Overview
Values Based Screener. At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part in our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.co
Job overview
Are you a qualified accountant or do you have senior accountancy experience?
We have a new vacancy for a Finance Manager
The post holder provides the senior level management accounting support to Finance Business Partners covering four divisions. This includes accountability for the management accounts for services, ensuring the accuracy of accruals, provision of variance and trend analysis, including flagging and mitigation of key risks; supporting services to identify and deliver savings targets; monitoring of Secondary Commissioning expenditure and activity, making sure bed and resource use is efficient and effective; ensuring recruitment to posts is in line with Trust procedure and is monitored effectively and accountability for budget setting for that area.
We are happy to accommodate a flexible working pattern subject to operational priorities.
For an informal chat, please contact David Flint on 07743720316 or e-mail email@example.com
Main duties of the job
* work as part of a mini team within the finance team
* be responsible for: Financial Reporting, Financial Planning, Income and Expenditure, Customer Service, and Management
* deliver training to both budget holders and other staff groups
* take a lead in the month end accounts in order to achieve reporting deadlines
* act proactively to identify and resolve risks and significant issues, particularly for areas that are overspending
* take a lead role for Income collection across the Trust
* have a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Innovation and improvement of the finance team are key objectives for all members of staff and the post holder will need to take the lead in some areas to ensure the delivery of those improvements.
In return, we can offer you:
* learning and development opportunities to progress your career
* 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (max £2,011 per annum pro rata)
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays pro rata
* One of the UK's best pension schemes
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
* Special leave for family and personal reasons
* NHS Car Lease Scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
Working for our organisation
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,000 staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Please refer to attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications / equivalent experience
* Professional Accountancy Qualification or equivalent senior experience.
* Post qualification experience
* Demonstrable experience in management accounting including costing
* Education to degree level or equivalent work-based experience
* Evidence of continued professional development - e.g. NHS Finance Personal Portfolio
* Qualified/demonstrable experience to European Computer Driving Licence level
Skills and Knowledge
* Organisational skills and the ability to work effectively within a management structure, planning and prioritising workload as appropriate
* Interpersonal skills - able to discuss and negotiate sensitive issues where conflicting priorities arise
* Analytical skills - relating to complex financial trends drawing on information from a number of sources
* Judgement skills - ability to use experience to make appropriate assumptions in the preparation of financial reports and plans
* Communication skills - written and verbal
* IT Skills - knowledge and use of: General ledger and EIS, payroll applications Windows Office Suite of software
* Able to work with detail and accuracy at high-speed including highly advanced keyboard skills
* Knowledge and awareness of accounting practice
* Leadership and Motivational skills
* Negotiation and Persuasion skills
* Presentational skills
* Ability to plan and deliver management accounting services
About us
HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
Visa, Immigration and Sponsorship
As a Trust we will offer sponsorship to roles which require professional registration, unfortunately, if you apply for a role that is outside of that your application will not be considered for the role. If you hold a different visa type, you must have a minimum of 2 years on your current visa to be considered for a role.
Documents to download
* JD AND PS ( PDF, 478.8 KB )
* Refer a Friend ( PDF, 160.5 KB )
* Staff Benefits ( PDF, 888.5 KB )
* Guidance on AI usage in job applications ( PDF, 55.0 KB )
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