Senior Finance Manager
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Finance
- Location
- England, Leicestershire, Leicester
- Salary
- £41000 - £47000 per annum
- Posted
- 02 Feb 2023
- Closes
- 09 Feb 2023
- Ref
- JN -022023-5928207
- Contact
- Jane Bagni
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Health
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
To provide a technical financial accounting and tax function including the provision of financial services to the Trust's subsidiary companies
Client Details
My client is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England with a workforce of approximately 14,500 employees including clinicians, non clinical support workers, clinical and non clinical leaders and staff.
Description
- Provide the main operational support to the Head of Financial Accounts in the delivery of statutory NHS accounts and returns (including TACS, Annual Accounts and detailed working papers) which should represent a true and fair view of the Trust position and meet financial timescales and legal requirements.
- Assist in the production of all necessary comprehensive and detailed working papers for year-end accounts which comply with appropriate IFRS guidance, standards and timescales.
- Maintain the integrity of the trial balance and balance sheet on a monthly basis, ensuring the ledger is in balance for reporting purposes and understand the inter-relationship between I&E and the balance sheet.
- Work with the Deputy Head of Financial Accounts to undertake a comprehensive analytical review of all aspects of the balance sheet on a monthly basis to inform the financial reporting to the Finance and Investment Committee, including accruals, prepayments and deferred income.
- Undertake a comprehensive analytical review of the balance sheet as part of the Annual Accounts process. This information will be used to validate the submission, as well as form the basis of the report issued to the Auditors, at the commencement of the Audit.
- Review rolling 12 monthly daily cash forecasts prepared by the Accounts Receivable and Treasury Services Manager in support of monthly financial reporting.
- Provide strategic support to the Deputy Head of Financial Accounts in relation to the production of monthly reports to the finance committees, Trust Board and externally to the NHSE/I.
- Produce and report monthly metrics relevant to technical accounts; take action to resolve any issues and understand any underlying problems that are indicated by the performance.
- Maintain a close and productive working relationship with the Trust external auditors in matters relating to the production of the annual statutory accounts.
- Ensure all audit actions are completed in line with agreed timescales for the post-holder's areas of responsibility in order for the department to achieve and sustain the highest standards of probity, compliance and controls.
- Support the Deputy Head of Financial Accounts in accounting treatment of leases (both where the Trust is a lessee and lessor) and managed service contracts, including providing advice to finance and non-finance managers, maintaining the database of Trust leased assets and preparing all the accounting entries and returns for the Trust's leasing assets.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of an in depth training programme for the department focusing on employment taxation; technical accounting; and year-end accounting.
- To ensure that the Trust's ledger system is accurate by ensuring that all control accounts are reconciled on a regular basis and that any reconciling items are investigated and cleared as soon as possible whilst taking an overview of the ledger in order to identify and correct any complex underlying issues.
- To interpret the results of the control account reconciliations and apply expert knowledge and experience of the Trust's ledger system and its components (e. sales ledger, purchase ledger) to identify any action that needs to be taken to correct errors and to ensure the system provides maximum benefit to the Trust's financial position.
- To oversee specific areas of the Trust's close down and final accounts process including year-end control account and bank account reconciliations; accounts payable and receivable reconciliations; and supporting the agreement of balances process.
Profile
- Qualified Accountant
- Experienced Finance Manager
- Management of a small team
- Must have NHS experience
Job Offer
£41,000 - £47,600 plus benefits