Job summary
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a Finance Manager to manage the provision of finance and business support to a range of Corporate Services or Operational divisions within the Trust. The focus will be to provide clear strategic financial leadership, delivering robust operational and financial management whilst improving cost effectiveness.
This role will investigate and analyse complex technical issues and provide advice and support to senior managers, directors and executives. All information and advice must comply with statutory regulations and the post holder will be expected to provide interpretations of these where applicable.
Good persuasion and negotiation skills are essential as it will be necessary to present contentious information to large groups of staff in circumstances that may be difficult and challenging.
You will be required to manage teams of staff (with responsibility for promoting ongoing staff development) and liaise with senior staff in external organisations as necessary.
You will be required to travel across MSE including Britannia Park.
Main duties of the job
Duties to include:
Prepare annual revenue budgets which balance with the financial budgets and agree these with the relevant managers and Directors. For proper accountability to exist, it is essential that all budget managers "sign-off" their new year budgets. This will require good persuasion and negotiation skills given that some managers may regard their financial expectations as being unfulfilled.
To provide financial support, including advice and regular reports, to groups and meetings as required, liaising with operational colleagues.
Provide budget holders and service managers with continual support to manage their financial resources effectively, through greater customer engagement and the establishment of effective communication channels.
About us
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details on this role.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details on this role.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person Specification
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Staff management experience and ability to manage and motivate a team of staff
- Actively pursues personal development and contributes to the development of others
- Ability to work without supervision and set own agenda. Highly motivated and enthusiastic
Qualifications
Essential
- Part way through CCAB qualification with aim of completion. Equivalent experience will be taken into account.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Full CCAB qualification. Equivalent experience will be taken into account
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- 4 years relevant accountancy experience
- Financial management accountancy experience
- Highly developed IT skills across the Microsoft Office suite
- Understanding and ongoing development of complex spreadsheet and modelling tools
- Costing services and business case planning
Desirable
- NHS finance in an acute hospital experience is highly desirable
- Use of e-financials financial ledger
- Managing, development and recruiting staff
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to liaise with and communicate with staff at all levels, and from a variety of disciplines within the Trust and from outside, in both oral and written forms
- Routinely provide advice to both finance and non-finance professionals on complex and technical finance and accounting issues
- Presentation skills for delivery of training and education on NHS financial management and budget management
- Presentation and interpretation of complex data, to Board level and non-financial senior managers
Physical Requirements
Essential
- The jobholder will be expected to spend long periods of time sitting at a desk inputting at a keyboard on a regular basis, reading data on screens, or attending meetings.
Other
Essential
- Evaluates quality of own and others work and suggest improvements as appropriate
- Actively seeks to develop services to meet challenges of a changing environment
- Ability to prioritise own and staff workload and to work to tight deadlines
- High/advanced level of computer literacy in packages such as: MS Excel MS Word MS PowerPoint
Person Specification
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Staff management experience and ability to manage and motivate a team of staff
- Actively pursues personal development and contributes to the development of others
- Ability to work without supervision and set own agenda. Highly motivated and enthusiastic
Qualifications
Essential
- Part way through CCAB qualification with aim of completion. Equivalent experience will be taken into account.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Full CCAB qualification. Equivalent experience will be taken into account
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- 4 years relevant accountancy experience
- Financial management accountancy experience
- Highly developed IT skills across the Microsoft Office suite
- Understanding and ongoing development of complex spreadsheet and modelling tools
- Costing services and business case planning
Desirable
- NHS finance in an acute hospital experience is highly desirable
- Use of e-financials financial ledger
- Managing, development and recruiting staff
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to liaise with and communicate with staff at all levels, and from a variety of disciplines within the Trust and from outside, in both oral and written forms
- Routinely provide advice to both finance and non-finance professionals on complex and technical finance and accounting issues
- Presentation skills for delivery of training and education on NHS financial management and budget management
- Presentation and interpretation of complex data, to Board level and non-financial senior managers
Physical Requirements
Essential
- The jobholder will be expected to spend long periods of time sitting at a desk inputting at a keyboard on a regular basis, reading data on screens, or attending meetings.
Other
Essential
- Evaluates quality of own and others work and suggest improvements as appropriate
- Actively seeks to develop services to meet challenges of a changing environment
- Ability to prioritise own and staff workload and to work to tight deadlines
- High/advanced level of computer literacy in packages such as: MS Excel MS Word MS PowerPoint
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).
