Senior Assistant Financial Advisor

We are looking for a motivated individual to develop their career and use their personal and professional skills to their full extent in this challenging and fast moving environment.

We are an award winning team who were the recipients of the HFMA NW Finance Team Of The Year Award June 2022, which is recognition of the excellent service and culture our team has, whilst supporting our operational and clinical colleagues deliver core clinical services.

The Division of DCS is extremely varied, containing 10 specialities which each have their own opportunities and challenges - the Divisional Financial Advice team works incredibly closely with our operational colleagues to drive efficiencies and value for money, and is looking for someone with a shared passion to drive this forward, and join our team., Reporting into the Financial Advisor, a permanent vacancy has arisen for a Senior Assistant Financial Advisor to provide financial advice, technical support and assistance to the Division of DCS, aiding with the delivery of a financial management and reporting service. This will include liaising with a wide variety of budget holders (clinical and non-clinical), having a keen eye for detail in month-end reporting, and line management for an Assistant Financial Advisor. Working within reporting timescales, and answering queries in a timely manner is a key work ethic of the team., We offer an agile working policy - currently 20% office / 80% remote working and flexible working hours to be as amenable as possible for the individual whilst supporting business needs.

You will be responsible for managing the overspending cost centre process for the Division of DCS - preparing the working file, analysing variances and generating action plans with budget holders to mitigate issues. You will also maintain and analyse the general ledger so that the production of budget statements are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

You will produce reports to assist with the monitoring and review of the monthly financial position, creating strong relationships with budget holders and providing support with all financial matters.

The Trust supports both personal and professional development whilst having a positive progressive organisational culture. This is further supported by the team being a Future Focused Finance (FFF) level 3 accredited organisation The department has strong talent management, career progression and succession planning as well as effective personal development reviews ensuring all staff are committed and able to thrive through their development.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.