Senior Finance Manager Job Description (Page 2 of 7) in pdf

Operational Responsibilities

To lead and manage a team of Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers

in the production of high quality financial management information, income and

expenditure, for a range of clinical and corporate units.

To manage and develop Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers within

the team, providing leadership as well as the setting of appropriate objectives. To

identify gaps in the knowledge of team members and to put in place training systems

and processes to ensure these are closed so the entire team can operate as an

effective unit, providing the highest level of support to this post and to its customers.

To identify opportunities for information or quality improvements within the wider

Financial Management team, supporting the Head of Financial Management to

ensure every opportunity is taken to develop and enhance the provision of an expert

Financial Management service to the Trust.

To provide a high quality financial management reporting service with a focus on

identifying trends, risks and opportunities, communicating these to senior finance

staff, clinical unit / corporate department management teams and to the executive

team in such a way that its use informs management decision making. To produce

high quality reports for clinical boards as well as for the CFO and DCFO, and external

organisations such as DOH and SHA.

To attend key meetings to lead discussions on the financial performance of clinical

units and corporate departments.

To develop robust forecasting systems and models, in association with financial

planning, clinical services, information services and service level agreement teams.

To ensure these systems are monitored for accuracy and assumptions are

challenged with appropriate individuals to ensure that information presented is robust,

accurate, deliverable and owned by relevant individuals.

To support Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers in the development

of clinical unit and corporate department CRES schemes. To review CRES plans for

units within their portfolio, challenging assumptions and assessing risk to ensure

scheme information is robust, accurate and deliverable.

To lead on the development and assessment of corporate wide cost improvement

schemes, working with managers and clinicians to carry out financial and activity

modelling.

To support the Head of Financial Management with the development and

enhancement of CRES reporting and tracking systems.

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To support the Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers in the modelling

of activity, income and expenditure in relation to complex business case

developments and funding proposals, both internal and external to the Trust. To work

closely with the capital team to ensure that the impact of capital costs are fully

factored into revenue business cases and vice versa. To challenge assumptions with

relevant individuals and to be responsible for ensuring that financial modelling is

robust, accurate and in line with overall Trust objectives, assessing risks and

identifying risk mitigating actions as required.

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