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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent: The role will cover a maternity leave for a period of up to 12 months initially
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-CORP-042-24-A
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Flatts Lane Centre
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Financial Accountant - Reporting

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Financial Accountant - Reporting to join our finance team at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

Inspired by the Trust’s Our Journey to Change we have started to embark on developing our ‘Finance Journey to Change’, making this a great time for you to consider joining us. The Finance teams include many passionate, highly skilled, professional and experienced colleagues who put people at the heart of everything we do.

We are ambitious and want to continuously improve, whether that supports improved patient outcomes in providing high quality support to our Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism services, value for money or colleague experience, and we want someone who shares that sense of ambition and energy to deliver the change.

Main duties of the job

Working with the Head of Financial Management, the Financial Accountant – Reporting will lead the Central Financial Management function in the production of monthly financial information, reporting to various internal and external stakeholders. The Financial Accountant – Reporting will be responsible for the development of the Central Financial Management function, including support and development to the team and ensuring that systems and processes allow timely and accurate response to the Trusts reporting needs.

This role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work with a variety of colleagues across the Finance Department including Head of Corporate Finance, Finance Business Partners and Head of Accounting & Governance.

 

Working for our organisation

The post holder will, as part of the finance leadership team, play a key role in promoting an organisational culture that actively promotes the Trust’s Vision and Values and positively engages staff, service users and other stakeholders in quality improvement and service transformation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you would like to join us on our journey, John Chapman, our Head of Accounting & Governance would welcome having a conversation with you. Should you wish to discuss the role and job description further with John please contact him at [email protected] to arrange an appointment.

**Please note the role will be covering a maternity leave for a period of up to 12 months initially. The role may develop following this period, with the successful candidate inputting into any proposals**

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Fully qualified CCAB with proven post qualification experience or equivalent extensive experience, operating at a senior level within a complex organisation. (Masters level equivalent)
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Higher education to degree level

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience in Finance, financial accounting or financial planning
  • Able to explain complex information in a clear and understandable way to non-finance managers and staff
  • Computerised Financial and Management Accounting Systems.
  • Experience of line management
Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS Experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computerised financial accounting Systems and transactional services systems.
  • In depth knowledge of government policy for NHS financial regime

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and presentation skills
  • Excellent leadership and management skills
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and manage a challenging and diverse workload
  • High level of numeracy skills and ability to understand, interpret and explain highly complex financial information across the Trust and health economy.
  • Excellent IT skills including ability to maximise benefits from Trust IT systems.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
John Chapman
Job title
Head of Accounting & Governance
Email address
[email protected]
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