Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Financial Planner

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Financial Planner to provide high quality financial planning support to an outstanding Mental Health & Community Services Foundation Trust.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, confident, flexible, hard working individual who has experience of working within management accounts and financial planning, preferably in an NHS setting. You will need to be an excellent communicator, in both written and oral formats, to explain financial issues to non finance managers and clinicians. The ability to work independently and know when to ask for further advice and support is also required.

Main duties of the job

To create and maintain a financial plan for both short term and long term planning.
To provide insight into the monthly reporting, run rate and underlying position for the organisation

The Financial Planner reports to the Deputy Director. They will build close relationships with managers across the trust in a variety of settings. Utilising their expertise to identify, collate and analyse key information from operational and support services. The post holder's responsibilities will include; creating the national NHS operational plan, long-term plan, produce information to aid analysis between plans and in-year performance, financial process improvement, supervision of staff, year-end working papers, NHSI returns and audit queries.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

16 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TF124-CORP-A

Job locations

St Marys Hospital

London Road

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Management accounting/financial planning experience
An understanding of standard accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
An understanding of NHS finance principles
Complex financial modelling skills

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified CCAB accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or ICAEW)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Management accounting/financial planning experience
An understanding of standard accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
An understanding of NHS finance principles
Complex financial modelling skills

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified CCAB accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or ICAEW)

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.