1. Are you an experienced Finance Manager/equivalent?
2. Have you worked as a Finance Manager/equivalent within the NHS/Healthcare sector?
3. Have you worked at a Band 6 level within the NHS before?
4. Do you have experience managing a team?
5. Are you free ASAP for temporary work?

Your World Recruitment is currently supporting a Healthcare organisation based in Shoreditch, East London with the recruitment of an experienced Finance Manager. As Finance Manager, you will appoint a dedicated finance resource to work as an integrated part of the EPR project team and provide finance support to the project, the IT division, and digital projects ensuring that the projects are operating within the agreed financial limits and procedures required by the Trust.

Finance Manager

Location: Shoreditch, East London

Proposed start date: ASAP

Duration: 4 – 6 months with the potential to be extended

Band: 8A

Pay Rates:

£26.50 - £29.50 PAYE per hour

£27.50 - £30.50 PAYE Inclusive of holiday pay per hour

£28.50 - £31.50 umbrella per hour

All rates are based on skills and experience

Working Days and Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm (37.5hpw)

Remote Working: Not possible

Hybrid Working: Would be considered for the right candidate, but Wednesday and Thursday would have to be on site with no flexibility on that.

Overview:

Working as an integral part of the EPR Programme, IT Division and finance department, the Finance Manager (IT, EPR & Digital Projects) will be responsible for the production of accurate and timely financial reporting and forecasting of project expenditure, including capital and revenue classifications in accordance with IAS38 Intangible assets definitions.

Duties:

• To have overall responsibility for all aspects of financial reporting, management and control within the outlined project areas, including monitoring of performance against budget and providing advice on corrective action as necessary
• To ensure appropriate financial management support to project budget holders, timely administration of budget and accrual adjustments along with provision of reports to budget holders. This to include both capital and revenue costs
• To provide financial information, advice and support to the project team, meeting regularly with project workstream leads, to ensure that the financial position of the project is clearly understood and that any potential financial problems are identified early enough for corrective action to be taken
• To manage the financial impact of all change control to the agreed budget and to maintain appropriate financial records to provide a robust audit trail for all partners
• To ensure the monthly reporting of financial results is robust, accurate and produced in a timely manner for presentation to the relevant monthly reporting, performance meetings or executive boards and to ensure appropriate support is provided to finance colleagues and that necessary adjustments are processed in accordance with set deadlines
• To provide robust variance analysis for the relevant monthly reporting, performance meetings or executive boards ensuring that appropriate reasons and trends for variances are identified and explained
• To operate the financial control and billing for project costs with external partners and to ensure that all costs are appropriately recovered from partners
• To develop the training and knowledge of the EPR project team in the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions and core financial and budgetary procedures
• Ensure the smooth running of the financial aspects of the project, that deadlines are achieved on time, within budget to the agreed standards including but not limited to management of payment processing, compliance with Trust standing financial instructions and agreed VAT treatment for the project
• To ensure effective communication with the EPR project board on the relevant and key issues for finance and contracting
• To support the procurement and contracting processes during the project, working with procurement advisor
• To produce information in support of the annual accounts process in respect of financial outputs and working papers as appropriate. To be the key point of contact with external and internal audit for Oriel expenditure related queries and audits
• To develop appropriate systems and processes to ensure that the future costs of the developed building are allocated appropriately to the users of the facility;
• To ensure that the Trust’s standing financial instructions and codes of procedures are adhered to at all times

Essential Experience:

CCAB qualified

NHS Experience

Experience of supporting budget holders at a senior level

Experience of Management Accounting

Experience of producing and presenting financial results

Experience of financial forecasting and budget setting

Thorough experience of financial management gained within a complex environment, budgetary control, finance modelling, forecasting and management information processes.

Very comfortable using Excel, including with formulas

Able to explain highly complex financial issues clearly and concisely to non-finance managers.

In depth understanding of Financial Systems and how best to develop them, in conjunction with desktop applications, to provide a high-quality reporting and analysis function

Highly developed technical analysis skills, with an ability to produce complex financial models

Desirable Experience:

Masters degree

Person Specification:

Proactive approach to problem solving, anticipating issues before they arise, and developing solutions

Build excellent workingrelationships with all Finance BusinessPartners, Departmental Managers and Corporate Directors

Highly numerate and analytical

Excellent verbal reasoning

Advanced report writing skills

Ability to influence senior managers and clinicians

Ability to lead and motivate staff

Apply now if you have the necessary skills and experience, and wish to be considered.