Job summary
As Finance Officer in the Corporate and Reporting team the postholder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting budget holders, business managers and wider colleagues across the North West Region to ensure the delivery of the regional finance function in line with both regional and national reporting requirements. The role is as much about building positive and productive relationships with our senior colleagues across the region as it is about finance processes.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job are to:
- Produce management accounts and budgets for a defined section of the North West region,
- Work with colleagues to deliver an efficient and effective financial support function,
- Undertake reporting and analysis of information to support delivery
- Provide high quality projects, service, initiative and administrative support including information and analysis,
- Be a key member of the team, whose overarching goal is to enable, promote and support the effective use of data, information, knowledge and technology to deliver reporting requirements and improve, inform and support a portfolio of projects, services, and initiatives.
About us
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms -- including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
If successful, and where relevant, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See detailed the attached Job Description, which includes the Person Specification, for further details on the role.
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See detailed the attached Job Description, which includes the Person Specification, for further details on the role.
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum AAT qualified
- Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience
Desirable
- Working towards a CCAB recognised qualification, including part qualified.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previously worked in similar position within a busy finance team
- Experience in the use of finance systems as part of month end procedures
Desirable
- Experience of working in a finance team in the public sector
Skills capabilities and attributes
Essential
- Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and presentations to stakeholders
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others' workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Consistently looking to improve what they do, looking for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeking out innovation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum AAT qualified
- Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience
Desirable
- Working towards a CCAB recognised qualification, including part qualified.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previously worked in similar position within a busy finance team
- Experience in the use of finance systems as part of month end procedures
Desirable
- Experience of working in a finance team in the public sector
Skills capabilities and attributes
Essential
- Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and presentations to stakeholders
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others' workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Consistently looking to improve what they do, looking for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeking out innovation
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
