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DIMENSIONS
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
• Finance and Performance Directorate
• Senior clinicians, including Consultant Medical Staff
• Clinical and operational managers
• Procurement
• Information department
• Human Resources
• Budget Holders
• Internal Auditors
External
• Clinical Commissioning Groups and other NHS organisations
• NHS Trusts
• External Auditors
RISK ASSESSMENT
• Work with display screen equipment and keyboard for prolonged periods.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Working with the Division’s senior management team, you will support the
Deputy Finance Manager in providing financial information and advice on all aspects of finance related business, including but not limited to budgetary management (income & expenditure), capital investment, business case developments, savings programmes and the development of key performance indicators.

The post holder will be required to communicate complex information to a
variety of staff at all levels within the organisation, often of a sensitive or
personal nature, such as information around individuals pay.

To take responsibility for all aspects of budgetary management within the
relevant Division, including monthly monitoring of performance. This will
include ensuring the financial position and reports present a accurate and
robust cleansed data on a monthly basis. You will work with the managers to interpret financial information and variances from plan and offer guidance & advice so that potential financial problems can be identified early enough for effective corrective action to be taken.

To provide the Deputy Finance Manager with the information necessary to
support their production of the monthly Divisional reports and collate details of appropriate relevant financial risks within the Division raised through discussions with managers. This will include explanation of significant variance movements for inclusion in the Divisional performance report.

To work with the Income & Contracts team, ensuring the Division understand all aspects of finance including income and expenditure reporting, activity currencies, EBITDA and profitability.

To work on the Division’s Productivity and Efficiency Programme (CPIP)
supporting the Deputy Finance Manager and management team to identifying and monitoring CPIP schemes.

To prepare the month end financial positions for the Division in readiness for Deputy Finance Manager review, taking into account all aspects of
performance including workforce and activity. To take responsibility for FM
month end close-down, and collating the performance reporting pack for the Division.

To support the collation of Divisional forecast positions on a monthly basis,
working closely with the budget holders ensuring all key financial issues are
considered.

To support the Division’s annual budget setting exercise preparing
appropriate key performance indicators, identifying activity, workforce and
expenditure trends, cost pressures and CPIPs, and working with budget
managers on their plans.

To produce, understand and monitor agreed Key Performance Indicators
using finance, activity and workforce information.

To prepare and review all recharges, both to and by the Division with partner organisations (e.g. Universities, NHS Trust, CCGs) and the commercial sector.

Support the Deputy Finance Manager to developing the use of Service Line
Reporting to engage clinicians and other Divisional staff and developing
efficient and high quality clinical services. This will involve taking the
supporting role in ensuring the principles of Service Line Management are
embedded within the Division and developing & maintaining strategies and
operational processes which support effective financial governance and
management.

To assist the Deputy Finance Manager in working with managers to make
improvements to Divisional performance.

To provide cover for the other Finance & Performance managers in their
absence, providing financial information and support as and when required.

Provide information and support to the Divisions internal performance
management regime.

To carry out all of the above duties in line with standing financial instructions and standing orders of the Trust, and in accordance with local procedures and guidelines as notified from time to time. Any instances where the standing financial instructions are not being adhered to should be notified to the Head of Financial Management as soon as possible.

To support Divisions in production of ad hoc and business cases costings,
ensuring a work up of financial analysis of all options.