Senior Manager - Finance & Accounts - Manufacturing

- To lead and manage a team of Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers in the production of high quality financial management information, income and expenditure, for a range of clinical and corporate units.

- To identify opportunities for information or quality improvements within the wider Financial Management team, supporting the Head of Financial Management to ensure every opportunity is taken to develop and enhance the provision of an expert Financial Management service to the Trust.

- To support Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers in the development of clinical unit and corporate department CRES schemes. To review CRES plans for units within their portfolio, challenging assumptions and assessing risk to ensure scheme information is robust, accurate and deliverable.

- To lead on the development and assessment of corporate wide cost improvement schemes, working with managers and clinicians to carry out financial and activity modelling.

- To manage and develop Finance Managers and Assistant Finance Managers within the team, providing leadership as well as the setting of appropriate objectives. To identify gaps in the knowledge of team members and to put in place training systems and processes to ensure these are closed so the entire team can operate as an effective unit, providing the highest level of support to this post and to its customers.

- To work extensively with the financial accounting, systems and capital teams as required in order for these areas to carry out their responsibilities.