Finance Manager

Job overview

JOB PURPOSE

• Greater Manchester Integrated Care is accountable for the quality of care delivered to the residents in Greater Manchester. The Strategic Finance Portfolio within NHS GM is responsible for implementing and monitoring the delivery of the financial systems that underpin high quality healthcare.
• The post holder will support the Head of Finance to deliver an effective and efficient financial accounting function to NHS Greater Manchester, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, accounting standards and NHS England requirements. This role will encompass the management of cash and payroll services, ensuring that the organisation has accurate cash forecasts within nationally defined parameters . The focus of work may be varied as business needs dictate, and therefore a flexible approach is required.

Main duties of the job

The key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Be the financial lead for payroll services ensuring timely and accurate pay overs of GP pension contributions / other payroll pay overs, and the review and completion of the GP and staff pension assurance statements, including organisational sign off
• To lead on the partnership with East Lancashire Financial Services (ELFS) in respect of payroll queries.
• Management of IR35 implications of temporary staffing, ensuring that paperwork is retained within HMRC timelines, and a full audit trail exists should HMRC conduct a review.
• Oversight of all aspects of organisational cash management including cash requisitioning, monthly cash flow monitoring and reporting, and faster payments. Supporting both internal and external reporting.
• Support the Associate Director of Finance – Financial Control in the management of allocations received.
• Supporting the Associate Director of Finance – Financial Control with the development and roll out of finance training across the organisation to both finance and non-finance colleagues
• Supporting the production of the Annual Accounts and Annual Report disclosures, and various other financial accounting returns during the financial year including supervising the Debtors / Creditors Agreement of Balances process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will support the Head of Finance to deliver an effective and efficient financial accounting function to NHS Greater Manchester, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, accounting standards and NHS England requirements.

This role will encompass the management and supervision of the Accounts Payable function including the efficient and timely processing of invoices, ensuring achievement of the Better Payments Practice Compliance code.

The role will also have a focus on the introduction of the purchase order system and internal compliance with this process ahead of the new general ledger introduction and the implementation of ‘No PO, no payment’. The focus of work may be varied as business needs dictate, and therefore a flexible approach is required.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.