Deputy Finance Manager - Corporate & Central Services

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a resilient, pro-active accountant (part qualified/fully qualified) to join the Corporate and Central Services finance team at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust. We are looking for a driven individual who is self-motivated, with excellent planning and organisational skills. The post holder is required to have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working in a fast-moving environment.

The post holder will be a key member of the Financial Management team, demonstrating expert accounting and commercial knowledge, analytical support and clear presentation of timely and accurate information to finance and non-finance colleagues. The post holder will be a critical friend and constructively challenge all aspects of their service area to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of financial processes.

Main duties of the job

See the JD for full details. Key points:

Monthly I/E reporting and variance analysis
Managing 1 Management Accountant
Budget setting
Forecasting
Trust wide FOI finance lead
Attending budget holder meetings and actioning queries
Preparing divisional analysis and packs
Improving existing finance processes
Training and improving the financial skills of budget holders
Deputising for Senior Finance Manager
Ad-hoc queries and analysis

About us

Working for North London Mental Health Partnership

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
Generous Annual Leave Allowance
NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:

Date posted

20 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

306-BEH-1747

Job locations

St Ann’s Hospital

St Ann's Road

London

N15 3TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification (CCAB) in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA) or part qualified.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Strong verbal and written communication skills
Track record of implementing improvements to processes
Ability to manipulate large and complex data sets in Excel, and produce high quality analysis
Present and explain financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non-finance colleagues
Comfortable working to tight deadlines and taking on ad-hoc work/tasks

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of the NHS financial environment

Desirable

Management of staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional qualification (CCAB) in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA) or part qualified.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Strong verbal and written communication skills
Track record of implementing improvements to processes
Ability to manipulate large and complex data sets in Excel, and produce high quality analysis
Present and explain financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non-finance colleagues
Comfortable working to tight deadlines and taking on ad-hoc work/tasks

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of the NHS financial environment

Desirable

Management of staff

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).