Financial Management Assistant Job Manchester England UK,Finance & Banking

Job summary

What we're looking for:

We are looking for a candidate who is keen to start or to develop a career in NHS finance. The successful candidate will be actively studying CCAB/CIMA, will have a proven track record in effective financial management, possess strong management and communication skills, as well as excellent analytical, technical and IT skills from within the Public or Private sector. You will have the ability to work under pressure and manage multiple and conflicting deadlines and have experience working in a diverse team.

Our

Team

As a Financial Management team, we offer a dynamic, diverse and developmental environment in which to nurture and enhance your career within the NHS. We have embedded a culture of strong teamwork, and ensure we get quality time together to build and enhance inter‑team relationships.

The Finance Directorate actively promotes training and development within the team, we have developed a comprehensive finance education strategy and hold Level 3 accreditation in Towards Excellence and Future Focused Finance. We are an active member of the FSD (Finance Skills Development) Network, Future Focused Finance, and Towards Excellence scheme.

Main duties of the job

Your future role:

Reporting to the Senior Financial Management Assistant, you will provide high‑quality, accurate and timely financial management advice, monitoring and reporting service to a range of Divisions.

Supporting the Senior Financial Management Assistant, you will provide an effective monitoring and reporting service and be an integral part of the Divisional team, being a key point of contact for budget holders and managers. Acting as accountant for the Division, you will also provide support and input to projects within finance and across the Trust.

The post holder will support the month‑end process and production of the financial position for their division(s) and will provide effective financial input into service developments, including accurate costings. This post will be responsible for invoicing for the division(s) and will be key part of financial reconciliations.

We recognise how important a modern working practice to enable our employees to maximise their performance and productivity whilst maintaining an excellent work‑life balance and so have adopted a hybrid office/home working approach where employees have the opportunity to work either from home or flex their time between both.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15 % patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world;

chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world‑first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the Head of Financial Management, Divisional Finance Manager and Assistant Divisional Finance Manager in providing an effective monitoring and reporting service to the trust in accordance with the agreed timetables, procedures and standards prescribed within the trust.

Assist in the preparation of revenue budgets and provide financial advice/information to budget holders regarding these budgets. This includes verification of previous years budgets brought forward, setting for example staffing, income budgets etc. for the current year and is responsible for the reconciliation of budget entry on a monthly basis.

Investigate material variances from budgets, using budget variance analysis (e.g. compilation of pay spreadsheets, completion of income reconciliations based on…