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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Hiring for Assistant Divisional Finance Manager Job at Nottingham, England Full Time
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Finance Research and innovation team for an Assistant Divisional Finance Manager. Working with the Finance Analyst, the post holder will provide accurate financial information to the R&I area of the Trust to enable them to effectively manage their budgets, maximise timely income. The post holder will also work closely with other finance colleagues to help the Trust deliver strategic and operational goals.
You’ll have an opportunity to learn new skills and develop existing knowledge whilst working within a supportive, well established team. If this is something you’re interested in, then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Working in a friendly and welcoming environment, we are looking for someone with strong Microsoft excel skills, who is proactive, organised, has an excellent attention to detail and enjoys a challenge. The post-holder will be an enthusiastic person, a team player with a ‘can do’ attitude; keen to build relationships across the organisation in order to understand the finances and help to improve the accuracy of financial reporting.
In addition to accounting you will be providing support to the Research and Innovation team in by reviewing study costings and answering related queries.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will experience working in one of the largest Teaching hospitals in the country – delivering sustainable high quality clinical care, offering an exceptional experience for our patients; and creating a great place for our staff to work. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust employs around 18,000 staff across our QMC and City Campus. We provide secondary and tertiary services to a population of around 2.5 million across the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Reporting to the Finance Analyst, the post holder will provide financial support both to the directorates and the associated financial management team. The role will involve providing support to budget holders for R&I income and expenditure by maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the financial ledgers to ensure the robustness of the financial information provided and reporting/explaining variances to finance colleagues.
This post is based at Trust HQ (City Campus). The successful candidate will be expected to travel when necessary between the City Campus and the QMC Campus and occasionally to other sites to attend meetings. A hybrid of working home and in the office is also available.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- AAT qualified or equivalent work experience
- Prepared to undertake further training and development and be committed to delivering of an agreed personal development plan
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English, at Grade C or above.
- Ability to learn complex VAT rules.
Experience
Essential criteria
- 3 years experience working in financial management environment
- Experience of working with computerised financial systems.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the research grants application process.
- Knowledge of computerised finance systems such as purchase ledger, sales ledger and payroll systems.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to convey financial information to non-financial managers
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer focused service.
- Exhibit integrity and behave openly. Adopt a positive, proactive and supportive approach.
- Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team.
- Be able to understand and apply fundamental accounting concepts, such as accruals/commitment accounting. Double entry etc.
- Ability to plan, organise and achieve objectives/tasks set within specified time frames.
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.
Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.