ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to analyse, interpret and utilise complex information for reporting, forecasting, costing and planning purposes
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to work to tight timescales
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• To provide sound financial advice to Divisions and to the Trust. In particular using financial and other information to support the Divisional Management team in making recommendations for improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Division/Trust.
• To direct and lead the work of the staff members reporting into them to provide an efficient and proactive management accounting service to Departments within the Division and the Trust, ensuring deadlines are met and the needs and objectives of the Trust are achieved.
• To promote and support a culture of robust and innovative service based financial planning across the Trust.
• To represent the Trust’s financial interests when dealing and negotiating with 3rd party contractors and external organisations.
• As part of the Finance Department Management team provide effective leadership for the success and future direction of the Department.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To be a finance lead for a Directorate/Division in the Trust, including responsibility for the management accounting function of that area.
• To ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and business focus of financial systems and processes.
• To investigate and advise on highly complex issues & lead on providing financial and business planning advice to the Division.
• Responsibility for the management and performance of at least one member of staff.
• To ensure that the financial statements represent a true and fair view and meet relevant financial timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.