Assistant Finance Manager

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Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

The Deputy Finance Manager will support the Finance Manager - Financial Recovery. They will support the Trust's programme of Financial Recovery, providing a comprehensive financial and performance management service across the Divisions, and a Trust level.

To influence decision making within the Divisions through the provision of business and expert financial advice and support to the Operational Managers, Clinical staff and Budget Managers within the Business Units.

Support the development of Cost Improvement Programmes and projects that will result in improvements across the Trust as well as efficiency savings. You'll do this by working with a combination of benchmarking data, high-level opportunities, and developing pre-existing schemes.

Ensure that robust governance arrangements are in place to enable progress tracking and early intervention where schemes are at risk of slipping.

To be expected to work independently and pro-actively, using their own initiative to follow lines of enquiry turning opportunities into deliverable CIP schemes.

As a key member of the Trust's senior finance team, the post holder will also have a wider role in terms of providing leadership and direction to the Finance Department and acting as an advisor to the organisation on complex financial and business issues facing the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Finance Manager in developing a Trust Wide Financial Recovery plan.
• Take the lead on financial recovery and CIP reporting across the Trust.
• Monitor the performance of key efficiency schemes and help co-ordinate the deployment of capacity support to areas of need in consultation with the Finance Manager and HoFP&A.
• Take the lead on quality assurance and overall integrity of the Trusts' key programmes of work in relation to financial recovery.
• Lead the analysis of Financial Recovery Plans to ensure alignment to the Trust's strategy
• Support the governance processes associated with the Trust's Financial Recovery Plan and ensure that there is clear financial accountability to a Senior Responsible Office (SRO) for each workstream.
• Work closely with operational and clinical teams to identify and work up robust efficiency schemes.
• Provision of training and development of Financial and Operational staff ensuring that gaps in knowledge and skills are addressed when necessary.
• Deputise for the Finance Manager as and when required.
• Management of the Assistant Finance Manager within the Financial Recovery Team.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Have supported previous organisations in achieving efficiencies

Qualified Accountant

Essential criteria

• 5 years + experience

Excel / Power BI

Essential criteria

• Have used Excel to a high standard / used Power BI

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Assistant Finance Manager (PDF, 526.0KB)
• HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
• Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)