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-Provide a pro-active, comprehensive and high quality management accounting service to Specialties and to the Finance Department.-Responsible for the senior finance support for two Clinical Care Groups.-Take forward complex financial issues facing specialties.-Mentor, develop and coach management and trainee accountants.-Business planning and costing.-Ensure that relevant asset utilisation, financial, capacity and activity issues are appropriately reflected in business plans… Show more -Provide a pro-active, comprehensive and high quality management accounting service to Specialties and to the Finance Department.-Responsible for the senior finance support for two Clinical Care Groups.-Take forward complex financial issues facing specialties.-Mentor, develop and coach management and trainee accountants.-Business planning and costing.-Ensure that relevant asset utilisation, financial, capacity and activity issues are appropriately reflected in business plans and development proposals.-Identify the financial consequences of; business cases, the modernisation of services, in year activity performance.-Work with the Income Team and the Care Groups to prepare plans to address forecast under-recovery of income.-Financial and capacity modelling of the impact of changes in costs and activity.-Preparation of reference costs for specialities-Continually review the effectiveness of the existing use of resources and identify potential areas for cost improvement.-Provision of accurate and clear financial reports.-Monthly narrative reports that reflect the overall financial performance of the specialty incorporating information provided by the Income and PLIC’s Teams.-Preparation of monthly financial projections.-Carry out bed modelling work, capacity planning and theatre modelling. -Lead the financial analysis for associated business cases, tenders and contract reviews.-Preparation of revenue budgets. Show less

-Provide a pro-active, comprehensive and high quality management accounting service to DBH Directorates and the DBH Finance Department.-Play a key role on the directorates planning process.-Prepare financial assessments of business plans, including impacts on efficiency, capacity, asset utilisation and activity.-Work with Care Groups to prepare plans to address under-recovery of income.-Financial and capacity modelling of the impact of changes in cost and activity.-… Show more -Provide a pro-active, comprehensive and high quality management accounting service to DBH Directorates and the DBH Finance Department.-Play a key role on the directorates planning process.-Prepare financial assessments of business plans, including impacts on efficiency, capacity, asset utilisation and activity.-Work with Care Groups to prepare plans to address under-recovery of income.-Financial and capacity modelling of the impact of changes in cost and activity.- Continually review the effectiveness of the existing use of resources and identify potential areas for cost improvement.-Provide support to the development of cost improvement schemes.-Provision of clear and accurate financial reports.-Preparation of monthly narrative reports that reflect the overall performance of the directorate incorporating both income and expenditure.-Preparation of monthly financial projections.-Preparation of revenue budgets.-Participate in the provision of training in respect of financial issues to budget holders. Show less

-Support the Head of Contracting in negotiation and management of main secondary care acute services contract. Negotiation and management of all other Acute (NHS and Non NHS) services contracts. (Approx £210m, 20 contracts)-Forecast year end financial position for contracts, both NHS and non NHS.-Prepare the Board finance report for the CFO.-Challenge monthly finance and activity information produced internally and by the provider to gain understanding and management of variations… Show more -Support the Head of Contracting in negotiation and management of main secondary care acute services contract. Negotiation and management of all other Acute (NHS and Non NHS) services contracts. (Approx £210m, 20 contracts)-Forecast year end financial position for contracts, both NHS and non NHS.-Prepare the Board finance report for the CFO.-Challenge monthly finance and activity information produced internally and by the provider to gain understanding and management of variations against contracts.-Contribute to the production of the year end accounts.-Reference cost lead and contribute to the completion of Programme Budgeting Returns. Show less

-Ensure the successful migration onto a new financial ledger system.-Managed a small team who supported the project.-Chaired monthly project board meetings-Implemented and facilitated a training programme for all staff.

-Support the Practice Based Comissioning team.-Supported senior management in the presentation of activity and financial information to GPs in regards to acute NHS contracts.-Investigate variances in the main healthcare provider contract to analyse whether these are caused by casemix or increase in activity.-Manage the prescribing budget and report to the GP prescribing leads.-Provide robust forecasts for prescribing budget (approx £40m).-Attend meetings as a finance… Show more -Support the Practice Based Comissioning team.-Supported senior management in the presentation of activity and financial information to GPs in regards to acute NHS contracts.-Investigate variances in the main healthcare provider contract to analyse whether these are caused by casemix or increase in activity.-Manage the prescribing budget and report to the GP prescribing leads.-Provide robust forecasts for prescribing budget (approx £40m).-Attend meetings as a finance representative. Show less

- Assisting in ensuring that the PCT accounts accurately report the financial position for all the acute and specialised services contracts.- To liase with budget holders/managers and providers to investigate and solve detailed queries concerning invoices.- To assist with the production of accurate and timely monthly and year end budget reports for the Contracting and Commissioning Team.- Complete agreement of balances exercise.- To input budget journals and permanent and… Show more - Assisting in ensuring that the PCT accounts accurately report the financial position for all the acute and specialised services contracts.- To liase with budget holders/managers and providers to investigate and solve detailed queries concerning invoices.- To assist with the production of accurate and timely monthly and year end budget reports for the Contracting and Commissioning Team.- Complete agreement of balances exercise.- To input budget journals and permanent and reversible journals to the financial ledger.- To contribute to the development of new systems to improve the effectiveness of the Team. Show less

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Accounting And Finance, 2:1

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