Financial Management Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The Trust is seeking to strengthen its financial management team, through the appointment of an ambitious, highly motivated and enthusiastic Financial Management Assistant.


The role will report to an Assistant Divisional Finance Manager working closely with other areas of the Finance Directorate such as the income and costing teams, you will provide a high quality, accurate and timely financial management advice, monitoring and reporting service to a range of clinical and non-clinical divisions including month end reporting, budget queries and assisting in costing business cases.


Supporting the Assistant Divisional Finance Manager, Finance Manager and Divisional Finance Manager, you will assist the team in providing an effective monitoring and reporting service and be an integral part of the Divisional teams, being a point of contact for budget holders and managers.


To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a proven track record in effective financial management, and possess strong communication skills, as well as excellent analytical, technical and IT skills.

This role involves interaction with a wide range of budget holders and other stakeholders, and therefore the ability to work under pressure and to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines is essential.


The post would be suitable for a recent graduate (relevant degree) or for an individual with experience of working in an NHS or public sector management accounting environment.


This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to take the next step in their career and contribute to delivering leading cancer care to patients.

We encourage you to contact the recruiting manager for further details / enquiries about the job.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year.

We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year.

Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

The Finance Directorate actively promotes training and development within the team, across the Trust and externally.

We have developed a comprehensive finance education strategy and hold Level 2 accreditation in Towards Excellence and Future Focused Finance.

We are an active member of the FSD Network, Future Focused Finance, and Towards Excellence scheme.

As a Financial Management team we also have embedded a culture of strong teamwork and promoting change to continually work more efficiently.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Support the Head of Financial Management (HoFM), Divisional Finance Manager (DFM) and Assistant Divisional Finance Manager (ADFM) in providing an effective monitoring and reporting service to the trust in accordance with the agreed timetables, procedures and standards prescribed within the trust.
  • To assist in the preparation of revenue budgets and to provide financial advice/information to budget holders regarding these budgets. This includes the verification of previous year's budget brought forward, setting for example staffing, income budgets etc. for the current year and is responsible for the reconciliation of budget entry on a monthly basis.
  • To investigate material variances from budgets, using budget variance analysis (e.g. compilation of pay spreadsheets, completion of income reconciliations based on activity undertaken) under the direction of the DFM / ADFM and to report findings or conclusions and provide a range of options for resolution to the relevant managers within agreed timescales. This will facilitate forecasting the levels of expenditure/activity/income within those directorates whilst highlighting pressures as soon as they arise.
  • To keep records of budget queries and any corresponding responses in a format determined by the DFM / ADFM to enable a regular review to be made of the service provided to the managers.
  • Contributing to meetings with budget holders on behalf of the DFM / ADFM and ensuring that all discussions and decisions are documented. Develop a greater understanding of the division in order to present the information required in a format which is easily understood by budget holders.
  • To assist in the day-to-day management of the general ledger, this includes input of journals, maintenance of the purchase ledger supplies accounts, creation of financial codes within the trust structure, maintena
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