RM207148 - Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager

NHS Grampian Finance Department

Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week.

Location: Finance Department, Summerfield House, Aberdeen

Contract: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual, qualified with current membership of a recognised professional accountancy body, to undertake the role of Senior Finance Manager within NHS Grampian. This role offers the opportunity to further develop your career in a fast-paced, complex, and rewarding environment.

NHS Grampian covers the North East of Scotland, we are one of only four teaching Health Boards in Scotland. With strong links to Universities and Local Authorities, we provide tertiary services to approximately 590,000 people within Grampian and residents of neighbouring NHS Boards, and employ over 17,000 staff. We are an Anchor Organisation with a central role to play in the prosperity of the region.

Acute services are provided principally from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin. Services in primary and community care are organised into three Health and Social Care Partnerships in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray. We work collaboratively with the other North of Scotland Boards to ensure services that require to be delivered on a regional basis are done safely and effectively.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance, the post holder will have lead responsibility for ensuring a robust management accounts service is provided to NHS Grampian. As a member of the Senior Finance Team, the post holder will assist in the delivery of all financial targets and take lead responsibility for specific aspects of the strategic and operational financial management agenda across NHS Grampian.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience in a senior finance role, extensive knowledge of the local finance agenda and the strategic objectives of NHS Grampian, and knowledge and experience in the completion of financial elements of business cases and contracts. Applicants must be able to work autonomously and use creative problem-solving skills to deal with a wide range of financial issues.

For further information or informal discussion, please contact Sarah Irvine, Deputy Director of Finance via email .

Interviews are expected to take place on the 11th and 13th March

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray.

As a board, we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.