Job summary
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Capital and Technical Accounting Manager to join our Finance team for a 8-9 month FTC (maternity cover).
An enthusiastic, positive attitude and approach to work is essential, as is a determination to drive value for patients and tax payers. If you are a team player who can demonstrate excellent personal qualities such as integrity, self-awareness & self-management, compassion & care and resilience then @FinanceSFH is the perfect place for you to come and work.
Our award-winning Finance team are passionate about improving NHS Finance to support the delivery of quality services for patients. We believe in personal and departmental development and we strive to demonstrate the highest standards of financial practice. We were the first Finance function in the East Midlands to reach Future Focused Finance (FFF) Level 3 Accreditation.
@Finance SFH are multi-award winning. Our recent successes include East Midlands 2022 Large Finance Team of the Year winners and SFH 2022 Staff Excellence winners.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name - Michael Powell
Job title - Head of Financial Services
Email address - michael.powell5@nhs.net
Telephone number - 01623 622515 ext 4200
Additional contact information - 07813976674
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name - Michael Powell
Job title - Head of Financial Services
Email address - michael.powell5@nhs.net
Telephone number - 01623 622515 ext 4200
Additional contact information - 07813976674
Person Specification
Personal Values
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
- Must be able to demonstrate a strength in conviction of personal values, to ensure those within the service also demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values and standards
Communications and Relationship Skills
Essential
- Possess excellent verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managers
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused service
- Demonstrate tact, diplomacy and confidentiality
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team
- Ability to plan, organise and achieve objectives/tasks set within specified time frames
- Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise conflicting demands
- Capacity to concentrate to complete tasks in a busy office environment and demonstrates attention to detail
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to ensure deadlines are met
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office.
- Knowledge of capital planning within an NHS Foundation Trust.
- Good business management, project management and administrative skills.
- Extensive knowledge of a computerised ledger system, spreadsheets and databases.
- Working knowledge of finance regulations and statutory requirements.
Desirable
- Knowledge of current issues within the NHS and the changing nature of Healthcare provision.
- Expert knowledge of NHS capital accounting.
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS finance, policies and procedures
- Knowledge and understanding of benchmarking techniques and sources of benchmarking information
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent).
- CCAB part qualified, or studying, willing to study (or qualified by experience on exceptional basis)
- Post graduate diploma or level 6 equivalent qualification.
Training
Essential
- Continuous commitment to personal and departmental development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a busy accounting environment.
- Experience of financial ledger systems and advanced spreadsheets.
Desirable
- Capital Accounting experience.
- Working within NHS finance
- Staff Management
Analytical
Essential
- Possess numerical and analytical skills, including the ability to assimilate & interpret complex data and make resultant judgements.
- Ability to convey financial issues and complex data to non-financial staff.
- Be able to understand and implement financial policies and internal control procedures and determine changes to practices for own area.
- Ability to work within policies and procedures with a high degree of autonomy
Desirable
- The ability to undertake training sessions on finance matters to non-specialists.
Person Specification
Personal Values
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
- Must be able to demonstrate a strength in conviction of personal values, to ensure those within the service also demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values and standards
Communications and Relationship Skills
Essential
- Possess excellent verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managers
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused service
- Demonstrate tact, diplomacy and confidentiality
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team
- Ability to plan, organise and achieve objectives/tasks set within specified time frames
- Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise conflicting demands
- Capacity to concentrate to complete tasks in a busy office environment and demonstrates attention to detail
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to ensure deadlines are met
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office.
- Knowledge of capital planning within an NHS Foundation Trust.
- Good business management, project management and administrative skills.
- Extensive knowledge of a computerised ledger system, spreadsheets and databases.
- Working knowledge of finance regulations and statutory requirements.
Desirable
- Knowledge of current issues within the NHS and the changing nature of Healthcare provision.
- Expert knowledge of NHS capital accounting.
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS finance, policies and procedures
- Knowledge and understanding of benchmarking techniques and sources of benchmarking information
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent).
- CCAB part qualified, or studying, willing to study (or qualified by experience on exceptional basis)
- Post graduate diploma or level 6 equivalent qualification.
Training
Essential
- Continuous commitment to personal and departmental development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a busy accounting environment.
- Experience of financial ledger systems and advanced spreadsheets.
Desirable
- Capital Accounting experience.
- Working within NHS finance
- Staff Management
Analytical
Essential
- Possess numerical and analytical skills, including the ability to assimilate & interpret complex data and make resultant judgements.
- Ability to convey financial issues and complex data to non-financial staff.
- Be able to understand and implement financial policies and internal control procedures and determine changes to practices for own area.
- Ability to work within policies and procedures with a high degree of autonomy
Desirable
- The ability to undertake training sessions on finance matters to non-specialists.
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.
