Finance Manager

Finance Manager | Barnsley, South Yorkshire Permanent | Full Time | 37.5 Hours per Week £38,000 - £40,000 per annum, depending on experience Monday to Friday, between 8:am and 6pm Are you an experienced Finance Manager looking for an opportunity where your work will make a real difference? Barnsley Healthcare Federation is looking for a proactive and commercially minded Finance Manager to lead its finance function. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing healthcare organisation where you'll play a key role in supporting strategic decision making, ensuring robust financial governance, and helping deliver high quality healthcare services across the local community.The Role As Finance Manager, you'll lead the Finance Team and take ownership of the organisation's financial management, ensuring accurate reporting, effective controls and insightful financial analysis. Key responsibilities include:\n

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• Producing monthly management accounts, financial reports and performance dashboards
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• Leading the budgeting, forecasting and financial planning process
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• Monitoring income, expenditure, cash flow and financial performance
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• Providing meaningful financial analysis to support strategic business decisions
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• Developing financial models, forecasts and business cases
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• Maintaining strong financial controls, governance and compliance
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• Supporting year-end accounts, external audit and statutory reporting
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• Working closely with budget holders and senior leaders to improve financial performance
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• Leading, developing and supporting the Finance Team
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• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting through automation, advanced Excel and AI-enabled tools.
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About You We're looking for an experienced finance professional who enjoys combining technical expertise with commercial thinking.You'll have:\n

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• Fully qualified ACCA, ACA or CIMA status, or equivalent experience
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• Previous experience in a Finance Manager or senior management accounting role
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• Strong experience of budgeting, forecasting and management reporting
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• Excellent knowledge of financial governance, controls and statutory reporting
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• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, pivot tables and automation
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• Previous experience leading or managing a finance team
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• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain financial information to non-finance colleagues
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• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills
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• A proactive approach with a focus on continuous improvement and adding value.
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Experience within healthcare, charity or another regulated sector would be advantageous but isn't essential.What's on Offer?\n

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• Salary of £38,000 - £40,000, depending on experience
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• Permanent, full-time position
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• 37.5 hours per week
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• Monday to Friday working
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• Opportunity to influence strategic decision making
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• Supportive leadership team
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• A varied and rewarding role where you can make a genuine impact across the organisation
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If you're looking for a Finance Manager position where your expertise will help shape the future of an organisation delivering vital healthcare services, we'd love to hear from you.Please apply with an up-to-date CV. If shortlisted, our client will contact you to discuss the role and your experience further.Key Appointments UK Ltd will assess your suitability for the role based on the information contained in your CV and application. This includes skills, experience, education and location.By applying for this role, you give consent for your CV to be processed by Key Appointments for recruitment purposes only. We often work with third parties who may contact you about this role. Our full Privacy Policy is available at key-appointments.Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide specific feedback if your application is unsuccessful. We will endeavour to provide an outcome as soon as possible.