Job vacancy: Finance and Commercial Lead, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon

Job summary

Main area

Corporate Services

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

249-6386124

Employer: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Great Western Hospital
Town: Swindon
Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/07/2024 23:59

Finance and Commercial Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main 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 contracts are understood and optimised to gain the best from them.

4. Required to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information and conveying this information 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 and projects 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 support project 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

Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.

Eligibility for this role requires:

Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria

From 4 April 2024, UK immigration policy changes has increased minimum salary levels for skilled workers.

Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.

Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £18 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £38 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.

We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.

Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.