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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-7818-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£33,706 - £40,588 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
17/07/2024

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Management Accountant (Contract Management - Pharmacy)

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The Financial Management Department is responsible for delivering an effective financial management service within the Trust, providing strategic advice on business developments, annual planning and budget management.

This Senior Management Accountant role provides financial advice and management accounting support to the Pharmacy directorate managing a small team and supporting the Finance Manager for this clinical supporting directorate.

This is an excellent role for an ambitious individual who likes challenges, is self-motivated and wants to use their financial skills to add value and understand how financial resources can be used to support service improvement.

The role is operated on a hybrid basic with both home and office based working.

 

Main duties of the job

  • To be the primary financial support for the Outsourced Outpatient Dispensary contract in the Pharmacy Directorate
  • To work closely with the Pharmacy Directorate on any plans to renew or extend the coverage of the contract, ensuring all financial consequences are robustly understood and managed.
  • To be the primary finance lead working with the Pharmacy Directorate to implement national efficiency recommendations which relate to Pharmacy.
  • To provide financial advice and support to the Pharmacy Directorate in line with the delegation arrangements issued by the Chief Executive.
  • To provide support to Senior Finance staff in the preparation of the annual Financial Plan for the Pharmacy Directorate and for assisting in the monitoring, correcting and formally reporting on the financial performance of the Directorate.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • CCAB or CIMA Part Qualified (or equivalent) and actively progressing towards full CCAB or CIMA qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Honours Degree
  • Relevant Postgraduate qualification
  • European Computer Driving Licence or similar
  • CCAB/CIMA qualified (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience of the full range of management accounting duties
  • Experience in leading the implementation of financial management arrangements.
  • Working Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, procedures and policies particularly pertinent to the NHS
  • Management of the co-ordination and direction of staff producing timely and accurate information.
  • Experience of financial systems and in particular demonstrably good IT skills including Advanced Excel skills and Budgeting software
Desirable criteria
  • NHS Finance in an Acute Hospital
  • Experience of Integrated ledger systems

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • High degree of numeracy.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills to communicate with external bodies.
  • A proven ability to work independently with clients managing discrete blocks of work
  • Ability to meet deadlines through effective organisational and planning skills
  • Concentrations skills to undertake complex and involved analysis

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of current CPD

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gareth Lintin
Job title
Head of Management Accounts
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07815 729000
Additional information

Please contact via email to arrange a telephone call.

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