A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a dynamic finance professional to join the Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as the Associate Director of Finance – Financial Planning.
About the Role:As the Associate Director of Finance – Financial Planning, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Trust management with a comprehensive range of financial information essential for key decision-making. Your responsibilities will include providing information for the inclusion in the monthly management accounts and consolidating these into Board level and external reports. Working closely with the Head of Financial Services and the Head of Information, you will be a key and visible leader within the finance department and a primary contact both internally and externally.
Note: This role is being advertised for an extended period to compensate for prebooked holidays and ensure interested candidates are not placed at a disadvantage over the school summer holiday period. Interviews will take place in September.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the Trust’s annual financial planning process, combining income and expenditure plans while ensuring alignment with workforce and activity plans.
• Oversee the Trust’s annual national cost collection submissions and manage the Trust’s managed service for costing.
• Develop and maintain internal productivity metrics to provide continuous updates on value for money and identify areas for improvement.
• Promote financial awareness and skills at all levels through finance workshops and regular financial briefings to Executive Directors and senior staff.
• Work closely with the Divisional Management Teams and the Business Intelligence function to ensure accurate and understandable financial information and advice.
• Manage the contracts with Integrated Care Board (ICB), Provider Collaborative, and wider system partners.
• Provide leadership to the Overseas Team, responsible for recovering charges for NHS treatment from individuals not ordinarily resident in the UK.
Join Our Team:If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and have the expertise to provide effective and innovative financial solutions, we want to hear from you. Join us at an exciting time as we strive to build a 'best-in-class' finance department, providing excellent financial and decision-making support to our operational and clinical colleagues.
The post holder is responsible for providing a comprehensive range of financial information to support the Trust management in making key decisions. This includes provision of information for the inclusion in the monthly management accounts for consolidation into Board level and external reports. This will be completed through working closely with the Head of Financial Services and the Head of Information.
The post holder is a key and visible leader and manager within the finance department and key point of contact, both internally and externally.
This is a key management role where considerable autonomy is given to interpret national and local policies, guidance and accounting standards.
Chair of Finance department systems group, ensuring continual modernisation and improvement of finance systems
To provide a comprehensive financial management and support service to the Trust, providing a range of advice concerning income, planning, PLICs and financial systems
To take lead responsibility for the Trust’s annual financial planning process combing income, expenditure plans ensuring triangulation with workforce and activity plans whilst adhering to corporate standards and timetables
Responsible for annual national cost collection submissions, managing the Trust’s managed service for costing
Develop and maintain a suite of internal productivity metrics which are updated each month to provide continuous updates on value for money and areas for improvement
Takes the lead on developing PLICs data including driving engagement, securing clinical input and education and training
To support of the Deputy Director of Operational Finance to ensure the Trust makes effective use of the available financial resources in pursuit of agreed Divisional and Corporate goals.
To deputise for the Deputy Director of Finance as appropriate.
To be responsible for the day-to-day management of Income accountant, Head of Costing and Systems Accountant
Ensure that the trusts values are at the heart of all decisions made and behaviours displayed.
To actively engage and take a lead with Trust’s Finance Staff Development (FSD) and Future Focused Finance (FFF) Lead, liaising with the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and other National FSD/FFF Leads, ensuring that an effective, efficient and customer focused finance service is provided to the organisation.
Provide leadership to the Overseas Team, who are members of the finance team responsible recovering charges for NHS treatment in relation to any person who is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Sep 2024
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