Total 17 Manager level Finance / Banking / Insurance job vacancies in Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 1TT

Your new company
You will be joining a well established, growing group in the Technology space based close to Farnham, Surrey.

Your new role
Your new role, reporting into the Finance Director is key in driving performance in several of their highest profile divisions. You will be leading a small team of experienced accountants with strong tenure and team culture whilst ensuring that the month end activities are delivered accurately and on time. Your month end packs will include P&L, balance sheet as well as commentary for the Directors. Outside of month end, you'll be working on performance packs, presenting key insights and driving the business towards achieving its budget. This role is high profile within the group but you'll be supported by a strong finance team.

What you'll need to succeed
In addition to your professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/equivalent), you should be a proven operator with month end, team leadership as well as building partnerships up to Board level. Given the level of engagement, you should be a strong communicator and able to hold teams to account for their performance.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary is on offer, hybrid working and progression opportunities.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Chris Evans now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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We are currently recruiting for Assistant Finance & Contracts Managers which is a pivotal role that helps to ensure the effective delivery of the finance and contracts service within our National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) co-ordinating centre.

Who are we?

The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth. Our research helps turn discoveries into new or improved treatments, diagnostics, medical technologies and services. It provides those working in the NHS, public health, global health and social care with the evidence they need to better support patients, the public and people who need care.

Further information on the NIHR can be found at: www.nihr.ac.uk. In particular, you are encouraged to review our operational priorities and to watch this introductory video.

What will you be doing?

Working within the Finance and Contracts team you will be supporting the Finance Managers with the financial and contractual administration of research programmes. Some of the key tasks of the role are:

Reviewing and approving contracts and contract variation documentation
Reviewing projects financial reconciliation statements and proceeding tasks associated with financial assurance
Releasing, monitoring and reprofiling project payments
Providing support and advice on financial processes and procedures
Who are we looking for?

We are looking for candidates with a keen interest in the work we do and are highly numerate. We appreciate this is quite a unique finance role and we are able to offer training to ensure you are able to undertake all elements of the role. Some of the key skills we look for in a candidate are:

Comfortable with working with numbers
Ability to organise and prioritise your own workload
Be analytical and self-motivated
Able to work independently and problem solve as well as contributing to the wider team
Good communication skills both verbal and written
Proficient in the use of Microsoft office especially Excel
What can we offer you?

We recognise that our staff are at the heart of what we do so we make sure we look after you! As well as a generous benefits package (full details can be found here!), as an organisation we prioritise your wellbeing as reflected in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing awards, where we have achieved Gold for the fifth year in a row!

Our hybrid working approach helps you with your work life balance and offers you the chance to split your time between office and home working. We strive for cohesive and collaborative teams so our expectation is you spend around 20% of your time in the office. We also know that personal development is important and have a range of ways to support you with this.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Lindsay Mead: L.k.mead@soton.ac.uk

**Please note when in post the job title will be Assistant Research Awards Manager.

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A fantastic Regional Hotel Finance Manager job near Southampton; paying a salary of up to £60,000 per year, has become available for a successful Hotel Management Company. You will oversee circa 3 properties within approximately a 50-mile radius, with some day-to-day resource support at site level.

Regional Hotel Finance Manager job near Southampton, Highlights:

• Base salary of up to £60,000 – negotiated on experience.
• Fuel/ mileage paid for travel between sites.
• Monday to Friday working schedule.
• Flexibilities usually available around hybrid working – up to 2 days per week.
• Excellent discounts on hotel stays/ F&B across the wider group – including friends and family.
• Relevant equipment provided, such as laptop etc.
• Standard annual leave allowance, company pension etc.

Regional Hotel Finance Manager job near Southampton, Job Overview:

• Leadership of the finance function across your cluster (circa 3 properties), ensuring best accounting practices and control standards are in place.
• Working alongside stakeholders such as Group Finance team and the Operational teams to continually review processes, budgets and targets… making improvements or recommendations where necessary to ensure targets are met or exceeded.
• Reporting, Cost Management, Forecasting in accordance with KPI requirements.
• Competent use of Sage and Excel.

Regional Hotel Finance Manager job near Southampton, Required Experience:

• Experience in the financial function within hotels is essential. Multi-site experience is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to produce accounts to draft statutory level, reconcile and produce VAT returns, and liaise with external Auditors and other parties as required.
• Happy to consider candidates who are either formally qualified or qualified by experience.
• Due to the location of the hotels, it is essential that you drive and have access to your own vehicle.

If you are interested in this Regional Hotel Finance Manager job near Southampton, then please apply now!

As a Lead Employer Service our key priorities are to ensure the efficient, professional and integrated ‘one stop’ service for all our stakeholders including Host Trusts and our Educational Stakeholders.

The post holder will ensure that the team is delivering a professional, efficient onboarding service to Trainees and the wider stakeholder group. You will support the delivery of a high level service to all Lead Employers stakeholders which requires excellent communication skills, efficient handling of enquiries and the provision of excellent support, guidance and advice in all aspects of recruitment. Lead Employer onboards around 4000+ trainees each year, as the OB/Employment Services Team Manager you will be responsible for overseeing this activity and providing guidance and support to the onboarding team.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years’ experience within a HR or support services environment, will be able to demonstrate a flexible approach to effectively undertaking their duties. They will also be a self-motivator and display commitment and resilience to ensure a professional and efficient service is maintained.

If you enjoy working in a fast paced and challenging environment where data quality and methodical use of Excel is key, then we would like to hear from you.

As part of the Lead Employer Service, the Employment Services Team Manager will manage the activities of the LE Onboarding Team, working with OB Team Leaders to plan and prioritise service delivery plans, ensuring efficient and professional delivery of the onboarding processes.

As overall service manager, the postholder will be the point of escalation from team leaders in all aspects of line management e.g. timekeeping, attendance, wellbeing support and capability/conduct and they will provide guidance to both team leaders and the wider OB team around more complex onboarding queries.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES

· Tomanageactivitiesof EmploymentServicesTeams.

o WorkwithAreaTeamLeaderstoplanandprioritiseteamserviceplans.

o Ensuretheday-to-daydeliveryofservicebytheAreaTeamLeaders.

o Monitor andmanagetimekeeping, attendanceandconduct andundertakeany necessary actionsinline with service policy with the assistance of the Area Team Leaders.

o SupporttheAreaTeamLeaderswithregularcommunicationandplanningmeetings.

o Ensure ES teams are fully briefed on all policies and relevant practices including NHS pre-employmentstandards.

o Provide guidance tothe ESteamswithmore complex queriessuch aspay protection or rotational issues for example.

o Supportindividuals’continuousdevelopmentthrough1:1’sandappraisals.

o Ensure team members compliance with the Trust’s requirementsfor trainingincluding delivery of training to the team on policies and processes specific to the department.

· WorkingwithCaseManagementTeam andESTeamstosupport themanagementof attendancetoachieve a reduction of sickness absence for Doctors in Speciality Training.

HRSERVICEDELIVERY

· Ensurethat all enquiriestothedepartmentfrom bothinternal andexternal partiesarehandledeffectively and efficiently, e.g., trainees, staff, and managers.

· Support staff in the interpretation of recruitment policies and procedures including pre-employment checks.Refer complex or highly sensitive matters to the Head of Employment Services.

· Workingwiththemanagementteamtoensureresourcesareeffectivelymanagedwithineachteamand undertake recruitment as required.

· ContributetothecontinuousimprovementintheefficiencyandeffectivenessoftheHRDirectorate.

· Working with the Head ofEmployment Services to seek customer service feedback from the service usersand make recommendations for further improvements on the pre-employment process.

· Assistusers/managersinconsideringhowtheycanoptimisetheworkforceinformationavailable.

· Maintainmonitoringsystemsincludingresponsivenessandcustomerservicestandards.

· Investigatecomplaintsabout employmentserviceswhenrequired, providingfeedbacktocomplainants, and implementing any necessary changes to aid service improvement.

· ProvideregularmanagementinformationtoManagementTeamonallaspects.

· Maximisetheperformanceof theAreaTeamsdealingwithany shortfallsandperformanceissuesthat arise as a consequence.
GOVERNANCECOMPLIANCE
· EnsureESteamsarecompliantinallareassuchaswovenreport,reconciliationreportsandprovide assurances to the ES management team.

· Ensurepaperbasedandelectronicrecordand filing systemsaremaintainedinaccordancewiththeTrust Information Governance and Record Management policies.

· Implement and monitor Trust compliance with Data protection, Freedom of Information, Equality & Diversity, Equal Opportunities, and other HR related legislation as appropriate.

· EnsureallevidenceisbeingstoredappropriatelyforNHSLA,UKBAandCQCassessments.

· Ensuredataprotectionandconfidentialityismaintained.

· Ensure all staff are recruited in line with Trust recruitment policies and procedures and ensure pre and post checks are processed. Escalate to the Head of Employment Services when appropriate.
OPERATIONSMANAGEMENT
· Monitor and control service standards within the HR Area Teams, review on an ongoing basis and putforward process improvement recommendations.

· Manage first level grievance hearings, disciplinaryinvestigationsor hearings, capability hearings, attendance management stage and level hearings, long term sickness absence consultations etc, escalating where necessary to the Head of Employment Services.

· Manage attendance management, in a timely manner undertaking return to work interviews, or for basic return to work interviews delegate to the Area Team Leader.

· Ensure stakeholders comply with recruitment and employment best practice, legislation, and contractualobligations.

· Contribute to the design and implementation of administrative policies and procedures to ensure the smooth running of the service.

· Highlightandreportservicerequirements,workforceresourceandworkloadimpact.

· Liaise with the Head of Employment Serviceson a regular basisto identify and plan the service to ensure the Trusts needs are met.

· EnsuretheintegrityofMedicalWorkforce,HR&Recruitmentsystemsbyaccurateandtimelyinputtingof relevant information.

· DevelopmentandmaintainHRsystems,e.g.,recruitmentdatabasesandESR.

· WorkinpartnershipwiththeWorkforceteamtocontinuouslyimprovemanagementreports.

· Monitoraccuracyofdataentryandtakeactiontoensurestandardsaremaintained.

· Attendinternal/externalmeetingsasdirectedbytheEmploymentServicesmanagementteam.

· SupportandprovideinputtoongoingprojectsforESimprovements.
CLINICAL&PROFESSIONALRESPONSIBILITIES
· MaintainProfessionalRegistration.

· AdheretorelevantCodeofPracticeofProfessionalbody.
LINEMANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORYRESPONSIBILITIES
· LinemanagementandsupervisoryresponsibilityforESTeammembers.

· Includesappraisals, onetoones, ensuringcomplianceofmandatorytraining,coaching&mentoring, performancemanagement.
RESEARCH&AUDIT
· ResponsiblefortheauditandassuranceoftheSaferEmploymentPolicy.


This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024

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Your new company
Finance Manager is required by a local public sector organisation who are in a period of growth hence the addition of the Finance Manager.
Your new role

• Complete monthly reconciliation of income, querying any anomalies
• Management of Finance Officers including carrying out resource planning and managing recruitment, appraisal and professional development
• Monitor budgets all year round, advising the Senior Finance Manager and CFO where revisions or changes are needed
• Prepare and produce regular monthly monitoring reports and present business reports to senior management.
• Support the Senior Finance Manager and CFO to provide training
• Oversee the finance team on a day-to-day basis, ensuring money is banked, invoices are paid promptly, money owed is collected, and clear records are kept
• Ensure the Fixed Asset registers are up-to-date and the appropriate journals posted
• Prepare, review & submit VAT returns, including advising on correct VAT treatment for transactions
• Prepayments and accrual reconciliations
• Bank reconciliations
• Accounting for payroll

What you'll need to succeed

• Full right-to-work in the UK with prior finance experience in the UK
• Experience working within budget monitoring
• Public sector experience required, ideally within the NHS or Education

What you'll get in return

• A competitive salary of circa £40k per annum
• Comprehensive benefits package on offer - for more information, please get in touch.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Jack Bailey on 02382 020 104
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Your new company
You will be joining a well established, growing group in the Technology space based close to Farnham, Surrey.

Your new role
Your new role, reporting into the Finance Director is key in driving performance in several of their highest profile divisions. You will be leading a small team of experienced accountants with strong tenure and team culture whilst ensuring that the month end activities are delivered accurately and on time. Your month end packs will include P&L, balance sheet as well as commentary for the Directors. Outside of month end, you'll be working on performance packs, presenting key insights and driving the business towards achieving its budget. This role is high profile within the group but you'll be supported by a strong finance team.

What you'll need to succeed
In addition to your professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/equivalent), you should be a proven operator with month end, team leadership as well as building partnerships up to Board level. Given the level of engagement, you should be a strong communicator and able to hold teams to account for their performance.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary is on offer, hybrid working and progression opportunities.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Chris Evans now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £70,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / 52 Weeks Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF58986

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Finance Manager at our Portsmouth site.

The Role
As a Finance Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Supporting the Business Facing Finance Director and Business Facing team. This is a key role within the business with a focus on increased controls around budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

Day-to-day, you'll be liaising with the Land Sector Shared Service team (SSC), SAP SSC, Operations and Senior Management teams. This role is the link between Finance and the contract. Cost drivers from operations need to be properly understood and communicated in the business.

Reporting to the Head of Finance you will be responsible for the financial management and reporting of the contract's finances. This will include:

• Reporting of the contract monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans
• Key member of contract / site' senior management team involving
• Supporting identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function.
• Identifying opportunities to improve the service.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential Experience of the Finance Manager:

• Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review.
• Experience of Finance IT applications (e.g. SAP).
• Demonstrable business partnering skills.
• Proven experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio and Outlook.
• Ability to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved or surpassed.

Qualifications for the Finance Manager:

• Ideally, you will hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS) or equivalent / similar.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we Offer:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Your new company
A leading skills delivery organisation based in Portsmouth. Due to progression, they require a Finance Manager to join on a permanent / temporary to permanent basis, to start immediately for a salary of up to £50,000 pa.

Your new role
You will have day to day responsibility for the efficient running of the finance function, ensuring the delivery of customer-focused services appropriate to the changing needs of the company. You will work with key stakeholders to ensure that the annual and ongoing financial planning, forecasting and controls are appropriate and sufficient to meet business needs. You will produce timely management information for the company, including regular reports and ad-hoc data requests.
You will also provide advice and support to all internal and external stakeholders, including management on matters relating to finance, ensuring the prompt and accurate processing and recording of all financial transactions, including sales invoices, credit notes, payments, purchase invoices, debit notes, commissions, contra journals, etc.
You will ensure that all month-end and year-end processes are undertaken in a timely manner, including the timely completion of the bank reconciliations and all other control accounts.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have previous experience operating in a stand-alone capacity with SME finance. You will preferably be qualified, or part-qualified and have demonstrable experience in delivering end-to-end finance.

What you'll get in return
Up to £50,000 pa dependent on experience, plus benefits.

What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Ref: REQ001507
Competitive Salary and Excellent Benefits. Part Time or Full Time.
An exciting opportunity has risen for an experienced finance professional to join our team, we are looking for a confident and personable Head of Finance to lead and manage the effective running of the Finance Department and contribute to the ongoing success of our financially secure college.
Responsibilities will include the preparation of monthly management accounts monitoring reports, preparation of the statutory accounts and management of the budgeting process and controls.
Applicants must be a fully qualified accountant with experience in a similar role of leading and managing a finance team. This role would suit an individual looking to develop their career in leadership and broaden their skills in a financial management and strategic direction.
This is a superb opportunity for a first-class applicant to work in an Ofsted rated Outstanding College and an Outstanding Financial Health rated college operating from 3 campuses across Hampshire. In turn we can offer you interesting and varied work with an excellent benefits package.
Benefits include: LGPS Pension, 32 days holiday, onsite gym, Employee Assistance Programme including Savings Centre offering retail discounts, Refectory and free on-site parking.
Farnborough College of Technology is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Interviews will take place shortly after the published closing date or when a suitable number of appropriate applications have been received, so early submissions are encouraged. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Safeguarding for Employees
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Positions within the College will involve contact with young people and vulnerable adults. Consequently, post-holders will be obliged to demonstrate and maintain their suitability to work with young people and vulnerable adults. This will include a requirement to undertake an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, in addition to referencing and qualification checks.
Disclosure and Barring Service
Farnborough College of Technology complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.
Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions Amendment Order 1986) please refer to the DBS website for further information.
Candidates who are offered an interview for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College. The College will regard any failure to disclose your criminal record as a breach of trust. It is College Policy that all candidates will be subject to a Disclosure check if offered the post for which the application has been made. Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.

Educational Group based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, has a requirement for an experienced Interim Finance Manager to undertake the day to day management of the finance function to ensure the delivery of an efficient customer focused financial service to the wider organisation.

What will the Interim Finance Manager role involve?

Reporting to the Operations Director, the key responsibility of the Interim Finance Manager position will include:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts including provision of detailed variance analysis and monthly reforecasting;
• Support the annual budgeting processes including working with key non-finance stakeholders in budget setting and understanding the overhead costs for their individual departments;
• Ensure the prompt and accurate processing and recording of all financial transactions, including sales invoices, credit notes and payments;
• Preparation and submission of all external and statutory and regulatory returns including VAT and PAYE;
• Responsibility for ensuring that all month end and year end processes are undertaken within set deadlines including completion of bank reconciliations and control accounts.

Suitable Candidate for the Interim Finance Manager vacancy:

• Applicants for the position will have previous experience of working within a similar SME environment with a hands-on skill set and the ability to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders throughout a business;

Additional benefits and information for the role of Interim Finance Manager:

• The role will be office based 5 days a week.

CMA Recruitment Group is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. CMA complies with all relevant UK legislation and doesn’t discriminate on any protected characteristics. By completing the application process, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Notice and that CMA may contact you in connection with your application in relation to CMA providing you with work finding services. Our Privacy Notice can be viewed under the privacy tab on our website. CMA is currently receiving a high volume of applications. Whilst we ensure all applications are considered, regrettably, it may not be possible to respond individually to all applications received.

Upper Pay Scale + TLR + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional AET Benefits

Full Time- Permanent

September 2024 Start Date

We are thrilled to announce a fantastic opening for the Head of English position at our prestigious Academy. The main goal of this role is to provide guidance, inspiration, and assistance to a talented department, ensuring the delivery of top-notch teaching and learning, ultimately leading to remarkable outcomes.

The perfect candidate for this position will have previous experience in leading English or be a skilled English teacher who is ready to embrace this chance for middle leadership. We are looking for someone who is optimistic, forward-looking, and possesses outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to effectively motivate and develop the team. Moreover, the successful candidate will be a high achiever, consistently setting and maintaining high expectations to drive exceptional results. This opportunity will be ideal for those with aspirations for senior leadership in the future.

At Winton Community Academy, our students are diverse, exciting and talented - and the same is true of our staff. We put huge emphasis on professional development, most of it in-house, and are proud of the high number of good and outstanding teachers who work in our school. We are also noted for our 'can do' attitude. We are keen, always, to encourage new and/or young staff to make their mark as soon as they are ready.

We are proud to serve the communities around Andover in the centre of Hampshire, a short commute from Winchester, Salisbury and many picturesque Hampshire villages. Ofsted judged us as a 'Good academy' in January 2018 and with a new, passionate Principal, Rebecca Clark in place, we are looking to build upon our strengths and develop into a truly outstanding place to learn and teach.

School visits are welcome, to arrange please contact Jackie Lusk,

The role is due to commence September 2024.

Closing date: 24th May 2024.

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's. Apply today.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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As an experienced finance professional, youll be competent in Management Accounting with the ability to work in a cross functional organisation but you may not have realised the work you do can directly shape the healthcare of tomorrow. At Practice Plus Group Portsmouth we offer high quality, fast and convenient procedures to both NHS and private patients. Practice Plus Group believes in strong teamwork and partnership amongst its people and this approach is at the heart of everything we do to deliver a high level of patient care. We are one of the UK largest independent sector healthcare providers and work in close partnership with the NHS to deliver more than 50 services throughout the UK. We provide high quality specialist care and excellent results for more than 50,000 patients each year.

Lead Employer

Employment Services – Operations Manager

Permanent

We are an experienced and award-winning Lead Employer employing c.13,000 Doctors and Dentists in Training across NHS England Regions including Northwest, The Midlands, East of England, Thames Valley, Southwest, Yorkshire & Humber and London & Southeast. Established since 2010 we are responsible for the full employment life cycle for our Specialty colleagues in training. For more information on who we are and what we do visit our website at Lead Employer - STHK | Home (merseywestlancs.nhs.uk)

Resilience and self-motivation will be a major part of this role along with a flexible approach to effectively manage a large team of Hr professionals to deliver service requirements in a professional and efficient manner. With excellent management and organisational skills, the post holder will ensure that the team delivers service level agreements, ensures all stakeholder enquiries are managed in an effective and respectful manner and KPIs are met.

The ideal candidate will ensure that relationships are built and maintained with all stakeholders across a wide range of services provided within the Lead Employer model, and provide assurances to the Senior Leadership Team that the team delivers departmental key performance indicators (KPI’s).

Lead Employer have a unique and exciting opportunity, and seek to appoint a Operations Manager to manage and oversee the Hr Shared Service model including Helpdesk and three speciality teams who manage second line queries.
• Manage a large team of HR professionals to deliver all transactional requirements.
• Ensure Helpdesk team maintains the highest possible first contact resolution rate and support the Team Manager to deliver this KPI.
• Oversee the onboarding of 3500 Doctors and Dentists in training in line with NHS recruitment standards and contractual requirements.
• Ensure all contract queries are managed in line with service level agreements and manage any complex queries escalated to you, in line with employment legislation, NHS terms and Conditions of service including Junior Doctor 2016 contract, Agenda for Change and Dental COPTEND.
• Work with host organisation stakeholders to ensure all Doctors in training receive a work schedule in line with Code of Practice, ensuring that the team translate all data provided into the correct pay.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders such as Senior Leadership Team, HWWB, Payroll and Finance to deliver on contractual requirements.
• Develop and deliver service improvements working with the Service Development team as eth Subject Matter expert.
• Effectively plan . orgainise and deliver on a wide range of complex activities within specific deadlines.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• ​​​​​​SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.

KEY DUTIES



Communication and Relationships

· Develop an excellent client (key decision makers) and trainee / service relationship; managing client, trainee and service expectations within the framework of a Service Level Agreement and agreed key performance indicators (KPIs).

· Acts as an advocate for the service; be the key point of contact with the client, other stakeholders and develop any opportunities for potential new clients.

· Discuss complex and sensitive queries with staff, clients and trainees; discuss relevant issues with clients and trainees, which may be contentious, provide advice on complex legislative and corporate issues; negotiates with clients over service issues, as required.

· Production and delivery of reports and presentations.

· Ensure service engagement strategy fully implemented both with the teams responsible for and with clients/trainees/hosts.



Analysis and Judgement

· Works with the Assistant Director of HR to determine services to tender for, taking account of funding and human resources.

· Have a thorough understanding of the performance of each NHS E Region account, including performance against the Service Level Agreement, any associated key performance indicators and be able to analyse the impact they will have on the client / trainees / hosts / service, including identifying effectiveness and efficiencies.

· Interpretation of data and analysis of information to inform client / trainee / host / service.

· Ensure the performance report is produced every month for the clients and Lead Employer, with a summary report once a year. Produce analysis of KPIs, impact and action information on a client-by- client basis.

· Comparison and contrasting of information in relation to previous information.

· Through the Team Managers, ensure legal and customer deadlines/ priorities are met.

· Reduce error rate for the teams you are responsible for .

· Benchmarking against competitor services.

· Ensure monthly performance reports are made available for stakeholders both internal and external and support the Head of Operations at stakeholder meetings as appropriate.

· Work closely with the Head of Operations to utilise intelligence from the service query log system and client /trainee / host evaluation to inform /improve the client / trainee / host / service relationship.

· Thorough understanding of complex data and statistics for monthly and annual returns.



Planning and Organising

· Undertakes strategic planning to ensure service meets requirements with the Assistant Director of HR and the Head of Operations.

· Understand the short and long-term challenges of the service.

· Plans to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual timetables are met, including all returns being completed within the relevant timescales and legal requirements and visits from auditors are fully accommodated within the services diary/schedule.

· Plan and prioritise key areas of work, identifying any areas of risk with the Head of Operations

· Ensure Risk Log maintained within the team.

· Leads on projects for the service, as determined by the Head of Operations.



Physical Skills and Effort

· Standard keyboard/use of computer packages.



Patients/Clients/Customers

· Manage an existing, defined Client account portfolio of high, medium and low-level categories of complexity.

· As well as supporting the Head of Operations at Client meetings, holding regular review meetings with clients (decision makers).

· Cover a wide client base to create comprehensive coverage.

· Resolve any client / trainee / host issues and escalate when necessary. Feeding back all suggestions for improvement to the Head of Operations.

· Provide specialist advice to Team Managers and staff in respect of operational issues affecting Service Delivery and to deal with complex queries – ensuring a timely resolution, escalating when necessary.

· Ensure quality assurance is incorporated in all processes and compliance is checked through the compliance audit programme.

· Ensure the teams you are responsible for maintain an issue log and use this to inform the learning programme for the team.

· Line manages teams; setting and maintaining performance targets, which are aligned to the service objectives.

· Investigations lead on complaints about the service, providing feedback to complainants and implementing any necessary change(s) to improve the service.



Policy and Service Delivery

· Strong contributor to key business objectives of the service and support the Assistant Director of HR and the Head of Operations with the management of clients / trainees / hosts.

· Play a key role in winning new business and have an overall understanding of the budget implications of their actions. Understand and realise commercial opportunities.

· Understand their part in the service value stream and apply any changes in conjunction with the Head of Operations.

· Suggests changes to Lead Employer policies and procedures within the service in line with best practice and legislative changes.

· Responsible for ensuring staff are working to Standard Operating Procedures through the compliance audit process.



Financial Responsibility

· Authorised signatory for signing off relevant budget and expenses including overtime and bank working.

· Develops and monitors budgets with regards to the service and provide advice as required.

· Proficient in the formal tendering process with a thorough understanding of Standing Financial Instructions.

· Produce comprehensive monthly KPI reports for clients.

· Manages any additional service requests and variances, ensuring profit margins are maintained.



Leadership and Training

· Some training responsibilities in relation to the service within the scope of the Service Level Agreement.

· Manages the delivery of teaching and development programmes to improve the performance of the service for the client / trainee / host / service.

· Support the Head of Operations and the Team Managers with the day-to-day management, including recruitment (or assisting with recruitment) appraisal, discipline, training and delegation.

· Make presentations to Clients, trainees / hosts and/ or staff at all levels.

· Leads and manages designated teams, including performance management, feedback, coaching, training and counselling.



Professional Responsibilities

· Maintain professional registration to CIPD as required.

· Adhere to the relevant Code of Practice of the professional body.

· Adhere to all statutory regulations.

· Adhere to Standing Financial Instructions



Record Keeping, Information Technology and Governance

· Responsible for information systems relevant to the client / trainee / host relationship e.g, portal for client information, marketing materials and keeping it up-to-date.

· Participate in the service compliance audit programme, ensuring teams are fully compliant with the processes.

· Create and maintain accurate records and documents (paper/electronic) in line with documentation/confidentiality guides.

· Financial Instructions and in accordance with agreed policies and procedures.

· Proficient in the Microsoft suite of software.

· Responsible for ensuring that all changes to legislation and terms and conditions are actioned in a timely manner.

· Ensure all statutory returns are made.

· Maintain active action register capturing all audit and control assurance actions.

· Work to the NHS’ document management framework.



Research and Development

· Develop, implement and participate in surveys and audits relevant to the service and report on findings/actions within the client performance report.



Decision Making and Autonomy

· Lead specialist for the client / trainee / host / service relationship / partnership and teams.



Physical Skills and Effort

· Light physical effort.



Mental Effort

· Concentration required for negotiations, meetings, checking documents and analysing statistics, interruptions to deal with client / trainee / host issues.

· High volume of work at peak times



Emotional Effort

· May be exposed to emotional situations e.g. Client/ staff /trainee issues.

· Maintains a calm professional approach at all times.



Working Conditions

· Regular and prolonged VDU use.

· Office conditions.

· Some off-site working, which will require travel.

· Occasional risk of challenging behaviour from clients and trainees.


This advert closes on Tuesday 21 May 2024

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A Vacancy at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.


We are an experienced and award-winning Lead Employer employing c.12,500 Doctors and Dentists in Training across NHS England Regions including North West, The Midlands, East of England, Thames Valley and London and South East. This model has been established since 2010 and we are responsible for the full employment life cycle for our Specialty Doctors in training.

The Team Leader will provide a wide range of support and service to the Doctors and Dentists in Training. You will be required to demonstrate strong verbal/written communication skills and high attention to detail and accuracy along with taking personal responsibility for the Audits schedules within the Lead Employer Governance Team. The post holder is required to ensure special attention is given to undertaking and investigating the non-standard, complex cases and situations via the auditing process in an effective manner.

As an experienced professional you will be used to managing complex queries and have a flexible approach with the ability to function effectively in a fast-paced environment with excellent interpersonal skills to deal with many people at all levels. You will have the ability to maintain a professional and pleasant demeanour, have excellent organisational skills and the ability to multi- task.

Please note interview will include test.

Interview date: 24/05/2024
• As an experienced professional you will be used to managing complex queries and have a flexible approach with the ability to function effectively in a fast-paced environment with excellent interpersonal skills to deal with many people at all levels. You will have the ability to maintain a professional and pleasant demeanour, have excellent organisational skills and the ability to multi- task.
• Duties described are not exhaustive and may be varied from time to time. The values of Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are integral to the way you are expected to perform.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

· CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

· ​​​​​​SAFETY that is of the highest standards

· COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

· SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

· PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
• Ensure good and professional communication pathways are maintained within the respective teams, trainees and the wider stakeholder groups including HEE, GMC and BMA Acting as an advocate for the service.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the employment of doctors and dentists in training, interpreting national codes of practice, terms and conditions of employment and Trust policies and procedures for all Lead Employer stakeholders
• Providing support to the HR Governance manager on pay protection, Junior Doctor Forum meetings, and exception reporting.
• Provide administrative support to the Guardian of Safe Working and Less Than Full time Lead employer Champion.
• Adhering to escalation procedures to ensure the timely processing of information
• Communicate effectively with Lead Employer to ensure that timely information is received in line with the Code of Practice.
• Responsible for ensuring that all required actions for audits are processed onto the relevant systems
• Ensure that the monitoring of regular workforce reports on pay and contractual matters i.e., compliance, reconciliation GMC and DBS are actioned.
• Contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives and the Lead Employer Service Level Agreement.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the Lead Employer Service.
• Work in partnership with colleagues to optimise opportunities for working collaboratively towards the provision of an integrated employment service.
• Production and delivery of a high-quality customer service ensuring communications both verbal and written are delivered in line with the trust values and behaviours.
• Support and participate in regular team meetings.
• Ensure diplomacy when liaising with senior internal and External stakeholders being sensitive to needs whilst maintaining a high level of professionalism.
• Work with the HR Governance Manager to ensure work is distributed across the Governance team in line with roles and responsibilities of each team member and the needs of the service.
• Ensure the effective organisation and prioritisation of the administrators within your areas of responsibility and to provide support across the service to other areas when required.
• Support the Team Leaders & Team Managers across the Lead Employer service in the identification of service improvements and actively participate in ensuring any actions are put into practise.
• Provide to the Lead employer teams administration of risk management, information governance, compliance, and audits.
• Ensure information recorded in ESR Is accurate and entered in a timely manner.
• Actively participate in projects as required, e.g., trainee survey, audit feedback and Standard Operating Procedure reviews.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with daily checks including, ESR reports such as Professional Registration) GMC/GDC) and DBS compliance
• Manage a forward planning system to ensure that deadlines are met with other team members and colleagues in other teams.
• Make and receive phone calls, being flexible and using initiative and judgement when handling enquiries. Act and provide feedback as appropriate, ensuring that appropriate messages are relayed and/or that appropriate action is taken.
• Work without supervision, responsible for organising own day to day work. Using sound judgement to seek advice or alert Managers to issues.
• Respond promptly to requests for information from within the organisation and from external stakeholders, providing assistance and feedback in a prompt and efficient manner, whilst ensuring that the relevant agreed response time is always adhered to.
• Undertake supervision of the relevant administration team.
• Maintain and develop own knowledge and skills as planned through appraisal.
• Gathering and extracting information from a range of sources
• Interpretation of data and analysis of information to assist with service reporting.
• Monitor issues through an issues/learning log.


This advert closes on Sunday 19 May 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Hybrid Working + Portsmouth, Hampshire
Compensation: £65,000 - £70,000 + Car allowance + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55310

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Finance Manager based at our Lakeside offices in Portsmouth

The role
As a Finance Manager you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for the financial management of the Military Flying Training System (MFTS) contract, a key role within the business focused on increased controls around budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

Day to day, you'll be the link between finance and the operational delivery of the contract, ensuring that cost drivers from the operations are properly understood and communicated to the business. Key duties will include:

• Production of timely and technically accurate contract/site accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans including variance analysis
• Business Partner with the operational teams holding them to account with their forecasts and budgets
• Establish, create and maintain appropriate processes to ensure effective financial and business controls
• Preparation of contract review presentations identifying future opportunities and risk
• Providing and managing any contractual financial information e.g. any finance information to be provided as part of contractual reporting to customer such as gain share submissions, PPC reporting, KPIs etc
• Line management and oversight of MFTS Management Accountant

This role is a full-time position and will be hybrid role with regular attendance at our Lakeside offices in Portsmouth, with occasional travel required to other offices/operational sites as required.

Essential experience of the Finance Manager:

• Demonstrable experience in a similar Finance Manager or leadership role
• Strong finance business partner experience, including ability to concisely present complex financial information
• Strong IT skills, in particular Excel to intermediate / advanced level
• Experienced in the use of Finance systems (e.g. SAP, Navision, IFS or similar)
• Long-term contract accounting experience (highly desirable)

Qualifications for the Finance Manager:

• Recognised Accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
• Degree level education (desirable)

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC level security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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