Job summary
Greater Manchester Integrated Care is accountable for the quality of care delivered to the residents in Greater Manchester. The Finance Directorate within NHS GM is responsible for implementing and monitoring the delivery of the finance support that underpin high quality healthcare.
The post holder will support the Head of Finance in Oldham to deliver effective and efficient finance support to NHS Greater Manchester, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, accounting standards and NHS England requirements.
The areas of responsibility of this role are set out below.
The focus of work may be varied as business needs dictate, and therefore a flexible approach is required.
You will be working closely with, and providing finance advice and support to, a multi-disciplinary team, including the Complex Care, Estates, Primary Care, Mental Health and Community Services teams in Oldham. You will also be working collaboratively with other Finance teams across both Greater Manchester and within the Oldham locality. You will be managing a small team within a Finance team that is forward thinking, innovative and progressive, seeking continuous improvement in the ways in which we work within NHS GM.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for guidance on main duties of the job.
About us
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Our NHS People Promise -the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality.
As a result, we will use positive action measures to bringbenefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for guidance on main duties of the job.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for guidance on main duties of the job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold AAT Technician membership with evidence of continued professional development.
- Degree Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within a management accounts background
- Experience of budget setting and final accounts preparation
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong technical accounting and management accounting skills
- Knowledge of MS Office systems in particularly Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of Financial Ledger systems and complex spreadsheets
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS Finance regime
Compentencies
Essential
- Able to report and forecast expenditure accurately and within reporting timetables.
- Able to demonstrate ability to work in a multi -disciplinary environment.
- Excellent communication skills both written and orally with effective interpersonal skills in order to develop good relationships with all professional contacts.
- Able to provide leadership skills necessary to encourage and motivate staff.
- Ability to relate to managers and engage them in contentious issues without jeopardising good working relationships.
- Ability to work within a team and with minimum supervision
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold AAT Technician membership with evidence of continued professional development.
- Degree Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within a management accounts background
- Experience of budget setting and final accounts preparation
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong technical accounting and management accounting skills
- Knowledge of MS Office systems in particularly Microsoft Excel
- Knowledge of Financial Ledger systems and complex spreadsheets
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS Finance regime
Compentencies
Essential
- Able to report and forecast expenditure accurately and within reporting timetables.
- Able to demonstrate ability to work in a multi -disciplinary environment.
- Excellent communication skills both written and orally with effective interpersonal skills in order to develop good relationships with all professional contacts.
- Able to provide leadership skills necessary to encourage and motivate staff.
- Ability to relate to managers and engage them in contentious issues without jeopardising good working relationships.
- Ability to work within a team and with minimum supervision
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
Desirable
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
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).