accountancy service
- Significant knowledge of financial management and budgetary management
- Significant knowledge of current NHS accounting principles and procedures
- Ability to work on a number of projects simultaneously to meet agreed deadlines, concentrating and focusing on a range of issues
- Highly numerate
- Ability to engage effectively with clinicians and senior managers
- Ability to make decisions within own area within broad boundaries
- Excellent IT skills, particularly in use of Google Workspace applications and MS Office applications, particularly Excel to a high level and financial computer systems
- Experience of working in the health and care research sector, the health and social care service sector or academic environment
- Previous NHS R&D finance experience