Job summary
Due to a recent change in the department a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Assistant Finance Manager to join the Wye Valley NHS Trust Finance Team.
Reporting to the Deputy Finance Manager and supporting in ensuring effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed Divisional and Corporate goals.
This post will also support the Senior Finance Manager in budget setting, financial planning, forecasting, monthly monitoring and reporting within corporate standards and timetables.
Requires close working and good relationships with budget managers and dedicated finance manager as well as the wider finance team.
This role is based across the main NHS sites in Herefordshire while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on-site working and working from home, should this flexibility be attractive to the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as as Assistant Finance Manager.
To provide financial support and advice to the Divisions/Corporate Areas ensuring that Trust objectives Financial Statutory obligations are met.
A high level of technical competence is required, ensuring all financial standards and regulations are adhered to.
Main duties include the provision of monthly accounts, analysis of variances and preparation of draft forecasts in support of the Deputy Finance Manager and Senior Finance Manager.
Expectations of the role will include the post holder maintaining a clear understanding of financial pressures, saving opportunities and performance against financial plans.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
Details
Date posted
26 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-COR-5660189
Job locations
Finance and Procurement Department
Hospital/Harold Street
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Finance and Procurement Department
Hospital/Harold Street
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Senior Finance Manager- Medicine and CSS divisions
Julie Williams
01432355444
