Senior Finance Assistant

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Finance Assistant to join the Finance team in Warwick. You will support the Deputy Finance Manager with financial reporting, forecasting and analysis, and work closely with clinical and operational managers and budget holders to provide a comprehensive financial management service across divisions.

The role involves producing timely, accurate information for board reporting and supporting development of planning documents.

Qualifications

• Assist Deputy Finance Manager with financial reporting and planning.
• Produce timely, accurate financial information for division reporting.
• Support development of reporting, forecasting and planning documents.

Responsibilities

• Support production of Board reports and finance team reporting.
• Consolidate information, including forecasting of activity, income and expenditure and analysis of key movements.
• Work with Divisions, budget holders and managers to provide a cohesive financial service.
• Assist a wide range of projects in specific development areas as determined by the Deputy Finance Manager.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to recruit a band 6 Finance Assistant to join our Finance team. The successful candidate will assist the Deputy finance manager to provide accurate, timely and meaningful financial information and advice to a range of individuals.

To support the development of all financial reporting aspects of the Trust, assisting in the timely completion of all Trustwide financial management reporting requirements and any internal and external partners ensuring that best practice and compliance with the latest requirements is maintained at all times.

To support production of reports to the Board and finance team, assisting in consolidating information, including forecasting of activity, income and expenditure and analysis of key movements from plan.

To have and further develop knowledge of reporting tools and spreadsheet skills in order to support development of bespoke reporting, forecasting and planning documents for all levels of the organisation.

To assist a wide range of projects in specific development areas as determined by the Deputy Finance Manager.

To support the Deputy Finance Manager with financial and operational issues.

To act as the finance support for one or more Divisions providing high quality information, support and advice ensuring a cohesive approach to activity, income, expenditure and workforce.

To work closely with the clinical and operational managers and relevant budget holders, taking responsibility for providing a comprehensive financial management service.

To support the Deputy Finance Manager in providing financial reporting, planning, forecasting and advisory service within Divisions to the operational managers and budget holders.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ravi Basi Job title: Chief Finance Officer Email address: [e-mail]