About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Assistant Finance Managerwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are seeking a motivated and ambitious Assistant Finance Manager to join our Management Accounts team. This is an excellent opportunity for a part-qualified accountant or experienced finance professional looking to progress within a large and dynamic acute NHS Trust.
Our Finance Team is proud to have achieved Level 2 accreditation under the One NHS Finance Towards Excellence framework and is working towards Level 3. This reflects our commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, staff development and delivering real value to services and patient care.
We invest in our people and support career progression through professional study support, training and exposure to a wide range of finance and operational experiences.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
This role offers the chance to develop strong business partnering skills, gain exposure to senior stakeholders and contribute to financial sustainability and service improvement across the Trust.
To provide accurate and timely financial reporting, forecasting and planning. To meet regularly with budget holders to provide advice on all aspects of financial control.
The postholder will be required to organise personal workloads to meet all relevant financial timetables in the delivery of the financial reporting/management remit as set by the Senior Finance Manager.
The post holder is required to work a significant proportion of their time (more than 80%) using computer applications. The computer applications used include the software packages Excel, Word, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Power BI and our Trust payroll system ESR
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training Essential
A' levels or equivalent Completed AAT Technician stage or have equivalent experience in management accounting issues to include budgetary control and costing techniques.
Desirable
Studying towards a CCAB qualification
Previous Experience Essential
Significant experience in all aspects of financial reporting, planning and control. Significant experience of working to tight reporting deadlines.
Desirable
Experience in an NHS financial environment Experience of supervising junior staff
Skills Essential
Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and large Ledger systems Ability to apply accounting knowledge and demonstrate analytical skills.
Desirable
Experience of using bespoke IT systems e.g. dashboard software such as Power BI
Knowledge Essential
Equivalent to part qualified CCAB student with particular emphasis of all management accounting issues to include budgetary control and costing techniques
Desirable
An understanding of NHS Finance
Other Requirements Essential
Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff Role model our Trust values every day Good communication skills, both written and oral to non-financial managers Ability to work on own initiative and well as under the direction of the Finance Manager Able to prioritise work load and supervise a small team.
Desirable
The ability to undertake training of both junior Finance staff and budget managers
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Avnet House
Rutherford Close
Stevenage
SG1 2EF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)