Finance Manager - Financial Accounts

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Bolton is seeking a qualified accountant to oversee financial management and staff development within the Financial Accounts team. The role includes managing capital reporting, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and contributing to the Trust's annual financial accounts. This position offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Home or remote working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant financial accounting experience across various accounting areas.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex financial data clearly.
• Knowledge of UK accounting standards (UK GAAP) and their applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment and development of Financial Accounts staff.
• Support capital budgetary control and reporting requirements.
• Oversee the preparation of the Trust's annual financial accounts.

Skills

Financial accounting

Analytical skills

Team management

Advanced Excel

Education

Registered Qualified Accountant with active membership of CCAB or CIMA

Supervisory or management qualification

Job description

• Manages, organises and supports staff effectively through work planning, 1:1meetings and appraisals, including performance and productivity monitoring andundertakes sample checking to comply with service standards and audits.
• To take a leading role in systems redesign across financial accounts. This will include the use of new technologies, systems and workflow techniques.
• To provide a comprehensive financial accounting and support service to the Trust, providing a full range of advice, information and analysis as required.
• To support the Financial Accountant in the formulation and co-ordination of balance sheet and cash flow forecasting whilst adhering to corporate standards and timetables

Main duties of the job

• To take active steps to encourage, support and promote a culture of development, improving and learning, ensuring that effective personal development and appraisal systems are used as part of the Directorate's training plan to enable continuous improvement in performance standards, training and development of Financial Accounts staff.
• To support senior finance staff in the completion of the Trusts capital reporting requirements.
• To support Capital and Divisional Managers with maintaining capital budgetary control, including the provision of training and development and resolving issues.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Trusts capital asset register and capital charging systems in accordance with the DOH Group Accounting Manual. To update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to monitor capital spend and ensure the financial reporting systems reconcile monthly.
• Responsible for supplying capital information (acquisitions, disposals, transfers, valuations) for the completion of the Trust's accounts and to advise on the financial implications of disposing and purchasing assets.
• To manage the timely submission of the Charitable Fund annual accounts and related returns to the Charity Commission, external auditors and the Charitable Fund Committee together with the provision of all financial information required for the Charity's Annual report

About us

Do you want to work at a trust which is at the heart of the Greater Manchester health and socialcare network - but that is as friendly as a district general hospital or local health centre?Are you looking for a place to work that is classed amongst the best in the region for several ofthe services it provides - but without having to travel into the city centre every day?Are you interested in some of the best training opportunities in the North West, with leadingconsultants in a trust developing its research portfolio - but with a management team who valuethe personal approach?Then look no further than Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. Situated in a borough of 275,000people, the Trust is part of the expanding 'Northern Powerhouse'.

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for managing the recruitment, supervision, training and continuous development of staff including the direct line management for the Financial Accounts team.
• To take active steps to encourage, support and promote a culture of development, improving and learning, ensuring that effective personal development and appraisal systems are used as part of the Directorates training plan to enable continuous improvement in performance standards, training and development of Financial Accounts staff.
• To support senior finance staff in the completion of the Trusts capital reporting requirements.
• To support Capital and Divisional Managers with maintaining capital budgetary control, including the provision of training and development and resolving issues.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Trusts capital asset register and capital charging systems in accordance with the DOH Group Accounting Manual. To update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to monitor capital spend and ensure the financial reporting systems reconcile monthly.
• Responsible for supplying capital information (acquisitions, disposals, transfers, valuations) for the completion of the Trusts accounts and to advise on the financial implications of disposing and purchasing assets.
• Responsible for the Trusts Charitable Funds reporting requirements in line with current legislation and Trust guidance.
• To manage the Charitable Fund balances and investments to ensure compliance with the Charity Commission, Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).
• To manage the Charitable Fund annual accounts and related returns to the Charity Commission, external auditors and the Charitable Fund Committee together with the provision of all financial information required for the Charitys Annual report
• To manage the annual audit of the Charitable Fund accounts, liaising with auditors to ensure relevant working papers of the highest quality are always readily available to ensure the Charity does not receive anything other than minor issues in relation to the external audit report
• To contribute to the development of the balance sheet and cashflow plans for the Trust.
• To ensure the annual budgeted balance sheet is entered onto the finance ledger correctly and promptly each year and to keep a track of any in year changes
• To take a lead on co-ordinating the completion of the monthly financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and completeness in accordance with strict reporting deadlines and information requirements
• Oversee the work schedules of the Financial Accounts team providing support and direction where necessary.
• To assist the Financial Accountant with achieving a detailed understanding of the drivers behind all significant variances to the balance sheet and cash flow forecasts.
• To ensure all control accounts are prepared and reviewed promptly and ensure that all reconciliations are complete and countersigned.
• To play a lead role in the production of the Trusts annual financial accounts in accordance with relevant guidelines and legislation; by maintenance of adequate accounting records throughout the year and completion of annual duties as appropriate.
• Member of the Charity Operational Committee
• Preparation of all necessary papers for the Charitable Fund Committee.
• To act as the VAT specialist and to manage the completion of the VAT return ensuring HMRC deadlines are met. To work with the Trusts VAT advisers to ensure that the Trust maximises its VAT recovery on a timely basis.
• To lead in ensuring relevant staff are trained and updated following VAT reviews and VAT legislation changes and to circulate new information regarding legislation changes to relevant staff.
• To review the cashbooks daily and produce cash flow forecasts as required.
• Create and maintain information for the Trust intranet relating to the Trust policy, guidance and procedures for the department.
• To provide financial accounts advice and guidance, as appropriate, to a range of non-financial staff.
• To prepare and communicate complex financial information to finance and non-finance professionals, both internal and external to the organisation.
• To actively engage with, listen to and seek views of senior colleagues to facilitate understanding and provide assistance in financial matters as appropriate.
• Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for specific areas were agreed
• To manage own workload with minimal supervision and ensure adherence to deadlines set for the department and team. To deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.
• To produce and maintain procedure notes for the department ensuring that staff are trained in the use of accounting systems, Trust / statutory procedures, and local procedures.
• Mentoring of Finance Apprenticeships
• To deputise for the Financial Accountant.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Qualified Accountant with active membership of CCAB or CIMA
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Supervisory or management qualification.

Experience

• Significant financial accounting experience including experience of a range of accounting areas and financial systems.
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex financial data and present it clearly
• Excellent IT skills, particularly advanced Excel.

Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of UK accounting standards (UK GAAP) and their application in financial reporting
• Thorough understanding of financial governance and audit requirements.
• Detailed knowledge of up-to-date VAT regulations.
• Detailed knowledge of Charitable Funds accounting procedures as detailed in the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
• Awareness of IFRS and public sector accounting frameworks.
• NHS VAT regimes

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.

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working