Job Description

We are recruiting for a Deputy Finance Managerwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.This role is pivotal in enabling the Trust to continue to provide excellent finance support to its clinical departments.The successful candidate will have experience of delivering clear and accurate data so key messages are understood. You will be able to offer robust and pro-active advice to non-finance managers. You will be enthusiastic about leading a small team to deliver outputs to tight deadlines.You will be an ambitious, motivated and an experienced management accountant who is keen to support the financedepartment and our key operational and clinical stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to build on your previous experience to further develop your financial and leadership skills.Our Finance Department has recently been awarded "One NHS Towards Excellence" Accreditation Level 2. The Trust offers excellent opportunities for training and professional studying.At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.Main duties of the jobTo provide accurate and timely financial reporting and advice to the Planned Care divisional management team and budget holders.To lead on all issues of financial control for the areas allocated, which may include Trust-wide projects.To monitor actual performance against plan, for both income and expenditure, anticipating and initiating management action where required.To assist the Senior Finance Manager (SFM) and Heads of Group Finance (HoGF) with monthly reports, business cases, CIP plans and financial recovery actions.To deputise for the SFM, as required.About usAt East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.Date posted24 February 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalaryxc2xa353,755 to xc2xa360,504 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number361-7019873Job locationsAvnet HouseRutherford CloseStevenageSG1 2EFJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.Person SpecificationQualifications / TrainingEssential

• A' levels or equivalent
• Completed AAT Technician stage or have equivalent experience in management accounting issues to include budgetary control and costing techniques

Desirable

• CCAB qualification

ExperienceEssential

• Experience of liaison with budget managers at varying levels of seniority
• Significant experience in all aspects of financial reporting, planning and control.
• Significant experience of working to tight reporting deadlines.
• Experience of managing staff

Desirable

• Experience in an NHS financial environment

SkillsEssential

• Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and large Ledger systems
• Ability to apply accounting knowledge and demonstrate analytical skills.
• Ability to manage/develop a team
• Familiarity of using reporting / business intelligence packages
• Ability to undertake training of both junior finance staff and budget managers

KnowledgeEssential

• Management accounting issues to include budgetary control, costing techniques and audit requirements
• An understanding of NHS Finance

Person SpecificationQualifications / TrainingEssential

• A' levels or equivalent
• Completed AAT Technician stage or have equivalent experience in management accounting issues to include budgetary control and costing techniques

Desirable

• CCAB qualification

ExperienceEssential

• Experience of liaison with budget managers at varying levels of seniority
• Significant experience in all aspects of financial reporting, planning and control.
• Significant experience of working to tight reporting deadlines.
• Experience of managing staff

Desirable

• Experience in an NHS financial environment

SkillsEssential

• Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and large Ledger systems
• Ability to apply accounting knowledge and demonstrate analytical skills.
• Ability to manage/develop a team
• Familiarity of using reporting / business intelligence packages
• Ability to undertake training of both junior finance staff and budget managers

KnowledgeEssential

• Management accounting issues to include budgetary control, costing techniques and audit requirements
• An understanding of NHS Finance

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