About this role
Job summary
To lead on the financial and business management of a division to ensure a balanced budget and ongoing financial viability. To take a leading role in the senior management team for the Division, leading the budget setting process providing financial and business planning support and leadership in service redesign, formulation and evaluation of strategies and the achievement targets.
Main duties of the job
To lead the budget setting process annually for the dedicated areas of responsibility within the budget setting timetable.To work with and advise budget holders in identifying areas of efficiencies and monitoring and reporting on the performance against CIP targets.To provide accurate, timely and relevant financial information and advice to the budget holders and feed information to the monthly Board reporting.To analyse variances, produce financial forecasts and advise and support all budget holders to take corrective action where necessary.To support managers by highlighting the implications of any funding changes and support the locality in any service redesign.To consider the impact of national changes e.g., payment by results and provide advice appropriately.To, review and update systems for managing the financial practices within the locality, in line with trust policy.To liaise with other members of the finance department for all financial queries from the locality and to maximise systems and financial services.To ensure departmental controls and procedures and followed.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description Job responsibilities
See Job Description and Person Specification attached which details all the main responsibilities for the role advertised.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
The post holder is required to be a qualified accountant or equivalent experience At least two years experience of managing and developing staff
Desirable
Having experience of working in a Mental Health Trust Five years senior management experience. Dealing with auditors.
Experience Essential
Experience of working effectively and constructively with a range of staff across all levels and disciplines Experience of working under pressure and meeting deadlines
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of NHS Trust finance regime
Desirable
Knowledge of NHS SBS general ledger and business intelligence reporting tool.
Skills Essential
Understands the bigger picture Well developed analytical skills Excellent communication skills Negotiating skills Ability to manage own time Ability to work as part of team Computer literate with knowledge of various software packages, including Microsoft office
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 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hollins Park House
Winwick, Warrington
WA28WA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)