Finance Manager – Sector Accounting
NHS England
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Job summary
The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join the Financial Control team as Finance Manager - Sector Accounting.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of the NHS. Across the directorate as a whole we:
- work closely with government to agree NHS funding;
- ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget set by Parliament;
- decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;
- support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;
- set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;
- report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;
- explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;
- look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
- consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.
Main duties of the job
The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
The main duties of the job are:
- Qualified or exam-qualified accountant in the team producing the consolidated provider accounts
- Review the data quality of submissions made by NHS providers to ensure financial information is complete and internally consistent, providing feedback to providers and proposing central adjustments where relevant
- Support the development of trust accounts consolidation ('TAC') schedules and other excel based templates and reports to ensure that reporting tools are robust, meet the needs of both internal/external users and inter-dependencies with other areas of reporting have been fully considered
- Support the other team members in responding to queries from external stakeholders including the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS providers
- Assist with responses to national FOIs, Parliamentary and other queries as requested by the legal or communications teams
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Date posted
25 March 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
990-S3-COR-2-N-1247
Job locations
Wellington House / Wellington Place / South West House
London / Leeds / Taunton
SE1 8UG
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington House / Wellington Place / South West House
London / Leeds / Taunton
SE1 8UG
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
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