Deputy Director of Finance - Financial Services and Capital

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in East Midlands is seeking a Deputy Director of Finance to lead Financial Services teams, ensuring financial integrity and compliance with NHS standards. The ideal candidate will have a professional accountancy qualification, significant experience in financial services, and a proven track record in managing large teams. This role requires strong leadership and collaborative skills, with opportunities for professional development and leadership growth.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Significant senior level experience in financial services.
• Experience managing complex financial accounting issues and large external audits.
• Experience in working in health care and/or wider public sector finances.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Services teams across financial accounting, capital expenditure, treasury management.
• Provide sound financial accounting expertise complying with NHS requirements.
• Develop and build strong working relationships with various stakeholders.

Skills

Ability to collaborate and influence senior colleagues and stakeholders

Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills

Effective organisation, prioritisation and delegation skills

Education

Professional Accountancy Qualification

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Deputy Director of Finance - Financial Services and Capital, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 21 October 2025

The NHS financial landscape is challenging and subject to increasing scrutiny. This role will jointly be responsible with the other Deputy Directors of Finance for ensuring the integrity of the general ledger, giving assurance to the Director of Operational Finance and Director of Strategic Finance that the financial information supplied is accurate and in accordance with professional accounting standards.

The role holder will lead the Financial Services teams across a number of areas, including financial accounting and controls, capital expenditure, treasury management and purchase and sales ledger. A continuous improvement mindset will be required, alongside professional curiosity to constructively challenge ways of working and established views.

Main duties of the job

• Compassionate and supportive leadership, professionalising high quality and responsive outputs from the Financial Services teams.
• Provision of sound financial accounting expertise to support a quality accounting service in accordance with professional accounting standards and NHS requirements.
• Strong leadership of statutory financial duties including the submission of the Annual Consolidated Accounts and liaison with the external auditors.
• Compliance and efficient development of a range of necessary procedures, controls and plans across Financial Services.
• Robust reporting and forecasting to proactively monitor cash, capital expenditure and working capital.
• Lead and develop the teams effectively and build strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders and partners.
• Deputising for the Director of Operational Finance when relevant.

Closing date for applications: 21 October 2025

Interview date: 04 November 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Accountancy Qualification
• Degree level or equivalent

Experience

• Significant senior level experience in financial services
• Experience of managing complex financial accounting issues and large external audits
• Management and development of large teams to ensure delivery requirements are met
• Experience of advising and influencing Board level personnel
• Experience in leading successful change management projects
• Experience in working in health care and/or wider public sector finances

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of IFRS and relevant accounting standards
• Evidence of strong post qualification professional development
• Knowledge of financial consolidation for group accounts

Skills

• Ability to collaborate and influence senior colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to communicate and present complex financial issues to diverse groups
• Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills
• Effective organisation, prioritisation and delegation skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust