Job summary
- Main area
- Financial Management
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-FIN-6530325
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,698 - £65,095 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Finance Manager - Research & Innovation
Band 8a
Job overview
- To lead and be responsible for the provision of expert financial management service to a portfolio of clinical units and/or corporate departments.
- To lead and be responsible for the monthly reporting for these areas, including the production of information, cost, and income analysis, forecasting and the presentation of this information.
- To support unit managers and clinicians in the discharge of their financial responsibilities, including the development and reporting of Cost Improvement Scheme (CIP) plans and the financial modelling of service developments.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of the Trust’s medium to long -term financial strategy.
- To manage, co-ordinate and provide professional support to junior financial management staff.
- To support the Business Partner, Associate Director of Financial Management & other senior finance staff in the delivery of corporate tasks and objectives.
- To lead on the production of the month end reporting and production of the accounts for their directorates providing completed accounts for review by Business partners.
- Ownership of project accounting of a portfolio of grants/projects including cashflow, balance sheet reviews and meeting with grant holders for budgetary control.
- Responsibility for ensuring correct income recognition including IFRS 15 Revenue Recognition.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen within the Financial Management Team of Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) for a Finance Manager (Research & Innovation). We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible individual to support the finance team and directorate leadership team.
Working within the finance team, the post holder will be responsible for the provision of financial information and guidance to budget holders, ensuring the financial ledgers are properly maintained, developed and fully utilized and assisting in the production of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements. The post holder will also be responsible for an assistant finance manager.
The post holder will be a lead point of contact for the directorates and have the freedom to work closely with multi-professional colleagues to help inform decision making.
The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant, with strong IT and communication skills and the confidence to influence senior managers and clinicians across the Trust. It is also essential that they can demonstrate previous business partnering experience preferably within an NHS setting.
GOSH is an organisation with passionate and committed staff dedicated to caring for patients with the most specialist of needs and with the expertise of clinical and non-clinical staff alike, has become a flagship institution within the NHS.
Working for our organisation
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Our Always Values
Essential criteria
- GOSH Values
- Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
Education & qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified CCAB Accountant.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Skills & abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong report writing skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- Advanced excel skills
- Financial analysis and forecasting
- Complex financial modelling skills
- Ability to work under pressure and plan / prioritise workload
- Attention to detail
- Ability to use own initiative
- Self-motivated
- Proactive & innovative approach to problem solving
- Change management skills
- Persuasion & influencing skills
- Professional
- Team player
- Corporate awareness
Desirable criteria
- Staff Management
Knowledge & experience
Essential criteria
- Significant financial management experience
- Presentation of highly complex financial and non-financial information
- Inspiring confidence and developing highly effective working relationships with finance, clinical and other non-finance colleagues
- Successful challenge of information and assumptions
- Presentation of financial information and leading financial discussions at management team meetings.
- Use of financial systems
- NHS Financial Regime & Policies
- Awareness of current NHS priorities
- Principles of service line reporting & patient level costing
Desirable criteria
- Significant financial management experience in the NHS
- Post qualification experience
- Staff management experience including recruitment, selection and appraisals
- Supporting managers and clinicians in the use of service line reporting & patient level cost information
- Business objects
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mikesh Mistry
- Job title
- Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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