Senior Financial Advisor - Continuing Health Care (CHC)

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If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

Senior Financial Advisor (Band 7) - Continuing Health Care (CHC)

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated finance professional with knowledge and experience of a broad range of Financial functions. You will be joining the Finance Department during a period of change and transformation, helping deliver the Boards Continuing Health Care priorities, along with providing financial support and advice.

This is the lead Finance role for Continuing Health Care (CHC), reporting directly to the East Chief Finance Officer, but you will also have to develop excellent working relationships with the other Senior Finance colleagues, Shared Services, Local Authorities, Care Homes and Nursing/Operational leads.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who can actively engage with stakeholders both internal and external but also manage the following responsibilities:

• Providing high quality financial advice and support to Finance & Operational leads covering all aspects of CHC financial performance to ensure sound financial management reporting within the Health Board.
• Responsible for the setting, maintaining and monitoring budgets allocated to Divisions and CHC Operational Teams (circa £60m pa).
• Contribute to the completion of monthly Welsh Government monitoring returns, annual accounts and to provide expert advice and financial forecasting analysis to Senior Finance colleagues.
• Manage the two CHC Finance Teams (Payments & Management Accounts), ensuring the effective management of them to meet reporting, payment and query resolution deadlines.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants should have excellent analytical, technical and interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritise.

Be CCAB qualified (or activity studying), with experience in managing a Finance Team. Have an awareness of Continuing Health Care services within the NHS. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable, but not essential.

The post is offered on a full-time substantive basis, based in Mold, Flintshire, but other Office locations within North Wales would be considered, along with some flexibility to work from part of the week from home.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Student accountant member of CCAB institute, or ability to demonstrate qualification by relevant and significant experience.

Desirable criteria

• Qualified member of CCAB institute.
• ECDL qualified

Experience

Essential criteria

• Senior finance experience in large organisation.
• Experience in the finance function, particularly within the areas of Management Accounting, Sustainability and Reporting
• In depth knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and financial aspects of NHS Legislation and policy
• Experience of data manipulation, investigation and analysis.
• Experience of dealing with complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives
• Experience of working within a complex and politically sensitive organisation
• Evidence of successfully influencing senior clinicians and other professionals and working with a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the National Health Service at a senior level.
• Experience of preparing Business Cases and benchmarking.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to analyse and communicate highly complex information effectively at all levels within the organisation and also to external bodies.
• Excellent and highly developed analytical, interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex and sensitive information
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, through numeric and statistical presentation, and verbally.
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge, including advanced spreadsheet and database designing skills
• Demonstrable ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints
• Ability to manage and develop staff

Desirable criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively in Welsh and English
• Flexible and open approach
• Demonstrable project management skills including work planning, organisation and prioritisation

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge and understanding of financial management systems and performance analysis tools.
• Detailed knowledge of a wide range of areas in the finance function.
• Professional knowledge and understanding of accounting and governance policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of Financial Costing Systems,
• Knowledge and understanding of the PBr system and framework.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Professional with a high degree of personal awareness and effectiveness.
• Receptive to new ideas and working approaches.
• Able to create effective working relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and communicate financial information to non-finance staff.

Desirable criteria

• Committed to culture of continuous improvement and professional development

Other Relevant Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner

Desirable criteria

• Welsh speaker

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

• Bilingual Job Description (PDF, 304.4KB)
• Bilingual Person Specification (PDF, 288.4KB)
• Occupational Health Form (PDF, 640.5KB)
• Additional Information (PDF, 432.4KB)
• Values and Proud to Lead (PDF, 335.6KB)
• NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (PDF, 696.3KB)
• NHS North Wales - The Right Choice (PDF, 3.6MB)
• Welsh Language Matrix (PDF, 134.3KB)
• Betsi Cadwaladr Relocation (PDF, 6.8MB)
• Guidance notes for Applicants v1.2 April 2024-bilingual (PDF, 267.0KB)