Job summary
Are you looking to progress and develop your career in a fast paced and supportive working environment? We have an exciting opportunity in our dynamic Financial Accounts team supporting a 2bn+ NHS Foundation Trust with a track record of high quality on the job training.
We are committed to career development and offer a flexible and collaborative working environment where your health and wellbeing are valued. We are constantly evolving, improving and encourage innovation.
An opportunity has arisen for a Group Financial Controller, who will be responsible for producing the annual accounts and overseeing the monthly financial information, as required, to support the Group's internal financial reporting requirements.
The post holder will be required to provide overall supervision and guidance to the General Ledger, Financial Accounts, Treasury function and ensure the integrity of the capital accounting processes working with leads for each team.
Main duties of the job
We work on a hybrid model with a blend of office based on site, and remote working. Office based days will be at our newly refurbished offices at Regent Court, which is accessible via public transport, a few minutes from Five Ways station. Remote home working will be supported for up to 2 days per week.
For further discussion on the role, please contact Sarah.O'Donnell@uhb.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description to see full duties and responsibilities
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *CCAB recognised accountancy qualification
- *Significant post qualification experience in a complex environment
- *Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of monthly reporting cycles and population of month end reports
- *Report writing
- *Experience of working with other finance colleagues to ensure monthly tasks are completed within tight deadlines
- *Experience post qualification in a strategic finance leadership role within a complex organisation
- *Experience of working with computerised financial systems
- *Experience of working within a senior management team
- *Experience leading team including objective setting, performance reviews and performance management
- *Experience of implementing change
- *Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities
- *IT literate -- spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables ECDL or equivalent
Desirable
- *Experience of completing reporting to NHSE
- *Experience of Fair Pay calculations
- *Experience of Greenbury reporting
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to analyse highly complex data, diagnose problems, identify solutions and undertake business case benefits analysis
- *Translate strategic directives into operational deliverables.
- *Use own initiative while knowing when to consult.
- *Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial data.
- *Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
- *Appetite for hard work in a challenging but rewarding environment
- *Enthusiastic
- *Confident
- *An understanding of and demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities
- *Evidence of reliability
- *Occasional need to travel to attend external meetings as required as well as cross sites.
- *Resilient
- *Adaptable to change
Desirable
- *Presentation skills to deliver technical training to wider finance team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *CCAB recognised accountancy qualification
- *Significant post qualification experience in a complex environment
- *Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of monthly reporting cycles and population of month end reports
- *Report writing
- *Experience of working with other finance colleagues to ensure monthly tasks are completed within tight deadlines
- *Experience post qualification in a strategic finance leadership role within a complex organisation
- *Experience of working with computerised financial systems
- *Experience of working within a senior management team
- *Experience leading team including objective setting, performance reviews and performance management
- *Experience of implementing change
- *Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities
- *IT literate -- spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables ECDL or equivalent
Desirable
- *Experience of completing reporting to NHSE
- *Experience of Fair Pay calculations
- *Experience of Greenbury reporting
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to analyse highly complex data, diagnose problems, identify solutions and undertake business case benefits analysis
- *Translate strategic directives into operational deliverables.
- *Use own initiative while knowing when to consult.
- *Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial data.
- *Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
- *Appetite for hard work in a challenging but rewarding environment
- *Enthusiastic
- *Confident
- *An understanding of and demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities
- *Evidence of reliability
- *Occasional need to travel to attend external meetings as required as well as cross sites.
- *Resilient
- *Adaptable to change
Desirable
- *Presentation skills to deliver technical training to wider finance team
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
