Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Manager within our Financial Management Team.
@Finance SFH are multi-award winning. Our recent successes include East Midlands 2022 Large Finance Team of the Year Winners and SFH Staff Excellence winners.
An enthusiastic, positive attitude and approach to work is essential, as is a determination to drive value for patients and tax payers. If you are a team player who can demonstrate excellent personal qualities such as integrity, self-awareness & self-management, compassion & care and resilience then @FinanceSFH is the perfect place for you to come and work.
The successful candidate will be welcomed into our Future Focused Finance accredited level 3 team with a strong focus on wellbeing, collaboration, reflection and continuous improvement. We pride ourselves on the relationships with our stakeholders and aim to provide a finance function which will empower Sherwood Forest Hospitals to deliver the best healthcare possible.
Reporting to one of the Senior Divisional Finance Managers, the successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to a comprehensive financial management and support service to divisions, providing key business and financial support to these divisions.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role include
- Supporting the Senior Divisional Finance Manager in all aspects of financial planning and management of the division, with the objective of supporting financial viability. This includes the budget setting and triangulation of expenditure and income to activity, workforce and operational performance.
- Supporting the Senior Divisional Finance Manager through the provision of accurate, timely and regular financial management information as part of the monthly reporting cycle, planning and coordination of the Trust's budget setting process, ensuring that all relevant factors are incorporated.
- To support the divisions in reviewing, understanding and acting on complex financial information. Working with Clinical Chairs, Divisional General Managers and other managers to identify reasons for these variations, mitigations to address these variations and produce monthly performance reports. Ensure that systems are in place to incorporate PLICS, FIP and transformation and report any areas of concern/exceptions to the SDFM.
- Ensure all known changes to services, FIP impact, financial pressures and mitigations are identified, costed and incorporated into the forecasts as well as information on risks, opportunities and future investment requirements.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated Kings Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification for full details of the requirement for this excellent opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification for full details of the requirement for this excellent opportunity.
Person Specification
Personal Values
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
- Must be able to demonstrate a strength in conviction of personal values, to ensure those within the service also demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values and standards
Communications and Relationships Skills
Essential
- Possess excellent verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managers
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused service
- Demonstrate tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and persuasion and to stand up and be counted on key issues
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office
- Awareness of standard accounting and auditing practice and financial reporting standards
- Knowledge of the planning and budget setting processes within an NHS Trust
- Good business management and administrative abilities
- Knowledge of principles of service development/improvement and performance management
- Knowledge of performance management techniques and toolsets
- Strong leadership and project management skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of current issues in the NHS and the changing nature of healthcare provision
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS finance, policies and procedures
- Knowledge and understanding of benchmarking techniques and sources of benchmarking information
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Transformation and efficiency agenda
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB Finalist or Passed Finalist (or qualified by experience on exceptional basis)
Desirable
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
- CCAB Qualified
Further Training
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working in a busy financial management environment
- High level experience of IT, including advanced spreadsheets, budgeting and financial modelling systems and costing systems (e.g. PLICS)
Desirable
- Working within NHS finance
- Experience of systems development and implementation
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Possess numerical and analytical skills, including the ability to assimilate & interpret complex data and make resultant judgements
- Ability to convey financial issues and complex data to non-financial staff
- Be able to understand and implement financial management policies and internal control procedures and determine changes to practices for own area
- Ability to work within policies and procedures with a high degree of autonomy
Desirable
- The ability to undertake training sessions on finance matters to non-specialists
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team
- Ability to plan, organise and achieve objectives/tasks set within specified time frames
- Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise conflicting demands
- Capacity to concentrate to complete tasks in a busy office environment and demonstrates attention to detail
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work the hours required, to ensure satisfactory performance of duties
Person Specification
Personal Values
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
- Must be able to demonstrate a strength in conviction of personal values, to ensure those within the service also demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values and standards
Communications and Relationships Skills
Essential
- Possess excellent verbal & written communication skills and the ability to convey complex financial issues to non-finance managers
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused service
- Demonstrate tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and persuasion and to stand up and be counted on key issues
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office
- Awareness of standard accounting and auditing practice and financial reporting standards
- Knowledge of the planning and budget setting processes within an NHS Trust
- Good business management and administrative abilities
- Knowledge of principles of service development/improvement and performance management
- Knowledge of performance management techniques and toolsets
- Strong leadership and project management skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of current issues in the NHS and the changing nature of healthcare provision
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS finance, policies and procedures
- Knowledge and understanding of benchmarking techniques and sources of benchmarking information
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Transformation and efficiency agenda
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB Finalist or Passed Finalist (or qualified by experience on exceptional basis)
Desirable
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
- CCAB Qualified
Further Training
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working in a busy financial management environment
- High level experience of IT, including advanced spreadsheets, budgeting and financial modelling systems and costing systems (e.g. PLICS)
Desirable
- Working within NHS finance
- Experience of systems development and implementation
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Possess numerical and analytical skills, including the ability to assimilate & interpret complex data and make resultant judgements
- Ability to convey financial issues and complex data to non-financial staff
- Be able to understand and implement financial management policies and internal control procedures and determine changes to practices for own area
- Ability to work within policies and procedures with a high degree of autonomy
Desirable
- The ability to undertake training sessions on finance matters to non-specialists
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team
- Ability to plan, organise and achieve objectives/tasks set within specified time frames
- Possess excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise conflicting demands
- Capacity to concentrate to complete tasks in a busy office environment and demonstrates attention to detail
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work the hours required, to ensure satisfactory performance of duties
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
