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Assistant Director of Finance Job in Manchester, Greater Manchester
Job Description
Fantastic opportunity to join PHSO in Manchester
* Operating within the SLT, leading the finance and procurement services
About Our Client
PHSO makes final decisions on complaints that have not been resolved by UK Government departments and the NHS in England, and some other UK public organisations. This is done independently and impartially.
We are an independent national ombudsman service, holding public bodies to account. PHSO is not part of Government, the NHS in England or a regulator. We are neither a consumer champion nor an advocacy service. A free service for everyone, PHSO looks into complaints where an individual or group believes there has been injustice or hardship because an organisation has not acted properly or fairly, or has provided a poor service and not put things right.
We normally expect people to complain to the organisation first, so it has a chance to put things right. If an individual believes there is still a dispute about the complaint after an organisation has responded, they can ask PHSO to look into the complaint. We share findings from casework with Parliament to help it hold organisations that provide public services to account, and these findings are shared more widely to help others promote improvements in public services.
PHSO is accountable to Parliament and our work is scrutinised by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
Our values
Our vision is a voice for improvement in public services through the provision of an independent, impartial and fair complaints handling service, as an internationally respected public services ombudsman.
Our values have been developed in close consultation with our staff and all those who use our service so we all have a shared understanding about the type of ombudsman service we want to be. Our values shape our behaviour, both as an organisation and as individuals, and incorporate the Ombudsman's Principles. These are:
Independence
From organisations we investigate, holding them to account for service failure.
Fairness
Listening carefully to complainants and the organisations we investigate and making impartial and fair decisions based on relevant evidence.
Excellence
Learning from engagement with complainants and organisations investigated to improve accessibility, efficiency and effectiveness, as well as the quality of our decisions.
Transparency
Communicating with those who use our service and publishing information about our findings, how we are performing, and how organisations we investigate have implemented our recommendations
Job Description
The Assistant Director of Finance is a key role and member of the Senior Leadership team, focusing on the year ahead within the context of the wider PHSO strategy. The role holder will lead the finance and procurement disciplines and will be regarded as the expert making operational, technical and/or professional recommendations that will have a significant impact on PHSO performance in the short to medium term. This is a critical role, focusing on providing excellent service internally and maintaining professional compliance and assurance in all PHSO activities.
Key responsibilities include:
* Responsible for operational financial leadership of the Finance and Procurement service ·
* Responsible for ensuring the provision of a high quality financial and procurement service, encompassing all aspects of financial management, payroll and procurement.
* Responsible for providing expert financial advice to the senior leadership team, the executive team and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, and ensure that Finance and Procurement support the delivery of PHSO's strategy and objectives
* Accountable for developing, delivering and continuously improving finance services and systems that are customer-focussed, responsive, efficient and reliable, and comply with internal policies and external regulations.
* Responsible for developing and maintaining a proportionate system of financial controls, appropriately balancing security, reliability and compliance with Managing Public Money, with PHSO's risk appetite and desired culture of trust and empowerment of colleagues
* Responsible for developing financial planning, monitoring and forecasting processes that achieve an effective and sustainable allocation of resources
* Responsible for maintaining effective relationships with key financial stakeholders including ET and SLT colleagues, HM Treasury, the internal auditors, the NAO, and the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
* Accountable for the development of proportionate procurement processes that comply with the Public Contracts Regulations and support budget holders to achieve value for money
* Accountable for the development of efficient and reliable finance and procurement systems in collaboration with ICT colleagues and consistent with our ICT strategy
* To substitute for and make decisions on behalf of the Director of Resources when required and as necessary.
The Successful Applicant
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate the following experience:
* Qualified member of a CCAB or equivalent recognised accountancy body
* Good understanding of risk management and project management principles with experience of managing projects
* Experienced people manager able to lead and manage through change
* Experience of preparing budgets and financial monitoring and forecasting
* Experience of the preparation of statutory accounts
* Public sector accounting or financial management
* Knowledge of public sector procurement
* Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
* Skilled business partner with a collaborative, customer focused approach
* The ability to meet targets and deadlines, use own initiative and work under pressure
* Awareness of the external environment in which PHSO is operating
* Knowledge of payroll
* Strong people management skills
* Good planning and organisational skills
What's on Offer
At PHSO our motto is 'live well, work well' and to support this we offer a generous range of benefits.
This includes:
-Salary package – Up to £75,000 per annum
-Civil Service Pension scheme (minimum 26.6% employer's contribution)
-Generous basic holiday entitlement of 30 days. We also offer an additional 2.5 extra-statutory holiday on top of the normal public and bank holidays
-Flexible working
-24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling, bereavement support and health advice
-Premium access to Headspace mindfulness and wellbeing app
Equality, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to the way we work. We are committed to maintaining a culture where our employees can be themselves at work and perform at their best. We understand that it is essential that our employees can represent and understand the diverse community we serve.
To do this we recognise the importance of having a workforce made up of individuals with their own unique identities at all levels and we actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse identities such as people who are LGBTQI+, from Black, Asian, Mixed Ethnicity and any Other Ethnic Group, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-standing condition, with caring responsibilities or any other self-identified diversity.
We are a Disability Confident organisation playing a role in changing attitudes for the better. We make sure that disabled people and people with long term health conditions can fulfil their potential in the workplace.
Further information on the Disability Confident scheme and its requirements of employers can be found here. Any disabled applicant who applies under the scheme and who meets the minimum selection criteria will automatically progress to the next stage of the recruitment process, which may be an assessment or interview.
First stage interviews will be held on Tuesday 1st November via Teams, with final interviews on Thursday 3rd November
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Manchester
County: Greater Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £75000 – £80000/annum
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