Financial Governance Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Financial Governance

Deputising for the Head of Financial Governance as required regarding all areas within the teams remit

Facilitating effective functioning of a range of Finance-led meetings across the Trust, including supporting agenda-setting, collation of papers and maintenance of meeting notes and action logs

Providing advice on financial governance issues to finance and non-finance managers

Supporting the Head of Financial Governance with updating, maintenance, review and queries on OUHs Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) and Limits of Delegation (LoDs); this will include working with the Corporate Governance team to ensure OUHs Standing Orders are aligned to the SFIs and the LoDs

Horizon scanning for/review impact of changes in government policy and accounting standards and guidance which would impact on the operation of OUHs financial governance processes and rules

Writing briefing papers for Committees and attend Committee meetings as required

Internal Audit, External Audit and Counter-Fraud

Acting as the key point of contact for Trusts Internal Audit provider and coordinating Internal Audit activity for the year, including dissemination of instructions to participating teams, documentation collation, follow up of management responses to findings and resulting recommendations

Supporting the Head of Financial Governance in ongoing interaction with the Trusts Counter Fraud specialist, including facilitating Trust engagement in proactive counter fraud work throughout the year

Supporting the Head of Financial Governance in project managing the external audit process to ensure accounts are audited and submitted on time

Coordinating the Trusts response to outcomes of regional and national exercises, such as the National Fraud Initiative, and ensuring follow up is undertaken and learning is disseminated

Developing initial processes and plans to address any control issues identified by external advisors

Annual Report

Leading on compiling the Trusts Annual Report according to NHSE/DHSC guidance and a prescribed timetable

Liaising and working closely with key senior personnel of the Trust

Taking the report through the internal governance process for Audit Committee and Trust Board approval

Liaising with External Auditors for the purpose of annual report audits

Ensuring the approved Annual Report is submitted to NHSE and Parliament as per guidelines and timescales

Training and Development

The postholder will be responsible for:

Working with the Head of Financial Governance on developing and rolling out a comprehensive finance skills training for non-finance colleagues across the organisation

Risk Management

Leading on the upkeep of the Finance team risk register and for managing circulation / update across the Senior Management team so that risks are recorded, reported and managed correctly

Freedom of Information Requests

Acting as the first point of contact for all FOI queries shared with the Finance team, disseminating these to relevant individuals and following up on responses.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's level of equivalent level of experience working at a senior level

Desirable

• Member of a relevant professional body (CCAB or CIMA)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of building effective working relationships with stakeholders across the organisation

Desirable

• Experience in compiling NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unipart House

Oxford

OX4 6LX

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)