Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Other
- Job ref
- 423-6422167
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Central Reporting Finance Manager (Band 8a)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is a forward looking dynamic well managed organisation that was awarded Dr Foster small hospital of the year in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is located close to Skipton, with the nearby Yorkshire Dales and is regarded as a very pleasant place to work.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Central Reporting Finance Manager to join our financial management team. Working closely with the Assistant Director of Finance - Financial Management this is a role which is focused on delivering high quality finance, planning and external reporting information, consolidation of the Group annual accounts and ensuring key processes across the department are consistently designed and applied.
Based in the finance department within the hospital, the team work closely with operational colleagues to support robust financial management and control. The role advertised is vital in ensuring robust, accurate and timely internal and external reporting.
The post holder will have a key role in ensuring the effective use of resources through providing high quality financial information, advice and support at a senior level. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual with a real commitment to excellent service delivery and great communication skills.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
•Ensure the month end position is produced in line with the finance timetable for the Central/Reserves Division and other clinical Divisions which are reported centrally.
•Responsibility for the Trust Waste Reduction tracker and any associated reporting required across the Trust for accurate cost management.
•Prepare the finance elements of the Board reports in line with the finance timetable in readiness for the Assistant Director of Finance–Financial Management to review.
•Act as key liaison with finance teams from Joint Venture and subsidiary partners to understand their operations and ensure accurate and timely reporting in month end and consolidated reports.
•Responsibility to ensure that the consolidation of the Trusts and joint venture and subsidiary accounts are reflected accurately in the Trust ledger, forecasts, all Board reports, regulatory returns and Month 9 and Month 12 accounts submissions . Respond to queries from internal and external audit regarding consolidation and reporting.
•To ensure the consolidated Waste Reduction position is reflected accurately in Corporate reporting.
•To ensure a robust consolidation procedure is in place, together with comprehensive procedure notes to ensure cross cover is in place.
•Responsibility for the creation, consolidation and reporting of business planning templates and finance teams are aware of the business planning timetable and deadlines.
•Ensure that the Central and Reserves business planning is reflected accurately.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and a detailed job description, please see the attached job description and person specification attached to this advert
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- CCAB / CIMA qualified with significant post qualification experience and active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of working within a senior management accounts role
- Significant experience of computerised ledger packages, and their application and development.
- Experience of preparing NHS reporting templates for monthly and annual reporting to NHS England, ICS, ICB and other NHS regulatory bodies
- Experience of group accounting and reporting within the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Oracle/NEP ledger system
- Experience of managing staff, with the ability to lead and motivate.
- Experience of business case development and writing.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Work under own initiative and be able to prioritise own workload, and that of the team.
- Ability to communicate confidently, diplomatically and professionally to all levels of staff within and outside the organisation, using all forms of communication. Often this may involve complex or potentially emotive issues
- Significant level of analytical skills and ability to process and understand complex financial data.
- Ability to communicate with financial and non-financial managers and staff.
- High level of concentration is frequently required in completion of complex analytical tasks.
- Plans the delivery of complex tasks or projects involving others.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Strong understanding of technical accounting required to complete external reporting.
- Knowledge of NHS funding flows
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS system working
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- A confident, pleasant approach, willing to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and working with multidisciplinary teams.
- A commitment to behaving honestly, openly, impartially and fairly.
- A committed and enthusiastic desire to attain high standards.
- A commitment to taking responsibility and facilitating the successful achievement of desired outcomes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Callaghan
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Finance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294921
- Additional information
MS Teams : [email protected]
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