Finance Analyst

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000

Job description

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

About

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

CLCH is both the largest community healthcare organisation in London and the first in the capital to be awarded NHS Trust status. As such, CLCH is at the forefront of changing the way healthcare services are provided to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Over 3,000 community health professionals and staff provide community and in-patient services to over 900,000 local people.

Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Key details

Location

Site: Parsons Green
Town: London
Postcode: SW6 4UL
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Flexible working

Salary

Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 Per Annum, inclusive of HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 5

Specialty

Main area: Finance Analyst

Job overview

Are you a finance professional looking for a new challenge?

If you’ve answered ‘yes’, we’d love to talk to you about joining our friendly and diverse Financial Management team.

What we can offer you:

• A comprehensive local induction to introduce you to the role
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card / car loan
• Study packages and mentoring opportunities to help support your career development
• A dynamic working environment, based at multiple sites

What we are looking for:

• Experience of working in a management/ financial accounting function or recently graduated with a can do attitude.
• Studying/Actively looking to study for a CCAB professional qualification
• Knowledge of management accounting and costing procedures, financial regulations and other legislation and NHS finance policies (desirable).
• Track record of achieving objectives and problem solving.
• Knowledge of accountancy procedures and principles.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively within a co-operative multi-disciplinary and team-based working environment.
• A dynamic and enthusiastic individual

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The post holder will assist in the provision of financial support and advice to Budget holders and be an integral part of a central financial reporting team reporting to the Finance Business Partner.

The post holder will assist the Finance Business Partners and Head of Business Partnering in ensuring that robust monitoring information is provided to enable directorates to manage their financial position and the Trust to fulfil its financial duties.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

As an NHS trust, we are committed to equal opportunities and ensuring equality and diversity in the workplace.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

• Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
• Race Equality Network
• Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Degree educated or equivalent
• Studying/Actively looking to study for a CCAB professional qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrated adaptability and a proactive willingness to learn new skills, systems, and processes, regardless of prior industry experience

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a financial role or a related industry
• Preferably a minimum of a year’s experience in a management accounting function. Ie a placement year

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• High level numeracy skills, competent in processing and interpreting figures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively within a co-operative multi-disciplinary and team-based working environment.
• Ability to form, build, develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
• Able to summarise and communicate complex finance information to non-finance personnel
• Able to draft, type, format, prepare and produce a wide range of high quality documentation, letters, emails, memos, statistical information, graphics, presentations and short reports.
• Excellent data analysis skills for interpretation and comparison of complex data from various sources.
• Demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality issues regarding patients, staff and sensitive Trust matters

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of accountancy procedures and principles
• Knowledge of General Ledger/Reporting Systems
• Excellent Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and financial information and management system skills

Other

Essential criteria

• Professional manner and mature approach to dealing with confidential and sensitive issues and information
• Strong customer focus and proven ability to build productive relationships at all levels of the organisation while maintaining robust adherence to the agreed control framework.
• Self-motivated and able to prioritise, manage and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Personally effective in gaining agreement and support from others

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Zak Islam
Job title: Finance Business Partner
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07809436234