Job summary
This is a great opportunity to join our Finance Team in a key role for the Trust, supporting our welcoming & friendly 'Older People's & Adult Community' Directorate.
This rewarding role presents a unique opportunity to collaborate closely with our clinical service colleagues, who play a crucial role here at Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust. The Directorates are made up from a variety of exciting & innovative teams, all of which offer the chance to have a direct impact in the services we can provide for our local population. This Finance Manager role will be directly involved with providing Finance support to a mixture of staff, from Senior Medical & Nursing Service Leads to our growing teams of Community Nurses & Allied Health Professionals.
We are committed to providing a supportive work environment where employees are able to work to the best of their abilities. We value professional development and care about health & wellbeing of our staff with many initiatives in place to make us an employer of choice and an organisation than employees are proud to be a part of.
We offer flexible, hybrid working & are very focused on developing our own staff with various routes for training & certification available to candidates.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for delivering comprehensive financial management support to the Older Peoples & Adult Community Services Clinical Directorate. This includes Older Peoples mental health services and Adult physical health services, both of which deliver inpatient and specialist community services. This will involve engaging with a variety of staff both within and outside of the Trust, and at different levels of seniority.
The role will be an integral part of the Finance Team, and the Clinical Directorate, providing a reliable and responsive financial management service to ensure the provision of high-quality financial advice and information to a variety of staff both within and outside of the Trust.
Key relationships include:
- Service Director, Clinical Director, General Managers and Budget Holders within the Clinical Directorate
- Finance, Workforce and Informatics colleagues
- Commissioning, Contracting and Business Development Department
- NHS Shared Business Services, including Financial services and payroll
- Finance colleagues in local healthcare system, including ICB, Acute Hospital and Community Trusts, and Local Authorities.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- To act as a Financial business partner to the Older People's & Adult Community Directorate, reporting and advising on all material variances, including assessment of impact and consequences
- Financial Planning, including annual budget setting and monitoring against plan throughout the financial year.
- Produce accurate, timely and user-friendly budgetary control information
- To monitor and report on the achievement of savings plans for agreed areas of responsibility
- To provide financial and performance support to the development of Service Development and Business cases for agreed areas of responsibility
- To contribute to costing exercises as necessary, including patient level costing (PLICS)
- To assist in the production of annual accounts and other statutory returns including the Agreement of Balances
- To line manage direct report and supporting staff as required responsible for appraisal, supervision and all day to day management actions.
- Contribute to the development of Finance Strategy and Financial policies and procedures
- Contribute towards team service improvement project.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- To act as a Financial business partner to the Older People's & Adult Community Directorate, reporting and advising on all material variances, including assessment of impact and consequences
- Financial Planning, including annual budget setting and monitoring against plan throughout the financial year.
- Produce accurate, timely and user-friendly budgetary control information
- To monitor and report on the achievement of savings plans for agreed areas of responsibility
- To provide financial and performance support to the development of Service Development and Business cases for agreed areas of responsibility
- To contribute to costing exercises as necessary, including patient level costing (PLICS)
- To assist in the production of annual accounts and other statutory returns including the Agreement of Balances
- To line manage direct report and supporting staff as required responsible for appraisal, supervision and all day to day management actions.
- Contribute to the development of Finance Strategy and Financial policies and procedures
- Contribute towards team service improvement project.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Financial Qualification with Accountancy Body - minimum Part Qualified
- Honours degree or equivalent level of qualification and/or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Fully Qualified with Accountancy Body, with current active membership
Experience
Essential
- Experience of producing management reporting and the monitoring of financial resources
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS or similar organisation to understand clinical processes
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including presentation and summary of complex data into meaningful information for non-finance managers and colleagues
- Strong IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and financial systems
- Effective problem-solving skills, especially for new issues where no precedent to follow
- Ability to set clear and concise objectives, prioritise and monitor progress and take appropriate action to achieve outcomes by required deadlines
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-aware - has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development
Other
Essential
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Demonstrates professional curiosity
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Financial Qualification with Accountancy Body - minimum Part Qualified
- Honours degree or equivalent level of qualification and/or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Fully Qualified with Accountancy Body, with current active membership
Experience
Essential
- Experience of producing management reporting and the monitoring of financial resources
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS or similar organisation to understand clinical processes
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including presentation and summary of complex data into meaningful information for non-finance managers and colleagues
- Strong IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and financial systems
- Effective problem-solving skills, especially for new issues where no precedent to follow
- Ability to set clear and concise objectives, prioritise and monitor progress and take appropriate action to achieve outcomes by required deadlines
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-aware - has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development
Other
Essential
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Demonstrates professional curiosity
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kingfisher House
Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park
Huntingdon
PE29 6FH
Employer's website
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
