Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Finance Team in a large £1bn+, high-performing, acute Foundation Trust in a fantastic location on the South Coast. This role is a key part of the finance Senior Leadership Team, providing overall financial leadership to the organisation and supporting the achievement of the Finance Team Vision. We are supportive, flexible and collaborative and are committed to your career development with us. We are looking to encourage diversity of talent at UHS, so if you are working in the public or private sector, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
YOUR MAIN DUTIES
You can read an overview of the main duties of the role in the section below: Job Description and Main Responsibilities.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents attached.
- You will provide comprehensive technical financial advice on a broad range of complex strategic projects, including subsidiaries, financing arrangements and VAT.
- You will provide leadership to all aspects of financial control including monthly reporting and the submission of the NHSI return as well as the annual accounts and audit.
- You will need to have a positive attitude, be self-motivated and have the ability to understand and resolve complex financial issues. In particular, the post-holder will be driven and have the ability to deliver information and make things happen at pace.
- A key requirement is strong communication skills with the ability to build effective and sustainable relationships across a range of stakeholders.
- You will be able to demonstrate and live our UHS Values and share our vision and direction for the division and the trust in a spirit of collaboration and compassion.
About us
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated 'Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
At UHS we are committed to providing a flexible working environment. We believe that it benefits everyone if we achieve a positive work-life balance. Whether you are balancing family, study or your well-being with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
We're proud to have been voted in the Top Five Acute Trusts for our commitment to supporting our staff to achieve work-life balance.
UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and offer a generous pension scheme and life insurance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WHAT YOULL DO
- Lead the Financial Control team to provide a comprehensive financial accounting service to the Trust.
- Oversee the financial accounting elements of the Trusts internal reporting, external reporting and financial planning, including balance sheet and cash-flow forecast, liaising with the wider finance function.
- Lead the team in providing comprehensive technical financial advice on complex projects, including Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, financing arrangements and VAT.
- Oversee the Trusts year-end process, coordinating the relevant teams. You will be the main contact for external audit with responsibility for delivering a robust set of financial accounts at year-end within set national timescales.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR - You will bring experience at a senior level of financial management from the private or public sector
- You will demonstrate a record of financial and non-financial achievements at a senior level.
- You will bring management experience, supporting and mentoring teams.
- As a fully qualified chartered accountant, you will have experience in financial accounting, including the production of financial accounts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The closing date is 2nd July 2023
Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 19 July 2023Should you have any
queries, please contact jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk - we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WHAT YOULL DO
- Lead the Financial Control team to provide a comprehensive financial accounting service to the Trust.
- Oversee the financial accounting elements of the Trusts internal reporting, external reporting and financial planning, including balance sheet and cash-flow forecast, liaising with the wider finance function.
- Lead the team in providing comprehensive technical financial advice on complex projects, including Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, financing arrangements and VAT.
- Oversee the Trusts year-end process, coordinating the relevant teams. You will be the main contact for external audit with responsibility for delivering a robust set of financial accounts at year-end within set national timescales.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR - You will bring experience at a senior level of financial management from the private or public sector
- You will demonstrate a record of financial and non-financial achievements at a senior level.
- You will bring management experience, supporting and mentoring teams.
- As a fully qualified chartered accountant, you will have experience in financial accounting, including the production of financial accounts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The closing date is 2nd July 2023
Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 19 July 2023Should you have any
queries, please contact jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk - we would love to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications / training required
Essential
- A qualified chartered accountant (ACA/ACCA/CCAB)
- Considerable post qualification experience at a senior level or equivalent knowledge and experience (at least 5 years post qualified experience)
- In-depth experience at a senior level of financial management
- Record of financial and non- financial achievements at a senior level
- Management experience in previous roles
- Experience of financial accounting, including the production of financial accounts
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of NHS Trust financial processes, NHS structural relationships, the NHS financial regime and existing legislation and accounting standards
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential
- Uses a range of influencing strategies to bring about change
- Explains complex situations in ways that are accessible to a range of stakeholders including the use of analogies
- Ability to understand and resolve highly complex problems and dilemmas and make judgements regarding the allocation of finances, often when there is no precedent
- Ensures that processes are in place to support individuals in achieving standards and to learn from their mistakes or failures
- Is prepared to be held openly to account for meeting goals and targets
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate with staff colleagues at all levels including Executive Director
- Able to probe and access networks for information in order to benchmark own services
- Understands the need to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
- Able to drive forward projects at a significant pace
- Invests sustained effort in making a significant impact on improvement within the organisation
- Is clearly focused on the goal of service improvement and resists being side tracked
- Draws upon own relevant experience and is positive about own ability to succeed
- Is able to maintain and communicate optimism about achieving goals even when the going is tough
- Able to take conscious steps to manage self under pressure - creating time for reflection and support for self and others
- Recognise others' anxieties and problems - encourages them to find ways of dealing constructively with stress
Desirable
- Builds and uses extended networks of influence
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
- Ability to use a variety of communication styles to motivate others and influence the decision-making process
- Has developed a systematic way of keeping informed through local and national networks
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Person Specification
Qualifications / training required
Essential
- A qualified chartered accountant (ACA/ACCA/CCAB)
- Considerable post qualification experience at a senior level or equivalent knowledge and experience (at least 5 years post qualified experience)
- In-depth experience at a senior level of financial management
- Record of financial and non- financial achievements at a senior level
- Management experience in previous roles
- Experience of financial accounting, including the production of financial accounts
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of NHS Trust financial processes, NHS structural relationships, the NHS financial regime and existing legislation and accounting standards
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential
- Uses a range of influencing strategies to bring about change
- Explains complex situations in ways that are accessible to a range of stakeholders including the use of analogies
- Ability to understand and resolve highly complex problems and dilemmas and make judgements regarding the allocation of finances, often when there is no precedent
- Ensures that processes are in place to support individuals in achieving standards and to learn from their mistakes or failures
- Is prepared to be held openly to account for meeting goals and targets
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate with staff colleagues at all levels including Executive Director
- Able to probe and access networks for information in order to benchmark own services
- Understands the need to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
- Able to drive forward projects at a significant pace
- Invests sustained effort in making a significant impact on improvement within the organisation
- Is clearly focused on the goal of service improvement and resists being side tracked
- Draws upon own relevant experience and is positive about own ability to succeed
- Is able to maintain and communicate optimism about achieving goals even when the going is tough
- Able to take conscious steps to manage self under pressure - creating time for reflection and support for self and others
- Recognise others' anxieties and problems - encourages them to find ways of dealing constructively with stress
Desirable
- Builds and uses extended networks of influence
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
- Ability to use a variety of communication styles to motivate others and influence the decision-making process
- Has developed a systematic way of keeping informed through local and national networks
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
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
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).
