Divisional Finance Manager

Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Divisional Finance Manager to join our Financial Management Team.@Finance SFH are multi-award winning. Our recent successes include East Midlands 2022 Large Finance Team of the Year winners and SFH 2022 Staff Excellence winners.An enthusiastic, positive attitude and approach to work is essential, as is a determination to drive value for patients and tax payers. If you are a team player who can demonstrate excellent personal qualities such as integrity, self-awareness & self-management, compassion & care and resilience then @FinanceSFH is the perfect place for you to come and work.The successful candidate will be welcomed into our Future Focused Finance accredited level 3 team with a strong focus on wellbeing, collaboration, reflection and continuous improvement. We pride ourselves on the relationships with our stakeholders and aim to provide a finance function which will empower Sherwood Forest Hospitals to deliver the best healthcare possible.Reporting to one of our Senior Divisional Finance Managers, the successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to a comprehensive financial management and support service to divisions, providing key business and financial support.Main duties of the jobThe main duties of this role includeSupporting on all aspects of financial planning and management of the divisions, with the objective of supporting financial viability. This includes the budget setting and triangulation of expenditure, income and Division / Trust performance.To provide accurate, timely and regular financial management information to the SDFM, as part of the monthly reporting cycle, linking activity and financial information. This will be done in partnership with the management accounts section.Work with the Clinical Director, Divisional General Manager and other senior managers within the Division to identify reasons for variations in financial performance and identify actions and mitigations to address the variation.With the Clinical Director, Divisional General Manager and other senior managers within the Division, produce a monthly re-forecast based upon current / planned activity and financial performance including the impact of identified actions / mitigations.About usThank you for your interest in this role.Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.The Care Quality Commission rated Kings Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.We would love you to join us.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the job description and person specification for full details of the requirement for this excellent opportunity.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the job description and person specification for full details of the requirement for this excellent opportunity.Person SpecificationPersonal ValuesEssentialMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's valuesMust be able to demonstrate a strength in conviction of personal values, to ensure those within the service also demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values and standardsCommunication and RelationshipsEssentialPossess excellent verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managersBe able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused serviceDemonstrate tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and persuasion and to stand up and be counted on key issues.KnowledgeEssentialKnowledge of current issues in the NHS and the changing nature of healthcare provisionKnowledge of the techniques that drive productivity and efficiency such as benchmarking and process mapping.Excellent knowledge of accounting policies, procedures, systems and software packagesUnderstanding of the Corporate and Statutory duties of NHS organisationsDesirableExpert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, legislation relevant to the NHS, management and finance policiesDemonstrable experience of Maximising Value in the organisational sectors worked in and the continuous development and application of tools and techniques to support thisKnowledge and understanding of the NHS Transformation and efficiency agendaQualificationsEssentialProfessional accountancy qualification (CCAB)Further Training.EssentialA commitment to personal and departmental developmentExperienceEssentialSignificant experience in a senior NHS Finance role or in another sector where the knowledge is transferrable and significant post qualification experienceExperience of advising and influencing managers through professional credibilitySignificant experience at a strategic levelDesirableSignificant experience of operating at a senior management level in a busy and complex Financial Management environmentContractual RequirementsEssentialAbility to work flexibly to ensure deadlines are metAbility to travel between sites and to regional meetingsPerson SpecificationPersonal ValuesEssentialMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's valuesMust be able to demonstrate a strength in conviction of personal values, to ensure those within the service also demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values and standardsCommunication and RelationshipsEssentialPossess excellent verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managersBe able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused serviceDemonstrate tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and persuasion and to stand up and be counted on key issues.KnowledgeEssentialKnowledge of current issues in the NHS and the changing nature of healthcare provisionKnowledge of the techniques that drive productivity and efficiency such as benchmarking and process mapping.Excellent knowledge of accounting policies, procedures, systems and software packagesUnderstanding of the Corporate and Statutory duties of NHS organisationsDesirableExpert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, legislation relevant to the NHS, management and finance policiesDemonstrable experience of Maximising Value in the organisational sectors worked in and the continuous development and application of tools and techniques to support thisKnowledge and understanding of the NHS Transformation and efficiency agendaQualificationsEssentialProfessional accountancy qualification (CCAB)Further Training.EssentialA commitment to personal and departmental developmentExperienceEssentialSignificant experience in a senior NHS Finance role or in another sector where the knowledge is transferrable and significant post qualification experienceExperience of advising and influencing managers through professional credibilitySignificant experience at a strategic levelDesirableSignificant experience of operating at a senior management level in a busy and complex Financial Management environmentContractual RequirementsEssentialAbility to work flexibly to ensure deadlines are metAbility to travel between sites and to regional meetingsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeAdditional informationUK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeEmployer detailsEmployer nameSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressKing's Mill HospitalMansfield RoadSutton in AshfieldNG17 4JLEmployer's website
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