Finance Manager (Management Accounts)

Health Jobs UK; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to 'provide the best care for every patient', and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.

NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.

Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:

People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.

Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others' diverse needs.

Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.

Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.

Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.

Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.

At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All - being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.

Job overview

Fixed term contract/secondment opportunity for 12 months

The Finance team comprises around 50 staff who provide financial support and guidance to the Trust as well as managing internal and external financial reporting. We are responsible for all management accounting, financial reporting, tax, capital management, project accounting and business partnering.

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

Main duties of the job

• Provide financial and management information to clinical directorates and divisions, including:
• Monthly meetings with each budget holder, to ensure both accuracy and understanding of the financial statements issued
• Costing information to budget holders, service managers and divisional general managers within strict deadlines.
• Provide financial advice and support to divisional general managers, service managers and other budget holders in the financial management and control of expenditure.
• Provide information and costs to the directorates, and contribute to the directorates plans for developments as part of the Local Delivery Plan process.

Working for our organisation

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide financial advice and support to divisional general managers, service managers and other budget holders in the financial management and control of expenditure.
• Provide information and costs to the directorates, and contribute to the directorates plans for developments as part of the Local Delivery Plan process.
• Ensure that the system for managing staff vacancies and staff establishments is up-to-date and accurate, and is provided in accordance with key deadlines and performance measures.
• Produce timely and accurate variance analysis reports and ensure variances are investigated thoroughly in order to provide the budget holder with comprehensive information to allow the budgetary position to be effectively managed.
• Ensure control accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis, and all outstanding items are cleared, with full explanations on reconciling differences.
• Ensure all accounting records, systems and files are accurately maintained.
• Attend directorate meetings to present the financial performance of the directorate, and to contribute more widely to the business of the directorate.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full qualified membership of a CCAB professional body
• High standard of literacy

Experience

Essential criteria

• Superior knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Experience of budgetary control processes and methodologies

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good team worker

Attitude, aptitude

Essential criteria

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Continuing Professional Development
• Self-development (assertiveness, dealing with conflict, influencing people, negotiating, management skills)

The Job Description, which includes a Person Specification, provides a full outline of responsibilities and requirements for this role. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.

Visa and Immigration

If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.

Travelling to work

Staff parking is available onsite; however, this is limited during core working hours. We have more capacity in the evening and at weekends and can usually provide spaces during those hours.

The NNUH is served by a number of public buses, and we offer generously discounted monthly passes with First Bus & Konect.

The Costessey Park and Ride runs regularly each day from 06:30 (from P&R) to 20:45 (from NNUH) and this service is free for NHS staff. There is a regular Thickthorn P&R service as well which is free. Applications to the Travel Office are required for this service. We also have a discounted service from the airport P&R if you purchase a bundle. Please see Konect website for further details.

The NNUH host multiple bicycle racks and a salary sacrifice scheme. We also benefit from a Beryl station onsite.

If you work at another Trust site, please discuss travel and parking arrangements at interview.

DBS

If this post involves working with children or adults the application form will ask for information regarding previous convictions as you will be required to undertake a Criminal Record and Barring Check known as a DBS check.

If you are a new employee or registering with the Staff Bank you will need to meet the cost of this unless your salary is less than point 9 of Afc.

NHS Service

Should you be appointed to the post we will need to establish any previous NHS service via the ESR IAT and we will accept the submission of your application as your agreement to this.

UK Registration

You will need to have current UK professional registration where this is a requirement of the role.

Application

Following candidate feedback and to reduce our dependency on paper, all our communication with you regarding your application will be by email so could you please check your e-mails (and Spam) regularly.

We value equality in our team and recruit from all sections of the community. We recognise there is a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and if you meet the minimum criteria detailed in the person specification and have a disability, you may wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme by indicating this in the relevant section on your application.

We look forward to receiving your application and if you do not hear within the next four weeks this will usually mean that you have not been short-listed. However, if you wish to confirm this please contact the person indicated on the advert.

Flexibility

Whilst every effort will be made to recruit to the post as it is advertised, there may be occasions where we consider alternative working patterns, such as part time working, or contract types, such as secondments, depending on circumstances. Should you wish to work in a different working pattern to that stated in our advertisement, please indicate this in the supporting statement to your application.

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Documents to download

• Job Description ( PDF , 344.4 KB )
• Staff Benefits ( PDF , 674.5 KB )
• Our NNUH Together Staff Network ( PDF , 370.4 KB )
• Our NNUH LGBT+ Staff Network ( PDF , 675.0 KB )
• Our NNUH Diverse Ability Staff Network ( PDF , 607.0 KB )
• Our NNUH Women's Staff Network ( PDF , 103.1 KB )
• Useful Links ( PDF , 184.6 KB )