Income & Contracting Accountant | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6305714/214-CEN-6305714 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Income & Contracting Accountant within our Financial Business Intelligence Team.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Finance are multi-award winning. Our recent successes include East Midlands 2022 Large Finance Team of the Year Winners and SFH Staff Excellence winners.
An enthusiastic, positive attitude and approach to work is essential, as is a determination to drive value for patients and tax payers. If you are a team player who can demonstrate excellent personal qualities such as integrity, self-awareness & self-management, compassion & care and resilience then Sherwood Forest Hospitals Finance is the perfect place for you to come and work.
The successful candidate will be welcomed into our Future Focused Finance accredited level 3 team with a strong focus on wellbeing, collaboration, reflection and continuous improvement. We pride ourselves on the relationships with our stakeholders and aim to provide a finance function which will empower Sherwood Forest Hospitals to deliver the best healthcare possible.
Reporting to the Financial Income and Planning Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to a comprehensive financial management and support service to divisions, providing key business and financial support to these divisions.
The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement, while supporting the organisation in meeting its financial objectives.
This post holder will report to the Financial Income & Planning Manager and be responsible for ensuring that the Trust has robust control over the achievement and receipt of all of the income streams they should be receiving and providing key business and financial advice to appropriate stakeholders.
This role includes performance reporting and management, development of business proposals, financial planning, budget setting, and supporting the development of Financial Improvement Program (FIP) initiatives and providing benchmarking and analytical support.
The post holder will require technical accounting and business knowledge, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial, activity and contracting information effectively to groups and senior non-financial stakeholders.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated Kings Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024
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