Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for the position of Financial Controller based at Hermitage Court Maidstone (5 minutes walk to Maidstone Hospital). Ideally applicants should be studying towards a recognised accounting qualification, although this is not essential.
This is a full-time position based 3 days a week at Unit F, Hermitage Court and 2 days working from home.
The post holder will be part of the technical accounting team with varied responsibilities in a number of different areas. The key daily responsibility is to reconcile the Trust's cash balances to include prompt and accurate processing and investigation where appropriate. This also includes shared responsibility for ensuring that the Trust is reporting the true position of the assets and liabilities recorded in the Balance Sheet. This post manages two staff members.
The successful applicant must have at least 2 years' experience working within a finance environment. Good verbal and written communication skills are essential together with the ability to deal with people at all levels.
You will need to be able to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, and must be able to prioritise a busy workload to meet deadlines. You will need to be organised and methodical, be proactive to improve processes and support the development of the team as well as being committed to your own personal development.
Main duties of the job
The Financial Controller manages the Technical Accounting Team to ensure that all cash issues of the Trust are managed on a day-to-day basis adhering to the appropriate Trust Policies and Procedures, Standing orders and Standing Financial Instructions, in order to provide accurate and timely information to support the accounts and other statutory returns.
This post has shared responsibility for achieving one of the Trusts key statutory targets, the External Financing Limit (EFL) which is set by the Department of Health and governs the closing bank balance of the Trust.
This post is the lead in the production of the Trust's Charitable Funds Accounts along with providing fully supporting auditable working papers.
The post-holder must demonstrate excellent communication, training and advisory skills, when investigating complex or sensitive issues referred for resolution by the Technical Accounting Team. This post has responsibility for the timely completion & initial review of control account reconciliations to ensure completeness & timely clearance of issues.
The post holder is additionally required to manage & report the Teams performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and proactively work with the Financial Services Management team to identify & implement working practice developments.
Please note applicants who have recently applied for the Technical Team Leader role who have been unsuccessful within the last three months need not apply.
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: TBC
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: TBC
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience and expertise in a range of accounting areas (e.g. reconciliation and balances, finance computer systems and ledgers, coding structures, payroll procedures, charitable funds report and accounts, key notes to the statutory annual accounts, staff management, advice and guidance on the use of the charitable funds
- Knowledge of legislation as it affects own finance area, acquired through professional accountancy qualifications - Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Member or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Able to provide and receive complex and sensitive information and help non-financial staff understand financial issues
- Use persuasion and negotiation appropriately to achieve behaviour change
- Ability to analyse financial data to ensure assets and liabilities are recorded accurately
- Ability to investigate and resolve complex financial queries and discrepancies that may have multiple causes
- Able to plan and organise complex activities, and keep to timetable.
- Able to plan own workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial timetables are met
- Ability to impart complex information to others through formal and informal training methods
- Ability to work without direct supervision and in accordance with defined policies, procedures and legislation
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.
- Ideally have the following skills - oReport Writing onegotiation omentoring ocommunication oIT - excellent keyboard skills and the ability to use functions such as VLookup, Pivots, Filters and If statements
Attributes
Essential
- ability to deal with difficult and sensitive circumstances
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience and expertise in a range of accounting areas (e.g. reconciliation and balances, finance computer systems and ledgers, coding structures, payroll procedures, charitable funds report and accounts, key notes to the statutory annual accounts, staff management, advice and guidance on the use of the charitable funds
- Knowledge of legislation as it affects own finance area, acquired through professional accountancy qualifications - Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Member or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Able to provide and receive complex and sensitive information and help non-financial staff understand financial issues
- Use persuasion and negotiation appropriately to achieve behaviour change
- Ability to analyse financial data to ensure assets and liabilities are recorded accurately
- Ability to investigate and resolve complex financial queries and discrepancies that may have multiple causes
- Able to plan and organise complex activities, and keep to timetable.
- Able to plan own workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial timetables are met
- Ability to impart complex information to others through formal and informal training methods
- Ability to work without direct supervision and in accordance with defined policies, procedures and legislation
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.
- Ideally have the following skills - oReport Writing onegotiation omentoring ocommunication oIT - excellent keyboard skills and the ability to use functions such as VLookup, Pivots, Filters and If statements
Attributes
Essential
- ability to deal with difficult and sensitive circumstances
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).
