Finance Manager

• Lead the month-end closedown and financial reporting cycle, ensuring deadlines, quality standards and controls are met.
• Produce accurate management accounts with clear variance and trend analysis for senior managers and clinicians.
• Provide financial advice and constructive challenge to support effective decision-making and budgetary control.
• Support budget setting, cost improvement plans, business cases, service developments and financial modelling.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and reconcile funded establishments across workforce and finance systems.
• Improve reporting through standardisation, automation and effective use of digital tools.
• Deliver financial training and support to budget holders and other non-finance colleagues.
• Line manage, develop and support Management Accountant colleagues.
• Deputise for the Finance Business Partner when required.

Essential

• Consultative Committee Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) - part or fully qualified; or qualified by experience
• Evidence of continued professional development

Essential

• Extensive experience in finance including demonstrable experience in Financial Management
• Experience of leading month-end closedown, including journals, accruals/prepayments, reconciliations and production of management accounts to deadline
• Experience of producing variance/trend analysis with clear narrative for non-finance stakeholders
• Experience of using general ledger and reporting systems (and manipulating large datasets in Excel) to produce reliable reporting outputs
• Experience of analysing highly complex financial and activity information and evaluating the impact on business performance
• Experience of building strong working relationships which inspire confidence in the advice given to finance and non-finance colleagues
• Experience of managing own workload, working to tight and often changing timescales