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Job overview

This is an exciting time to join the finance team, as we are implementing a new finance system to modernise and move towards best in class. This is especially true in the areas of business partnering where we want to provide a high-quality financial service to our operational colleagues.

As business manager for the finance directorate, the post holder will organise and supervise all of the administrative activities that facilitate the smooth running of the Director of Finance Office and wider finance department to enhance business efficiency, quality and flexibility of its operations. In addition, you will provide supervision and support to a variety of administrative staff within the department undertaking and supporting administrative functions within the department.

The post holder will also provide support to the Deputy Director of Finance and help facilitate the smooth running of the senior management team, assisting in delivering the work plan for the year and ensuring the team have a balance of meetings vs focused working time.

As part of the delivery of this service, you will support the capturing of actions and deadlines, liaising with other departments and portfolios to make sure the work associated with the finance department is completed to time and any input from other areas is received. Overall, you will also provide assurance and oversight of any requests that are received of the department against tests of political, performance or general interest.

Main duties of the job

• To manage and support the day to day function of the wider finance team and support the senior management team in managing their workload appropriately.
• Support the end to end recruitment process; supporting staff with adverts, ensuring admin is processed accordingly and facilitating inductions for new team members.
• Develop and lead the compliance of the Future Focused Finance Accreditation Programme and support in maintaining professional accreditation across all professional bodies.
• To build capacity, resilience and skills of the team to respond flexibly to the changing demands and workloads of the department.
• Participate in the Business Manager’s appraisals and objective setting; help to coordinate and ensure compliance and objective setting across the department.
• Lead, implement and monitor the Trust’s policy on information governance and corporate records; ensuring IG is promoted within the department.
• Lead on FOI requests and ensure compliance with legislation and ensuring people complete their tasks to time. Ensure any sensitive requests are managed accordingly.
• Support the year end audit process, working with the head of Financial Services to ensure all requests and queries are executed and being the focal point with external audit.
• Undertake any other duties as required, in accordance with the grade and nature of the post.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation  

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. 

Our Values 

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: 

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both 

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care 

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.