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Fin03 - Role Specification - Senior Finance Analyst Band 6
Fin03 - Role Specification - Senior Finance Analyst Band 6
DIRECTORATE:
Finance
DEPARTMENT:
Finance
JOB TITLE:
BAND:
BASE:
REPORTS TO:
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Service Director
DISCLOSURE &
BARRING CHECK
REQUIRED:
YES
NO
Standard
Enhanced
Job Summary
The Senior Finance Analyst is a key role providing financial support services in the
Commissioning Support Unit. The role will be a key member of the embedded team
supporting our customers ensuring the CSU is a provider of market leading financial
support services and supplier of choice for its customers. The role will be
responsible for ensuring effective use of financial resources and people, consistently
delivering successful outcomes and helping to manage financial risk. The role is integral
to the operational delivery of financial support services to customers. The post will be
responsible for the line management of a Assistant/Finance Analyst, ensuring they are
developed in line with personal development plans.
Job description:
Communication and relationship skills
o Work with the Contract Management team on all financial aspects of
CCG contracts - acute, non acute and third sector - including contract
variations, invoice query and resolution and analysing complex
activity information from providers, including over and under
performance.
o Provide necessary financial advice and support to budget holders and
managers to enable them to monitor the finances needed to meet
their service requirements.
o Work closely with other CSU teams to ensure delivery processes are
consistent.
This
includes
contributing
towards
continuous
improvement of high quality financial information, with focus on
efficiency and effectiveness.
o Actively contribute to a highly responsive stakeholder and customer
relationship management function which includes matrix working with
CCG colleagues on portfolios within CCG Finance team.
Technical skills
o Deliver complex financial information to assist CCGs to successfully manage
their financial position in accordance with an agreed financial timetable
o Responsible for the production of CCG monthly working papers for accountable
areas including analysis of variances to budget and forecast, the post holder
will advise the CCG on year to date position and forecast outturns, ensuring
queries on variances are presented to the CCG and resolved to a satisfactory
conclusion and negotiate the final position on accountable areas.
o Responsible for the production of elements of CCG financial returns including
working papers which detail sources of information, assumptions made, for
example, programme budgeting
o Integral role in delivery of the quarterly NHS agreement of balances exercise for
CCG customers, including supporting direct report to deliver key financial
information on Acute contracts.
o Produce cash management working papers and forecasting of the cashflow
requirements to support monthly cash drawdowns process.
2
Essential
at
Recruitment
Developed
within the
role
How Assessed
A Application
I Interview
P - Presentation
T Test
C - Certificate
Qualifications
CCAB part qualified/finalist to the equivalent of
post graduate qualification
A,C
Experience
Significant finance experience in a wide range
of financial disciplines
Previously responsible for a budget, budget
setting and highly developed knowledge of
financial controls and processes
A,I
A,I
A,I
A,I
Specific
knowledge
of
the
Operating
Framework, NHS Choices and NHS contracts
guidance
A,I
A,I
A,I
and
Other
Car driver
Risk Management
Employees are required to report every incident where the health and safety of self or
others has been jeopardised (including near misses) and to carry out or participate in
investigations into such incidents as required.
Development Review
Key performance objectives, development needs and compilation of a Personal
Development Plan will be discussed and agreed at Annual Development Review
meetings.
Training
5
Postholders are required to attend any relevant and mandatory training for the post.
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