Finance Director

Hays Senior Finance; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing healthcare business in Bath seeks a Finance Director to lead its finance operations. This key leadership role involves managing financial strategy, operations, and team development, contributing significantly to the organization's success. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant experienced in the NHS or healthcare sector, with strong leadership qualities and a track record of driving financial projects.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Good benefits

Supportive finance team culture

Qualifications

• Proven track record in financial leadership within healthcare or NHS.
• Experience in managing financial projects and teams.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead all finance operations including budgets and audits.
• Contribute to the financial sustainability and strategy of the business.
• Manage and develop the finance team for continuous improvement.

Skills

Financial leadership

Team management

NHS frameworks knowledge

Attention to detail

IT skills

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Your new company
A growing healthcare business here in the Southwest is looking to recruit a Finance Director on a permanent basis.

Your new role
This is a key leadership role, heading up and leading on all things finance, reporting into the Hospital Director and helping to support the financial sustainability of business. In this newly created role, the role will include:

• Financial leadership - managing the day-to-day running of the finance operations, including statutory accounts, budget setting and compliance.
• Sit as part of the Senior Leadership team, helping to devise the annual strategy.
• Lead on treasury management - including capital investment
• Lead short-term / long-term business planning and help to develop the annual budget.
• Contribute to the capital expenditure plan.
• Lead and carry out continuous improvement projects, helping to create a best-in-class finance function.
• Manage and develop colleagues across finance but also in other areas of the business.
• Manage external audits, being a key point of contact.
• Oversee the financial services team to ensure reporting is done in line with NHS standards.
• Maintain oversight and sign off contract management for NHS trusts and Integrated care boards

What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for an experienced finance leader, ideally with experience in the NHS or healthcare sector. This person should be a qualified accountant with a strong track record of managing and developing teams and helping to contribute to the overall success of an organisation. You will be a qualified accountant and, ideally, you will have a good understanding of NHS frameworks and have experience of leading financial projects. Aside from the above, you should be a people person, have good attention to detail and have good IT skills.


What you'll get in return
This is a great opportunity for someone to take on a newly created role in a growing organisation. The role offers hybrid working, a competitive salary and good benefits. The finance team has a good culture with strong brilliant staff members, so it is a great opportunity for someone to take the current finance team and help support them to get to the next level.


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