About this role
Job summary
Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached
Are you a looking for a fresh and exciting new challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity in our newly restructured, award winning Financial Management team supporting a £365m turnover high performing Foundation Trust. To deliver our strategy, we are looking for a Deputy Finance Business Partner to support the delivery of our monthly management accounts across one of our Clinical Service Units (CSU).
You will be a key part of the finance team providing financial stewardship to the organisation and supporting the achievement of the finance team vision.
We are seeking applications from individuals who have the drive, passion and ability to make a difference. If you believe you can offer this then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
An Excellent opportunity is available to support the Financial Management team reporting to the Deputy Finance Business Partner.
The post holder, will support the Financial Management team in providing support to budget holders and to ensure information and data is accurate and up to date.
Responsible for ensuring accuracy within the General Ledger and associated financial systems in order to improve the level of services (quality, relevance, accuracy and timeliness of information) and increased efficiency to allow the wider trust manage their budgets and deliver the FT financial regime.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist in the preparation & distribution monthly directorates financial reports
To input into the Oracle Financial Management System (I.e. Journals, budgets and data from feeder systems (Payroll/Stock/Debtors/Creditors)
To assist in providing information and support to allow identification and interpretation of variances from budget. Provision of monthly commentaries on the key financial issues for the Deputy Finance Business Partner to ensure any trends are identified
Assists the Deputy Finance Business Partner in the preparation of annual budgets, ensuring that budgets reflect service requirements.
Helps ensure all Income is accurately identified and invoices are raised in a timely manner.
Liaise with Financial Services to ensure all income and expenditure is correctly coded.
Maintaining the control and accuracy of budgets as directed by the Deputy Finance Business Partner ensuring that budgetary controls are reconciled and balanced off on a monthly basis.
To prepare ad-hoc costing information as requested by budget managers under supervision.
Contribute to and support the development and improvement of financial procedures to drive efficiency and quality.
To work as part of the overall financial management department and to develop close working relationships with other financial management assistants.
To develop effective working relationships, and under supervision, provide advice and answer financial queries for key personnel at various levels of seniority working within the
To ensure that departmental standards and agreed deadlines are met, deputising for the Deputy Finance Business Partner as required.
To perform any other duties as may be delegated from time to time.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office functions, particularly MS Excel
- Ability to input into and interrogate a finance general ledger, to obtain standard and ad-hoc reports, whilst producing / utilising working papers and audit trails for month end
- Ability to provide and receive complex financial information to/from financial and non-financial staff orally, in writing or electronically in a professional manner
- Ability to work under pressure and flexibly to deal with changing priorities and tight deadlines
- Must have excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of Oracle Cloud and its Financial Reporting Workspace
- Knowledge of Standing Financial Instructions, Standing Orders and Schemes of Delegation
- Knowledge of NHS Finance and Payment Scheme
- Knowledge of calculating and processing tax, NI, superannuation and VAT
- Knowledge of the production, monitoring and reporting of service level agreements
Qualifications
Essential
- AAT Part Qualified and minimum of 2 years' experience in Financial Management
Desirable
- AAT Qualified
- NHS Experience
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in Financial Management
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
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
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospital of North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)