Job summary
PLEASE NOTE THAT PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NEED NOT APPLY.
INTERVIEWS WILL PROVISIONNALLY BE WEEK COMMENCING 6TH NOVEMBER
Finance Manager Corporate
Hybrid working
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
- Access to a generous salary sacrifice car lease scheme
Main duties of the job
Provide senior financial support to the Assistant Director of Finance in theprovision of a comprehensive financial advice and reporting service to theCorporate Services Division, spanning both capital and revenue.
Be responsible for financial analysis and reporting for all corporate budgetsboth year to date and forecast outturn, understanding and reporting risks to the achievement of financial objectives.
Provide financial support in relation to the identification and implementation of CIP programmes.
Lead the annual planning and budget setting exercise for corporate servicesensuring that financial plans are credible and robust.
Provide financial input to corporate benchmarking exercises, evaluate outputs and provide advice and interpretations to ensure functions remain value for money and fit for purpose.
Take a proactive role in the development of Patient Level Costing and Service Line Reporting.
Act as the Trusts senior finance lead in relation to the Research andInnovation hub and in the financial management of the Trust wide Education and Training contracts, ensuring financial reporting is robust and any risks to future financial viability are clearly articulated and appropriately escalated.
About us
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Introduction from the Finance Director - Nicky Tamanis
This is a new beginning for our team and we have a clear and exciting vision of how we could look in five years' time.
We want to do things differently, but we're not underestimating the scale of the change ahead of us. Our new structure lays a strong foundation to build on the excellent things we already do and focuses our ambition, to be not just a great place to work, but the best place to work. Our ambition gives us direction and purpose, our core values of ingenuity and determination will be key to our success but we will never lose sight of the need to be kind and fair in everything we do.
I am privileged to be the Director of Finance at Pennine Care. The Trust values are a core part of who I am and what I look for in every member of my team. I / we want to work with like-minded people, those who want to make a difference and in return we will support you to maximise your potential and have a happy and healthy working life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Fully qualified CCAB / CIMA accountant or equivalent experience
- Masters in IT or related field, or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Project Management qualification
- ECDL or equivalent experience in a finance environment
Experience
Essential
- Recent Financial Systems experience
- Proven experience of working within a busy finance department
- Proven Experience of leading on and testing Financial Systems upgrades
- Proven experience of working autonomously and managing own workload
- Proven experience of working collaboratively across teams
- Proven hands on experience managing financial systems and system improvements
- Proven experience of designing and producing financial reports
- Experience and understanding of strategic information and IT issues within the healthcare environment
- Demonstrable programme / project management experience (using methodologies such as Prince2, Scrum, Agile etc.)
- Highly developed negotiation and influencing skills, communicating complex information to and working across agencies / departments, resolving conflicts where there may be significant barriers to understanding and acceptance
Desirable
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of using, NEP Oracle ERP Cloud, Business Intelligence and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud System (PBCS)
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of Tableau
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of SQL and SQL Service Integration Services
- Recent experience of working with an NHS Finance Function
Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems and financial / general ledger programmes
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Expert specialist knowledge of implementation, development and efficient management of financial systems
- Expert specialist IT report writing skills
- Highly numerate and analytical
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS financial regime
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of using, NEP Oracle ERP Cloud, Business Intelligence and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud System (PBCS)
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of Tableau
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of SQL and SQL Service Integration Services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Commitment to and focussed on quality, promotes high standards in all aspects of work
- Values diversity and difference, operates with openness and integrity
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Maintain confidentiality and trust
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Ability to pay attention to detail when under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Positive and flexible approach to work
- Good, clear communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear information / instructions to various audiences - dealing with external agencies and Trust staff of all levels
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to both multi-task and switch tasks at very short notice
- Good communication skills to maintain effective relationships with managers and staff
- Work effectively as part of a team
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Fully qualified CCAB / CIMA accountant or equivalent experience
- Masters in IT or related field, or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Project Management qualification
- ECDL or equivalent experience in a finance environment
Experience
Essential
- Recent Financial Systems experience
- Proven experience of working within a busy finance department
- Proven Experience of leading on and testing Financial Systems upgrades
- Proven experience of working autonomously and managing own workload
- Proven experience of working collaboratively across teams
- Proven hands on experience managing financial systems and system improvements
- Proven experience of designing and producing financial reports
- Experience and understanding of strategic information and IT issues within the healthcare environment
- Demonstrable programme / project management experience (using methodologies such as Prince2, Scrum, Agile etc.)
- Highly developed negotiation and influencing skills, communicating complex information to and working across agencies / departments, resolving conflicts where there may be significant barriers to understanding and acceptance
Desirable
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of using, NEP Oracle ERP Cloud, Business Intelligence and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud System (PBCS)
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of Tableau
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of SQL and SQL Service Integration Services
- Recent experience of working with an NHS Finance Function
Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems and financial / general ledger programmes
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Expert specialist knowledge of implementation, development and efficient management of financial systems
- Expert specialist IT report writing skills
- Highly numerate and analytical
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS financial regime
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of using, NEP Oracle ERP Cloud, Business Intelligence and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud System (PBCS)
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of Tableau
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of SQL and SQL Service Integration Services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Commitment to and focussed on quality, promotes high standards in all aspects of work
- Values diversity and difference, operates with openness and integrity
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Maintain confidentiality and trust
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Ability to pay attention to detail when under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Positive and flexible approach to work
- Good, clear communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear information / instructions to various audiences - dealing with external agencies and Trust staff of all levels
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to both multi-task and switch tasks at very short notice
- Good communication skills to maintain effective relationships with managers and staff
- Work effectively as part of a team
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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).
