Finance Manager

Job overview

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our team at Health Innovation Wessex. Please refer to the detailed job description below for more information about the role.

Main duties of the job

Are you fascinated by change and innovation? Can you help the NHS adopt innovation faster to help deliver better care to patients?

At Health Innovation Wessex, we improve people’s health, achieve excellence in healthcare and boost innovation and growth in our region’s life sciences and healthcare sector.

As one of 15 Health Innovation Networks (HINs) across England, we connect and support academics, NHS, industry and others to bring fresh energy to old problems, inspired thinking to new ones and to adopt innovative practice at scale. The finance function at Health Innovation Wessex supports the strategic aims and delivery of our commissions. Finance is a small, dedicated team who provide all aspects of finance support from processing invoices through to the production of the accounts.

We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need to be a self-starter who is able to work independently, with great communication skills, and an ability to build new relationships quickly. You may not feel you meet all aspects of the role, but we welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences, particularly in smaller organisations. An appreciation of how the NHS and NHS funding work is an advantage to succeed in this role.

The successful candidate will need experience working in a small finance function, with a breadth of knowledge of the end-to-end finance processes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The purpose of your role is to ensure budgetary control is maintained and budgets are devolved to the relevant budget managers within Health Innovation Wessex (HIW). You will work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders on all aspects of financial management and support up to and including Portfolio Directors.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Provide business and financial management information and advice to the Executive Team, Portfolio Managers and Project Managers.  •    Report income and expenditure within required timescales for the achievement of financial and operational plans. •    Be responsible for the accurate delivery of the statement of the financial position and financial forecast for the Finance Director.  •    Produce standard and ad hoc reports and analysis for presentation to the Exec, Portfolio Managers and Project Managers. Ensure reports are accurate, consistent and timely and highlight risks and opportunities. •    Monitor actual against planned income and expenditure and ensure all variances are investigated and resolved with budget holders. To provide well-researched forecasts for planning and reporting purposes. •    To be responsible for the compilation, co-ordination and monitoring of the key areas of financial performance, providing variance analysis and key financial information on which business decisions can be based. •    To work as an integrated member of the management structure of HIW, offering challenge and constructive input on proposed ideas, key business decisions and strategy.  •    To meet key budget managers regularly to proactively support with financial management and strategic planning. •    To be responsible for leading the financial business planning process, consistent with guidance issued by the Finance Director.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Tracey Purvis - 023 82120845