Director of Financial Planning and Reporting

NHS; London; Hybrid; GBP 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as the Director of Financial Planning & Reporting. You'll play a pivotal high-profile role at Imperial College Healthcare, enhancing the financial performance of the Trust through strategic leadership and collaboration with key stakeholders while ensuring the application of equality and diversity principles.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development

Wellbeing support

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits like Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strategic financial leadership experience.
• Advanced knowledge in public sector finance and business intelligence.
• Experience working with senior management and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business planning process and performance management.
• Ensure effective delivery of financial plans by divisional teams.
• Deliver reports on financial position to Trust Board and stakeholders.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical ability

Stakeholder management

Education

Membership of CCAB body

Masters degree in financial or business discipline

Job description

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity to work in a high profile role with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, one of the leading teaching hospitals in the country.

The Director of Financial Planning & Reporting will have responsibility for a broad and exciting remit covering Annual Planning, Reporting, Finance Continuous Improvement, Corporate Business Partnering and Productivity. This role is crucial to enabling clinical teams to perform effectively and to ensure divisions are delivering their financial plans.

The post holder will work closely with the Deputy CFO to provide leadership and direction to improve the financial performance of the Trust and deliver on the finance department's improvement programme.

This role requires an inclusive and encouraging leader who will ensure the Trust's equality and diversity ethos and values are applied and promoted. You will be a qualified accountant with significant experience of strategic financial leadership in a complex organisation.

You will have excellent financial modelling skills, sound financial judgement, be comfortable at quickly developing and implementing solutions to highly complex problems, and experience in persuading and influencing key stakeholders.

If you are interested in applying please contact recruitment partner Nicola Brooks at I&E Professionals. All applications will be submitted through I&E professionals and not via NHS Jobs.

This is a hybrid role with an expectation of 2 days in the office, based at St Mary's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the business planning process for the organisation working closely with the strategic leads within the Trust as well as the income team and financial services ensuring plans are consistent, deliverable and meet overall trust, sector and national planning parameters.
• Supporting the CFO and Deputy CFO to ensure that divisional teams are effectively performance managing directorates and ensuring divisions are delivering their financial plans.
• Leading the monthly reporting process for the Trust delivering clear reports on the financial position to Trust Board, internal and external stakeholders. This will include ensuring the team is structured and ready to deliver on short notice submissions, Board papers and Trust Committee papers.
• To lead the Continuous Improvement Finance Team that will deliver on a range of initiatives on behalf of the whole department.
• Work closely with the Deputy Chief Financial Officer to provide leadership and direction to improve the financial performance of the Trust.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Details Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£113,557 to £129,443 a year per annum inclusive

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

290-CR-878

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

Job description Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Job description Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification Qualifications & training Essential

• Membership of CCAB body
• Up to date CPD

Desirable

• Masters degree in financial or business discipline
• Doctorate or equivalent in business related discipline

Knowledge & Experience Essential

• Significant strategic finance leadership
• Finance modelling
• Business case appraisal
• Significant experience working with senior management
• Experience of leading and managing a team including setting objectives, performance management and leading a team through change.
• Experience in delivering change Specific experience of designing and implementing financial reporting solutions and analytics to meet user needs
• Experience of analysing and understanding highly complex problems, arriving at solutions and being able to implement them and or persuade others to adapt and implement them
• Experience of using financial analysis to inform and drive major transformation programmes
• Experience of leading and managing change across teams
• Developing, leading and managing high performing teams, developing staff competencies and behaviours including managing difficult conversations
• Working with board and executive leadership teams

Skills & Abilities Essential

• Advanced analytical ability Strategic financial planning
• Specific capabilities in financial modelling, database modelling, root cause analysis, and knowledge of Business Intelligence software
• Advanced business case appraisal Advanced knowledge of public sector finance and government accounting frameworks
• Advanced keyboard skills, powerpoint and excel
• Complex stakeholder management.

Desirable

• Contribute to professional sphere by contributing articles to institute publications.

Person Specification Qualifications & training Essential

• Membership of CCAB body
• Up to date CPD

Desirable

• Masters degree in financial or business discipline
• Doctorate or equivalent in business related discipline

Knowledge & Experience Essential

• Significant strategic finance leadership
• Finance modelling
• Business case appraisal
• Significant experience working with senior management
• Experience of leading and managing a team including setting objectives, performance management and leading a team through change.
• Experience in delivering change Specific experience of designing and implementing financial reporting solutions and analytics to meet user needs
• Experience of analysing and understanding highly complex problems, arriving at solutions and being able to implement them and or persuade others to adapt and implement them
• Experience of using financial analysis to inform and drive major transformation programmes
• Experience of leading and managing change across teams
• Developing, leading and managing high performing teams, developing staff competencies and behaviours including managing difficult conversations
• Working with board and executive leadership teams

Skills & Abilities Essential

• Advanced analytical ability Strategic financial planning
• Specific capabilities in financial modelling, database modelling, root cause analysis, and knowledge of Business Intelligence software
• Advanced business case appraisal Advanced knowledge of public sector finance and government accounting frameworks
• Advanced keyboard skills, powerpoint and excel
• Complex stakeholder management.

Desirable

• Contribute to professional sphere by contributing articles to institute publications.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)