As 2022 HFMA large team of the year, The Newcastle Hospitals Research Finance Team offers a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the future of healthcare. The team forms part of the wider Finance Directorate, with a specific focus on supporting research across the Trust and North East and North Cumbria (NENC). As a Finance Manager you will form part of this award-winning team, contributing your skills and experience to provide financial oversight for the NIHR in Newcastle. You will support research applications, commercial contracting, collaborative contracting and financial management of key awards including oversight of the NENC Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN).
This is a key role within the Team; working alongside a second finance manager and the wider team you will contribute to the delivery of the Trust and RRDN Research Strategy by delivering an excellent finance function. The team is proud to deliver a professional, high-quality service within the Trust and look forward to welcoming you!
- Interview Date Thursday 12 December 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
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You will manage a small team, covering costing of contracts, bids and allocations, month end closedown and process, reporting both internally and externally to NIHR, quarterly and annually.You will have a key role in the development and maintenance of the Trust's Research Costing and applications process to ensure Trust Costs are appropriately covered and financial risk is minimised.
- Deputise for the Assistant Director of Finance and Clinical Board Finance Manager in areas relating to Research Costing.
- Provide professional finance support for Research applications.
- To develop and maintain a costing model/process to be used during Research applications to ensure that Trust costs are appropriately covered.
- To be the key point of contact for provision of costing information and funding advice to the Newcastle Joint Research Office and to Research Project Leads during the application process and award stage.
- Utlise your knowledge and skills to support the Assistant Director of Finance and Clinical Board Finance Manager with key pieces of work such as business cases.
- Work Flexibly with the Finance Manager (post award) to ensure a robust financial management function is maintained.
- To liaise with Research Clinical Director, Deputy Medical Directors, Trust Executive Directors, consultant / senior clinicians, Newcastle Joint Research Office, Trust Research Finance team, Research Leads, and other Research staff as appropriate.
About us
Excellent inter personal skills are essential as the postholder must have the ability to communicate complex financial issues. A logical and analytical approach to problem solving, having strong management and planning skills to co-ordinate the workload of a large finance function and the ability to work to tight timetables and under pressure.
- To deputise for the relevant Assistant Finance Director
- To ensure the provision of professional finance support for Research applications
- To lead the costing model/process for the Trust to be used during Research applications to ensure that all Trust costs are appropriately recovered
- To develop financial awareness in Research Teams and Principal Investigators of NHS research costing requirements
- To identify the financial risk to the Trust of Research award applications/proposals and develop/identify mitigating actions
- To advise on method of funding for excess treatment costs of Research studies
- To lead on systems/process development and improvement in relation to Research, in particular the application and approval processes
- To provide key input into the development of Research financial reporting, with the aim of improving the quality and efficiency of financial information provided
- To provide key input into the Trusts Research capacity and capability confirmation process
- To ensure costing information and appropriate analysis is available to support research related business planning and development
- To provide financial information for inclusion within Newcastle University collaboration agreements
- To ensure the provision of a high-quality financial management service for the Clinical Research Network, North East and North Cumbria (CRN:NENC). Provision of timely and accurate information to facilitate effective monitoring and management of the network financial position and to support the decision-making process
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.