Finance Manager - Clinical Division, Band 6

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To provide support to the Finance Business Partner in the provision of a comprehensive advice and support service to a range of budget holders. Key responsibilities will include the supervision of a small section of staff dealing with the maintenance of budgetary control information systems.
The post holder may be required to rotate within clinical or corporate financial management areas as appropriate.
The Trust has an annual turnover of c.£600m.
Within the Divisional accounting section, the relevant teams consist of a Divisional Finance Manager each with Finance Manager support.
This post provides direct supervision of one team member including appraisals, day-to-day line management, verification of time sheets, annual leave, performance, motivation and interviews.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
Proactively contribute to the management of the financial performance of a portfolio of budgets, identifying key financial pressures and appropriate corrective action.
Ensure production of accurate, complete and timely monthly budget statements for a portfolio of budget areas, together with appropriate interpretation and analysis of variances.
Provide full Management Accounting Service for a range of cost centres with limited supervision. This will include assisting budget holders in planning service developments, identifying and achieving targets and developing business cases.
Provide Budget Holders with accurate financial information to assist them in controlling and monitoring their financial resources. This may include production of reports, attendance at meetings, or any ad hoc costing/investigation as requested.
Support budget holders in the identification and monitoring of cost improvement plans and income generation schemes.
Preparation and supervision of input of budget and expenditure journals into the ledger system to agreed timetables.
Analysis and explanation of budget expenditure variances for Management and in liaison with budget holders.
Ensuring accurate representation of budget expenditure position in liaison with the Assistant Director of Finance.
Maintenance of an agreed programme of quality checks to ensure validity of information held in the ledger.
Production and analysis of reports and highly complex confidential financial information from appropriate systems to answer ad hoc enquiries.
Other
Assistance in Budget Holders’ liaison and training.
Proactively develop and maintain system notes for the section.
Ensure appropriate income is received for areas of responsibility including recharges to other NHS organisations.
Deputise for the Assistant Director of Finance at Directorate and other meetings as appropriate.
Set personal and team priorities within established boundaries including ensuring availability of appropriate assistance for other sections within the Finance department when necessary.
Day to day supervision and training of staff within section including authorisation of staff leave and time sheets, appraisals and staff recruitment.
Perform duties with limited supervision.
Contribute to the general development of the Management Accounting and Finance function
Covering of appropriate duties of other Section Heads in cases of absence.
Ensure complete confidentiality of highly sensitive complex information.
Other ad hoc duties as required
Communications and Working Relationships
The post holder will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
The post holder will be required to present highly complex and highly sensitive financial information to large audiences of varying experience.
This will require highly developed presentation and influencing skills.
The post holder will require negotiation and persuasive skills when communicating contentious information to staff and directorates where there may be significant barriers to acceptance.
Attend Clinical Business meetings in the role of key finance lead for the Directorates within the Division’s portfolio providing responses both written and verbal on financial performance issues. This will often include complex issues, which are open to interpretation and will require a multi layered communication and influencing skills

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