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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 1 year (until 31st July 2025 due to secondment cover)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
110-AC291-0724
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Admin Block, Dewi Sant Hospital
Town
Pontypridd
Salary
£28,834 - £35,099 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Senior Finance Officer

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

Now is a great time to join the Finance Department in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.  We currently have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the team as a Senior Finance Officer in a Management Accounting and Business Partnering team.

The Senior Finance Officer role is varied and interesting and includes undertaking financial performance monitoring, budget setting, forecasting and providing timely financial advice for the allocated Services. 

We are currently undergoing a re-structuring process across the Health Board.  The vacancy we’re looking to fill is currently in the finance team covering the Unscheduled Care Group, however the successful candidate could work across any of the services covering the Health Board’s boundary from Bridgend in the South-West to Merthyr Cynon in the North-East. 

This is a fixed term post until 31st July 2025 due to secondment cover

 

Main duties of the job

The role will involve close liaison with, and providing assistance to, advising and having regular meetings with, Line Managers, Clinical Service Group Managers and other budget holders within allocated Services while working within Statutory and UHB procedures, agreed timescales and legal requirements.

The post is permanent and full time, working 37.5 hours per week.  This will follow a hybrid working model split between home and office working. The finance offices are currently located at Dewi Sant Hospital in Pontypridd and Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, although this is subject to change pending the re-structure. The post will service a range of meetings with colleagues, both virtual and in person. Face to face meetings with service leads could be at sites across the Health Board footprint.

The Finance department has a comprehensive staff development programme and is committed to providing support and continuing professional development opportunities to the whole Finance team.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

 We listen, learn and improve

 We treat everyone with respect

We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • AAT qualified
Desirable criteria
  • Studying towards CCAB/CIMA qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Management accounts experience
  • Experience in a Finance Department
  • Experience in a range of accounting areas
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines
  • Demonstrate confidence in using figures with sound analytical skills
  • Effective time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to use Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Experience of computerised financial management systems
Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS or public sector finance experience
  • Computerised financial management system

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to use Microsoft Excel & Microsoft 365 Applications
  • Confidence using figures and analytical skills
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced excel skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Use of computerised finance system(s)
  • Appropriate knowledge and understanding of management accountancy and NHS Finance.
  • Knowledge of legislation as it affects own area
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Oracle Financial System

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Berwyn Perry
Job title
Finance Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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