Finance Manager - Financial Accounts

• Manages, organises and supports staff effectively through work planning, 1:1meetings and appraisals, including performance and productivity monitoring and undertakes sample checking to comply with service standards and audits.
• To take a leading role in systems redesign across financial accounts. This will include the use of new technologies, systems and workflow techniques.
• To provide a comprehensive financial accounting and support service to the Trust, providing a full range of advice, information and analysis as required.
• To support the Financial Accountant in the formulation and co-ordination of balance sheet and cash flow forecasting whilst adhering to corporate standards and timetables

• To take active steps to encourage, support and promote a culture of development, improving and learning, ensuring that effective personal development and appraisal systems are used as part of the Directorate's training plan to enable continuous improvement in performance standards, training and development of Financial Accounts staff.
• To support senior finance staff in the completion of the Trusts capital reporting requirements.
• To support Capital and Divisional Managers with maintaining capital budgetary control, including the provision of training and development and resolving issues.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Trusts capital asset register and capital charging systems in accordance with the DOH Group Accounting Manual. To update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to monitor capital spend and ensure the financial reporting systems reconcile monthly.
• Responsible for supplying capital information (acquisitions, disposals, transfers, valuations) for the completion of the Trust's accounts and to advise on the financial implications of disposing and purchasing assets.
• To manage the timely submission of the Charitable Fund annual accounts and related returns to the Charity Commission, external auditors and the Charitable Fund Committee together with the provision of all financial information required for the Charity's Annual report

Do you want to work at a trust which is at the heart of the Greater Manchester health and social care network - but that is as friendly as a district general hospital or local health centre?

Are you looking for a place to work that is classed amongst the best in the region for several ofthe services it provides - but without having to travel into the city centre every day?

Are you interested in some of the best training opportunities in the North West, with leadingconsultants in a trust developing its research portfolio - but with a management team who valuethe personal approach?

Then look no further than Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. Situated in a borough of 275,000people, the Trust is part of the expanding 'Northern Powerhouse'.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for managing the recruitment, supervision, training and continuous development of staff including the direct line management for the Financial Accounts team.
• To take active steps to encourage, support and promote a culture of development, improving and learning, ensuring that effective personal development and appraisal systems are used as part of the Directorates training plan to enable continuous improvement in performance standards, training and development of Financial Accounts staff.
• To support senior finance staff in the completion of the Trusts capital reporting requirements.
• To support Capital and Divisional Managers with maintaining capital budgetary control, including the provision of training and development and resolving issues.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Trusts capital asset register and capital charging systems in accordance with the DOH Group Accounting Manual. To update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to monitor capital spend and ensure the financial reporting systems reconcile monthly.
• Responsible for supplying capital information (acquisitions, disposals, transfers, valuations) for the completion of the Trusts accounts and to advise on the financial implications of disposing and purchasing assets.
• Responsible for the Trusts Charitable Funds reporting requirements in line with current legislation and Trust guidance.
• To manage the Charitable Fund balances and investments to ensure compliance with the Charity Commission, Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).
• To manage the Charitable Fund annual accounts and related returns to the Charity Commission, external auditors and the Charitable Fund Committee together with the provision of all financial information required for the Charitys Annual report
• To manage the annual audit of the Charitable Fund accounts, liaising with auditors to ensure relevant working papers of the highest quality are always readily available to ensure the Charity does not receive anything other than minor issues in relation to the external audit report
• To contribute to the development of…