Job vacancy: Finance and Commercial Lead, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury

Job summary

Main area

finance

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Contract

Fixed term: 18 months

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

269-SFT8547

Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salisbury District Hospital
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/07/2024 23:59

Finance and Commercial Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

1.Liaising with third parties to promote best practice finance and commercial advice and guidance.

2. Undertake benchmarking activity, to ensure that contracts agreed are value for money.

3. Keep a programme contract register and liaising with senior management to ensure that contractsare understood and optimised to gain the best from them.

4. Required to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information and conveying thisinformation in a clear and persuasive manner to large groups of senior teams of financial and nonfinancial background.

5. Responsible for budgets/ matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources andprojects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even, co-ordinating and monitoring expenditure.

6. Responsible for supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to supportproject delivery, acting in accordance with, Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.

7. Provide financial reports to Directors and the Board as required

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Fully Qualified CCAB or CIMA Accountant
Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Accounting
Evidence of in-depth specialist knowledge over a number of financial and accounting procedures, disciplines, commercial practices and procedures

Desirable criteria

MCIPS accreditation or evidence of equivalent level of experience
ACCM Expert status or evidence of equivalent level of experience

Experience

Essential criteria

Post qualification experience in a senior financial management position
Experience of managing a team, provide high quality and accurate financial support to the EPR programme
Presentation of financial and non- financial information.
A sound understanding of NHS funding streams

Desirable criteria

Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of contract law and contract models
knowledge of Supplier Relationship Management and Industry Engagement

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the NHS Trust financial regime
knowledge of category management approaches, tools and techniques

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
Cycle to work scheme
Uniform provided (where required)
On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
On site health and fitness club
On site car parking
Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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