Job Title: Finance Manager (Fees & Costings)

Location: Chesterfield / Home Based (with some travel to regions)

Working Pattern: 37.5 Hours (Flexible Working)

Salary: Up to £50,000 Per Annum

Who We Are

Our values reflect us all and they’re at the heart of everything we do. They set out our culture, the way we behave and the way we do things. Our colleagues are passionate, kind, and resilient, and they go the extra mile for the people we support and each other. We have this expectation of all our colleagues.

We’re very proud to be recognised as one of the best organisations to work in by ‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024’.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Group Commercial Finance Lead, the Finance Manager - Fees & Costings will be responsible for collating financial and operational data, providing insightful assessments and analysis to improve profitability. The primary focus will be on group-wide revenue streams, costings, pricing reviews, and process improvements/standardisation.

Your Responsibilities

• Business partner the Business Development support function with costing new and existing schemes.
• Document, standardise, and automate costing processes.
• Utilise CareCubed software for pricing analysis.
• Identify legacy fee issues and escalate accordingly.
• Business partner the Credit Control function to support timely query resolution.
• Manage and train a small team, supporting with uplift process and reporting.
• Support annual uplift negotiations with funding authorities.
• Ensure standardisation of revenue and uplift recognition and reporting across regions.
• Reconcile different revenue streams vs invoice value and cash received, identifying issues and appropriate resolutions.
• Align costings to approved business cases, identify risks/opportunities, and any variances impacting profitability.
• Identify opportunities to improve P&L performance.
• Ensure funding agreement is sought and reflected in agreed fees for increased care requirements, contingency, or PBS input.
• Seek best revenue recognition and costings practice across the group to improve data integrity and drive process standardisation.

The Main Skills and Experience for This Role

Essential

• Studying towards or qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent).
• Proficiency in financial systems and advanced MS Excel.
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset.
• Proven history of implementing and improving systems/processes.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to succinctly summarise financial information for various stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with both finance and non-finance.

Desirable

• Prior experience in other areas of finance.
• Prior experience in a healthcare organisation or similar industry.
• Prior experience in a multi-site organisation.
• Prior experience working within a transforming business.

How We Will Support You

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 5.6 weeks annual leave, flexible working hours, and pension. And there is a £300 refer a friend scheme too.

Industry-leading Recognition

• Colleague Lotto – giving everyone the opportunity to win great cash prizes.
• Prize-winning Scratchcards aligned with values in action!
• We recognise our colleagues who go above and beyond – our ‘Heroes’ are nominated by colleagues for quarterly and annual awards.
• Loyalty Scheme recognising colleagues at work anniversaries.

Social Wellbeing

• Award-winning App for news and info.
• Internal social media.
• Team communities.

Financial Wellbeing

• Discounts include high street, supermarkets, flash sales, gym memberships, and more.
• Blue Light discount programme, funded by us.
• Salary Finance scheme for lower cost loans and to save for special occasions or rainy days.
• Government mileage rates if you need to travel.

Emotional Wellbeing

• Free wellbeing App.
• Practical advice covering things like consumer rights, anxiety, childcare, and more.

Training and Development to Reach Your Potential

• Learning journey that grows with you to reach care worker standards.
• Specialist skills training including Autism, Dementia, and Mental Health.
• Career pathways that include flexible apprenticeships and nationally recognised qualifications.
• Cover the cost of relevant professional memberships.

5 More Reasons to Work with Ivolve

1. Our people are pretty fabulous. We take pride and pleasure in helping others to flourish.
2. There’s a great energy across the business and a strong sense of teamwork.
3. Very few jobs have such an impact on people’s lives – we bring joy to people every day.
4. We have a proud history, we’re a big organisation of over 4,000 colleagues supporting over 1,300 people.
5. We build and nourish relationships with the people we support.

INDF