Finance Manager - Outpatient Pharmacy

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties to include but not limited to:
• Posting journals and ensuring accurate balance sheet reconciliations are maintained
• Preparation of monthly and ad-hoc financial information including variance commentaries and communicating these to stakeholders
• Preparing and presenting financial reports for quarterly board meetings
• Preparation and review of sales invoices, liaising with relevant approvers within the trust as applicable
• Control of company bank account ensuring funds received and transferred in accordance with requirements
• Submission of monthly VAT returns to HMRC
• Monitoring of pharmacy stock, facilitating rolling and annual stock-takes as required and investigating discrepancies and causes of any wastage
• Implementing processes to improve financial performance and compliance
• Preparation of year end accounts and supporting schedules
• Leading on the external financial audit ensuring completion and filing in timely manner
• Management of the accounting system including the creation and maintenance of all types of accounts and structures to ensure that it provides a robust account of the financial operations of the company
• Production of annual budgets including both P&L and Balance sheet elements for Board approval with subsequent performance monitoring to ensure targets are met
• Financial modelling of project specific business opportunities
• Assisting LTHTr finance colleagues with matters relating to LHS
• Line management of accounting support staff and delivery drivers including appraisals, sickness and workload allocation
• Compiling staff overtime and absence information for payroll, ensuring timely and accurate submission to facilitate correct payments to all subsidiary employees.
• Reviewing and authorising employee expenses
• Preparing and presenting KPI information at monthly contract meetings
• Provide strategic advice and guidance to the LHS Board to keep them aware of developments and ensure that the appropriate policies and procedures are developed to comply with company and statutory requirements
• Represent the company in negotiations with customers, suppliers to ensure contracts are secured on the most effective and efficient terms
• Contribute to effective operational management of the company within the core leadership team, providing direction and co-ordination of resources as necessary
• Provide input into the company Single Improvement Plan, taking responsibility for any actions or improvements as identified
• Ensures systems are in place for the purchase of pharmacy consumables
• Acting as a superuser on the electronic rostering system, ensuring accurate entitlements are in place
• Ensuring appropriate insurances (including professional indemnity) and regulatory registrations are in place
• In conjunction with the Operations Manager, prepare corporate and annual business plans and monitor progress to ensure the company attains its objectives and contractual requirements.

*Please note the interviews will be taking place either 20th/23rd December*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified Accountant or equivalent knowledge and experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a senior Finance position within a small company.
• Excellent financial and analytical skills
• Extensive experience of data manipulation, investigation and analysis.
• Advanced computer skills (including Microsoft and accounting software packages)
• Experience of staff management and leadership
• Experience of managing projects and tasks from concept to implementation.
• Experience in a combination of both management and financial accounting

Desirable criteria

• Health or Pharmacy experience
• Line management experience
• Stock control experience

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We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post. Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available Here

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We are reminded everyday of how important life is, so as part of our Working Smarter pledge we offer a variety of flexible working options and wellbeing support to enable our people to find and maintain the right work-life balance.

Secondments

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Young People

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 288.4KB)
• Creating your best application (PDF, 6.1MB)