Finance Manager - Development Role

Integrated Care System; Redhill; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Surrey is seeking a highly motivated Finance professional for a development role in their finance department. The role will start at band 7, progressing to band 8a upon meeting certain criteria. Candidates should be CCAB/CIMA qualified or in the final stages of their qualification. Responsibilities include budget management, financial planning, and team supervision, ensuring high-quality care within financial resources.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive Financial Management experience within the NHS.
• Good standard of written English.
• Essential experience and qualifications as required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgetary processes and reporting.
• Oversee financial planning and forecasting.
• Drive financial efficiency and provide business advice.

Skills

Budgetary management

Financial planning

Expert advice provision

Team training and supervision

Education

CCAB/CIMA qualification

Job description

This is a unique development opportunity to join a busy finance department within an acute trust based in Surrey. (Development Role Band 7/8a)

This role will start as a band 7 and will progress to an 8a once criteria is met.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Finance Team are looking to appoint a highly motivated Finance professional who will work as an integral link between Finance and operational services.

This role is perfect for a recently qualified or final year CCAB or CIMA professional to step into a band 7 or 8a role, dependent on qualification and experience. At the Finance Manager development role (band 7) we will support your progression into a Finance Manager (band 8a) following an agreed pathway.

This is a key and exciting role where your financial expertise will be fully used in ensuring the Trust delivers safe, effective, and high-quality patient care within the financial resources available.

Your main duties will include:

• Budgetary management and reporting.
• Financial planning and forecasting.
• Driving financial efficiency.
• Providing expert advice and guidance.
• Supporting business planning.
• Training and supervising members of your team.

The ideal candidate should be CCAB/CIMA qualified or final level and have comprehensive Financial Management experience within the NHS

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role and a complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviors
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £62,682 a yearDevelopment role until training and competencies are completed.