Job summary
Employer heading
Financial Reporting Manager, Band 7
Band 7
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an engaging and ambitious Finance Reporting Manager to join the Financial Management team in a key leadership role on a fixed term contract for 12 months.
The successful candidate will work closely with the clinical and corporate finance leads to drive the finance agenda, as well as managing the day-to-day activities of the Financial Reporting team. The Trust is in the process of implementing a new finance system and this post will work alongside members of the team who are supporting the system development.
The proposed interview date is 16th August
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be an experienced, proactive and highly motivated team player looking for their next career challenge within a dynamic and fast paced environment. You will need to demonstrate a positive mind set, personal resilience and the ability to problem solve and prioritise whilst working to tight deadlines. Prior experience in managing and leading teams is essential. The role involves interacting with a wide stakeholder base across the wider Trust, as well as Shared Services teams and Corporate functions, and therefore requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Above all, the ideal candidate must be highly organised and be prepared to challenge existing processes and propose new solutions to current problems. Technically, you will be CCAB/CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified or actively working towards the qualification. Excellent Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel, are also required.
Working for our organisation
We are a highly-motivated finance team offering an environment to further develop your experience and enhance your future career potential.
The role is full time, 37.5 hours per week, and we offer flexible working.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high quality, timely and comprehensive financial reporting service. This includes the development and implementation of best in class financial reporting as it applies to financial management and financial services. The role includes providing financial instruction, advice, guidance, training and support. It also entails responding to requests received by the Trust under the Freedom Of Information Act.
To lead the monthly reporting processes for the department to include; ensuring that the reconciliations and audit trail between the general ledger and finance reports are in place; maintaining control of reserve allocations; further developing the monthly forecasting process to enable robust analysis and development; providing the senior finance team with financial information and analysis of the financial position to enable strategic decision making.
To be part of the development of the general ledger system to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of internal and external reporting.
To lead on process improvement and the strengthening of organisational controls impacting on financial reporting.
Participate fully in the work of the Financial Management Team and to support both the Trust and individual departments in achieving their respective financial objectives, and in implementing national and local policies.
Please refer to the enclosed job description and person specification for a full list of the duties, responsibilities and key relationships of the role.
If you have would like an informal chat on any of the aspects of the role the please call or e-mail Annika Carroll, Head of Corporate Finance, on the details below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Hold a full or part (actively working towards) CCAB / CIMA / ACA / ACCA professional qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of financial management within a large organisation
- Appropriate years’ experience of using computerised financial systems
- Highly developed computer literacy with evidence of advanced Microsoft office experience
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience of budgetary control systems and procedures
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing
- Ability to summarise and present information clearly to a range of audiences
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Annika Carroll
- Job title
- Head of Corporate Finance
- Email address
- [email protected]
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