Finance Manager

Key Responsibilities

• To provide financial information and advice to the Divisional General Manager, Clinical Directors and other managers within the relevant Directorates.
• To meet regularly with these managers to ensure that any potential financial problems are identified early enough for corrective action to be effective.
• To have overall responsibility for all aspects of budgetary management within the relevant directorates, including monitoring of performance and providing advice on corrective action as necessary.
• To take a lead role in the Division in annual budget setting process.
• To undertake lead responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of recharging mechanisms to improve budgetary control (e.g. Radiology).
• To take responsibility for the authorization of specific expenditure within the Directorates (e.g. Works recharges) and the authorization for the advertisement of vacant posts to ensure that funding is available.
• To actively participate in and contribute to the formulation and implementation of the Divisional Business Plans in accordance with the Trust's strategic aims and objectives.
• To provide support and advice on financial and non-financial aspects of the Business Plans.
• To provide the Head of Management Accounts with the information necessary to enable corporate reporting, including explanation of significant variance movements for inclusion in the Trust Board Report.
• To assist Clinical Directors and Service Managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets, undertaking reviews of all existing practices with the aim of improving efficiency.
• To participate in the development of new costing and budgeting methodologies to provide information for both managerial and commercial purposes.
• To review, for the relevant Directorates, Aintree's costs relative to national norms and other provider units and establishing verification of significant variations.
• To monitor the service provided by the relevant Directorates to other Trusts in accordance with the Service Level Agreements.
• To discuss and renegotiate these SLA's as necessary.
• To take financial responsibility in the competitive tendering process to ensure that best value is achieved.
• To prepare financial option appraisal reports for presentation to the Trust board incorporating recommendations.
• To assist the Head of Management Accounts in the management and reconciliation of the Trusts reserves.
• To be responsible for the day to day management of the Management Accounts Assistants including identifying training and development requirements and ensuring that personal development plans are in place.
• To be responsible for the recruitment selection and appointment of staff working within the department in accordance with the Trust's employment policies and procedures and legal requirements.
• To participate in the provision of Financial Awareness Training to non-finance staff within the Trust and to organisations utilizing the Trusts on-site training facilities.

General Responsibilities

• To provide input as required to the Trust's statutory financial reports.
• To ensure that the Trust's standing financial instructions and codes of procedures are adhered to at all times.
• To represent the Head of Management Accounts in various internal and external meetings and seminars as and when required.
• To act as a signatory to the Trusts bank mandate schedule to ensure that the appropriate financial controls associated with this process are adhered to.
• To open and acknowledge the receipt of tenders in accordance with the Trust Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.
• To assist generally in the financial management of the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: CCAB Qualified Accountant; Evidence of commitment to continued professional development.
• Desirable criteria: Educated to degree level.

Experience

• Essential criteria: Post-qualification experience; Evidence of innovative approach in analysing and drawing conclusions from complex financial and performance data; Experience of staff management/development; Evidence of track record of achievement.
• Desirable criteria: NHS financial management experience; Experience of working with senior managers and clinicians.

Knowledge

• Essential criteria: Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of financial planning, budgetary strategy & control, NHS Trust financial regime, sound knowledge of NHS business case process.

Skills

• Essential criteria: Highly numerate; Evidence of involvement in dealing with complex change issues; Ability to lead & motivate staff; Open and developmental leadership style; Demonstrate commitment to staff development; Decisive and able to use own judgement; Knowledge and understanding of HR policies; Strategic and innovative thinker; Excellent written and verbal communication skills via a variety of media and forums, with a wide range of people from all levels both from within and outside of the Trust; Well developed influencing and negotiation skills; Proficient in use of current business software (e.g. Microsoft Office) and able to apply this to the development of complex financial models; Strong analytical and reasoning skills supported by attention to detail.
• Desirable criteria: Understanding of structures of NHS; Knowledge of Acute Hospital Environment.

Other

• Essential criteria: Able to work effectively as part of a team; Demonstrates commitment to the job; Able to manage conflicting demands and plan appropriate strategy; Act with integrity and professionalism at all times; Willingness to work flexibly.

Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.