Senior Financial Advisor - East

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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 Community and Primary 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, along with some flexibility to work from home during the week.

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 or other relevant IT qualification

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.

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

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, 704.5KB)
• 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)