Finance Consultant
Job Description
Job summary
The primary aim of the Financial Consultant is to provide leadership for delivering financial projects for SCW and external organisations both in and outside the NHS, and take responsibility for their accurate definition, communication, resourcing, reporting and evaluation.
Applicants should be aware that you may not be eligible for skilled worker sponsorship if you apply for this post. If you require sponsorship, please ensure you have checked your eligibility via https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job or alternatively, please contact us via email on [email protected] to confirm the requirements of sponsorship can be met.
Main duties of the job
- Leadership and delivery of projects and work streams that are part of our customer's transformation programmes
- Provide support to other members of the Financial Consultancy Team
- Provision of expert advice on financial project management both within SCW and to our customer organisations
About us
We are aspiring to be the support and transformation service of choice in activities relating to health wellbeing and care. This builds on our core values and it is important that we add value for our customers and the system. This will enable SCW to grow and have the most impact and, in so doing, offers our people interesting work and rewarding careers.
To find out more about what SCW has to offer, please visit Our offer to you page.
Job responsibilities
For further information on our specific requirements for this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Education
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- CCAB /CIMA Qualified with post qualification experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience and knowledge of the NHS Financial Framework
- Detailed understanding of the health sector and understanding of wider public sector
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Excellent customer service skills
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Effective organiser
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Commitment to personal, team and organisational development
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Experience of managing financial and other risks and issues
- Experience of planning, managing and co-ordinating financial projects in complex and challenging environments
- Capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management responsibilities
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
Desirable
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal financial processes and procedures.
- Experience of multi-agency team working and developing relationships across organisational boundaries within the public sector
- Management of whole systems change financial projects
- Knowledge of financial systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement; business planning processes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Address
SCW CSU Office Base
Bristol (Various)
BS1 6AG
