Deputy Finance Manager

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team within the Financial Management department.

This is a secondment opportunity into the Deputy Finance Manager role aas a development post. The role provides proactive financial support to the Basildon Hospital stie, including ED, Medicine, Cardiology, CTC.

This is an agile working role within the Finance team.

You will report to the Finance Manager and will work closely with the FM Reporting Hub as well as budget holders and managers within Corporate Services and Clinical Divisions.

Main duties of the job

To assist in providing direct financial support to the assigned directorates ensuring full compliance with financial best practice, specifically in relation to:

• Budget setting and reporting
• Forecasting of expenditure, activity and income
• Maximisation of income
• Delivery of Improvement Programe savings
• Business case development
• Finance processes

Working for our organisation

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for further information regarding this position.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Studying towards a CCAB qualification
• Educated to degree level

Desirable criteria

• Full CCAB qualification. Equivalent experience will be taken into account where extensive experience can be demonstrated

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant work experience in a finance role
• Experience of working with financial systems, particularly, E-Financial and Excel
• Supporting information demonstrates an understanding of current NHS structures and policies

Desirable criteria

• Experience at managing staff

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Deputy Finance Manager - COR - BA - B6 (PDF, 616.5KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• AFC Pay Poster 24/25 (PDF, 39.2KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)