Job summary
An enthusiastic, forward thinking and high calibre finance professional is required for the permanent post of Commercial Finance Manager.
The post holder will be directly responsible to the Head of Financial Management and Planning. You will be responsible for providing a high quality financial management service to the Medical Division
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and an appropriate business focus. This will include delivering against the Trust's Efficiency and Productivity programme without impacting upon the quality of patient care.
The role provides an opportunity to be part of new developments in healthcare and provides a platform for wider professional exposure in the healthcare sector.
Main duties of the job
This is a senior finance leadership role with autonomy to shape the finance and performance of the Medical Division.
You will be a qualified accountant with significant experience and expertise in financial management in a NHS acute setting obtained in a senior finance role. Modeling, forecasting and analytical skills are a pre-requisite for this post along with highly developed negotiation and communication skills.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.
Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to analyse highly complex problems relating to business case production and analysis
- Proven ability to make logical, considered judgments regarding the allocation of finances and financial risk where there is no precedent and where leading opinions may conflict.
- Experience of negotiating and influencing skills with a flexible and adaptable approach to problem-solving
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Proven ability to advise / constrain senior budget holders to a certain course of action
- Demonstrable ability to assimilate and successfully communicate highly complex, sensitive and or conflicting information to often senior non-finance managers and other cohorts of staff.
- Proven ability to give complex financial presentations to large groups of senior non-finance managers conveying financial concepts clearly and persuasively
Other Requirements
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of MS Office and expertise in advanced financial modeling using spreadsheets and databases.
- Proven ability to concentrate frequently with an unpredictable work pattern with the ability to switch tasks at short notice.
- Ability to work flexibly in a complex financial environment independently and constructively as part of a wider team.
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree and Post graduate qualification or equivalent.
- Postgraduate qualification in accountancy (CCAB/CIMA)
- Commitment and evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential
- Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation and NHS finance policies and procedures, including current IFRS and Tax Legislation and its application within the NHS.
- Significant experience and expertise in financial management with post-qualification experience in an acute NHS financial Management environment in a senior Finance role.
- An understanding and use of capital investment decision making techniques.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of financial reporting and control
- An understanding of acute sector operational flows and complex clinical pathways
- A wide knowledge of general health service policies and procedures and a knowledge of other public sector finance policies and procedures.
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of being responsible for the day to day management of a finance team including the recruitment, development and appraisal
- Demonstrable ability to deal with staff performance and disciplinary issues effectively
- Develops and monitors budgets for external departments/services/programmes, providing comprehensive financial advice to them as required.
- Proven ability to both set and achieves realistic and measurable objectives within timescales
Person Specification
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to analyse highly complex problems relating to business case production and analysis
- Proven ability to make logical, considered judgments regarding the allocation of finances and financial risk where there is no precedent and where leading opinions may conflict.
- Experience of negotiating and influencing skills with a flexible and adaptable approach to problem-solving
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Proven ability to advise / constrain senior budget holders to a certain course of action
- Demonstrable ability to assimilate and successfully communicate highly complex, sensitive and or conflicting information to often senior non-finance managers and other cohorts of staff.
- Proven ability to give complex financial presentations to large groups of senior non-finance managers conveying financial concepts clearly and persuasively
Other Requirements
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of MS Office and expertise in advanced financial modeling using spreadsheets and databases.
- Proven ability to concentrate frequently with an unpredictable work pattern with the ability to switch tasks at short notice.
- Ability to work flexibly in a complex financial environment independently and constructively as part of a wider team.
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree and Post graduate qualification or equivalent.
- Postgraduate qualification in accountancy (CCAB/CIMA)
- Commitment and evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential
- Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation and NHS finance policies and procedures, including current IFRS and Tax Legislation and its application within the NHS.
- Significant experience and expertise in financial management with post-qualification experience in an acute NHS financial Management environment in a senior Finance role.
- An understanding and use of capital investment decision making techniques.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of financial reporting and control
- An understanding of acute sector operational flows and complex clinical pathways
- A wide knowledge of general health service policies and procedures and a knowledge of other public sector finance policies and procedures.
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of being responsible for the day to day management of a finance team including the recruitment, development and appraisal
- Demonstrable ability to deal with staff performance and disciplinary issues effectively
- Develops and monitors budgets for external departments/services/programmes, providing comprehensive financial advice to them as required.
- Proven ability to both set and achieves realistic and measurable objectives within timescales
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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