Job responsibilities
Job
purpose/summary:
The role will work as part of the Finance Team
to support the Financial Controller in managing the financial performance of
the Group.
Provide expert accounting and business
knowledge, analytical support, clear presentation and understanding of
financial, activity and business information. Lead on the delivery of month end and
forecasting with support from the Financial Controller communicating the key
drivers and risks.
Job
Responsibilities:
Business
partnering with various stakeholders across the group. To provide and
support to all stakeholders across the business to ensure the group receives
the best value for money in all transactions. This would involve travelling
to various sites and presenting information to ensure best practice and to
facilitate efficiencies in the group.
Maintaining
and completing of the month management accounts cycle. To produce a set of monthly management
accounts for each cost centre of the business which includes budget setting,
variance analysis and forecasting of those cost centres.
Communication
& Relationship Skills Provide and receive complex, sensitive
information, persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training skills are
required Discusses financial queries with staff, suppliers, customers, which
are often complex, including reasons for delays in payment and other
sensitive issues; discusses financial issues with customers, which may be
contentious; provides advice on complex financial and corporate issues to
non- financial managers; negotiates with NHS, external organisations over
cost, service issues.
Knowledge,
Training & Experience Detailed understanding of accounting procedures
(reconciliation and balances, VAT payments and deductions, finance computer
systems and ledgers, coding structures, payroll agreements and procedures),
knowledge of legislation as it affects own finance area acquired through NVQ
Level 4/Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Technician Level or
equivalent experience. Analytical & Judgemental Skills Range of facts or
situations requiring analysis/Complex facts or situations requiring analysis,
interpretation and comparison of a range of options Analyses financial data.
Analyses, investigates and resolves financial queries and discrepancies/
complex financial queries and discrepancies.
Planning
& Organisational Skills Plan and organise straightforward activities,
some ongoing plans to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial
timetables are met .
Responsibility
for Policy/Service Development Implement policies and propose changes to
work practices, procedures for own area. Proposes changes to working
practices and procedures (e.g. when planning for the impact of new
legislation) and implements procedures set by others.
Responsibility
for Information Resources Regular requirement to develop or create
reports, documents, drawings Designs, formats financial spreadsheets and
databases. Inputs financial data into computerised databases or systems/
designs and formats spreadsheets and databases for specific purposes.
Other information:
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking
treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive
information in relation to their health and other matters.
They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will
respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties
outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to
confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice
staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to
information relating to the practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential
Information relating to patients,
carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the
practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with
the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the
protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in
promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security
as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems
within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in
work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages
those risks
Making effective use of training
to update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection
control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and
free from hazards
Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the
equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to
include:
Acting in a way that recognises
the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is
consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity,
needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is
welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their
circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in
any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this
employment, such training to include:
Participation in an annual
individual performance review, including taking responsibility for
maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
To always act within the NMC Code
of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to
others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to
maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to
issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take
accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness
of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making
suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively with individuals
in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time,
workload and resources and resolving problems
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the
importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with
other team members at corporate and practice
level.
Communicate effectively with
patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for
alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Be the main point of contact for
stakeholder queries
Contribution to the Implementation of
Services:
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies,
standards and guidanceDiscuss with other members of the
team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own workParticipate in audit where
appropriate.
