Job summary
We are looking for an ambitious and higher performing Finance Manager to provide finance leadership and expert advice within the Trust. This is a generic job role across the finance sections of financial management, costing, income, and capital as we rotate staff between these areas, so we welcome people with experience of any of these areas to apply.
With strong leadership and management skills, you will be an important part of a committed and high performing finance team, as well as partnering with clinical and operational colleagues.
You will bring excellent financial management skills and be able to work with complex systems. With strong leadership and management skills, you will have the ability to anticipate problems and make effective decisions.
We have a fantastic variety of work underway at our hospital and are building relationships within the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Board. For the right candidate this job will be both professionally rewarding and provide you with an excellent workplace experience. Our finance department is One NHS Finance Level 2 Accredited, and we will want the successful candidate to help us on our journey to Level 3 accreditation.
This opportunity will suit a qualified accountant that demonstrably shares our Trust Values.
This is a full-time post of 37.5 hours per week but there may be part-time opportunities available.
Main duties of the job
To fulfil this demanding role, we require an ambitious and proactive individual with excellent communications skills and proven ability to build successful partnerships with key stakeholders including clinical leaders. The ability to motivate, develop and lead a team is key as well as influence peers and colleagues to ensure they understand, utilise, and promote data to make informed decisions.
The Finance Manager role is a generic role and could be required to undertake several roles within the Financial Management section including:
- Leading the Financial Management of Care Groups or Corporate Departments, including overseeing the financial support for savings development and delivery at a Care Group, Corporate Department or Trust level. This is the initial expectation for this post holder.
- Leading on Income and Contracting for the Trust.
- Leading on Capital and Business Case Development.
- Supporting the introduction and development of financial system.
About us
The finance department has a friendly and supportive culture and undertake hybrid working - a mix of home and office-based working. New starters have been mostly office based for the first three months as this seems to be the most effective way to provide support, but this will be dependent on the role and your circumstances.
We are very proud to highlight that the Finance Department won an award at the RCHT annual awards for the equality and diversity work carried out to improve diversity and raise awareness across the department.
If you need support with the application or interview process, please contact us to discuss how we can help. We can provide a quiet location with a laptop for you to complete your application and will support interviews to take place face to face or virtually. We have access to various equipment, such as hearing loops and facilities across the Trust so please contact the named colleague(s) listed below with your requirements.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Finance Manager role is a generic role however the current vacancy is expected to be within the Financial Management team, so the main duties are:
Day to day management of staff including recruitment, appraisals, disciplines, and development.
Have wider responsibility to review and agree the budgets of all Budget holders within the Care Groups and Corporate Departments and to establish proposals for the entirety of the budgets. This process will require sensitive and collaborative negotiation with services underpinned by sound evidence-based practice derived from knowledge, skills, study and experience.
Identify opportunities for improving services to become more efficient and help managers to implement and monitor changes.
Oversee the financial aspects of savings plans within Care Groups and Corporate Departments, as well as support to the Trusts overall Service Improvement and Savings framework.
Identify net impact on activity changes on financial outcomes and work with clinicians to ensure they are aware of the impact of their decisions.
Ensure monthly finance information is produced by the team in a timely fashion to feed board reporting and performance reviews. Identify early and follow up actions to address financial challenges and support the Trust to achieve its financial position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Finance Manager role is a generic role however the current vacancy is expected to be within the Financial Management team, so the main duties are:
Day to day management of staff including recruitment, appraisals, disciplines, and development.
Have wider responsibility to review and agree the budgets of all Budget holders within the Care Groups and Corporate Departments and to establish proposals for the entirety of the budgets. This process will require sensitive and collaborative negotiation with services underpinned by sound evidence-based practice derived from knowledge, skills, study and experience.
Identify opportunities for improving services to become more efficient and help managers to implement and monitor changes.
Oversee the financial aspects of savings plans within Care Groups and Corporate Departments, as well as support to the Trusts overall Service Improvement and Savings framework.
Identify net impact on activity changes on financial outcomes and work with clinicians to ensure they are aware of the impact of their decisions.
Ensure monthly finance information is produced by the team in a timely fashion to feed board reporting and performance reviews. Identify early and follow up actions to address financial challenges and support the Trust to achieve its financial position.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Qualified and member of an accountancy body which is a member of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) or CIMA.
- Detailed understanding of Budget/Costing/ Income Management, setting, monitoring, reporting and forecasting.
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- A proven track record of senior financial management experience preferably in the NHS.
- Specialist knowledge of financial management.
- Business planning and preparation of business cases.
- Negotiation skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrate a desire to improve patient care
Shorlisting
Essential
- Building relationships and engaging stakeholders with financial information
Person Specification
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Qualified and member of an accountancy body which is a member of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) or CIMA.
- Detailed understanding of Budget/Costing/ Income Management, setting, monitoring, reporting and forecasting.
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- A proven track record of senior financial management experience preferably in the NHS.
- Specialist knowledge of financial management.
- Business planning and preparation of business cases.
- Negotiation skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrate a desire to improve patient care
Shorlisting
Essential
- Building relationships and engaging stakeholders with financial 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).
Additional information
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).
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