Head of Financial Management

The Methodist Church in Britain; Kettering; Presencial; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Head of Financial Management to lead the Finance Directorate. The role oversees planning, forecasting, reporting and assurance for executive directors, clinical leaders and operational teams, with a focus on building finance capability and driving change across sites.

The post requires a CCAB qualification and substantial post-qualification experience in financial management, with a track record of improving financial planning,

Qualificações

• CCAB qualified accountant with ongoing professional development.
• Significant post-qualification experience in financial management.
• Experience leading financial reporting, planning and management processes.
• Experience developing organisation-wide financial standards and frameworks.
• Experience developing finance capability through training design, delivery or professional development.

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic leadership for the Trust's financial management function.
• Deliver high-quality financial advice, reporting, forecasting and assurance to executive directors, clinical leaders and operational teams.
• Support strategic decision-making and the effective use of financial resources.
• Lead improvements in financial planning, performance reporting and business intelligence.
• Help services identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and value.
• Lead the development of finance capability across the organisation.
• Help finance and non-finance colleagues strengthen their financial understanding and decision-making.
• Support a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven culture.
• Work across sites where service needs require.

Conhecimentos

NHS financial regime

Financial systems

Data extraction

Policy interpretation

Stakeholder influence

Change leadership

Formação académica

CCAB qualification

CPD demonstrated

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Head of Financial Management in the Finance Directorate at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, part of University Hospitals of Northamptonshire. The post leads the Trust's financial management function, covering planning, forecasting, reporting and assurance for executive directors, clinical leaders and operational teams. Its distinct focus is building finance capability across the organisation while leading change, with possible work across sites. Fit depends on a CCAB qualification and significant post-qualification experience in financial management.

What the job involves

• Provide strategic leadership for the Trust's financial management function
• Deliver high-quality financial advice, reporting, forecasting and assurance to executive directors, clinical leaders and operational teams
• Support strategic decision-making and the effective use of financial resources
• Lead improvements in financial planning, performance reporting and business intelligence
• Help services identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and value
• Lead the development of finance capability across the organisation
• Help finance and non-finance colleagues strengthen their financial understanding and decision-making
• Support a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven culture
• Work across sites where service needs require

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified accountant
• Continuing professional development demonstrated

Experience

• Significant post-qualification experience in financial management
• Supporting divisions to identify, track and report efficiencies
• Dealing with contracts for supplies and services
• Leading improvements in financial reporting, planning or management processes
• Developing and implementing organisation-wide financial management standards and frameworks
• Developing finance capability through training design, delivery or professional development

Skills & knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of the NHS financial regime
• Using and improving financial systems
• Sound understanding of financial and activity systems, with skill in extracting, interpreting and presenting information
• Applying national standards, DHSC policy, NHS financial frameworks and Accounting Standards to give expert judgement and assurance
• Influencing senior stakeholders and building trusted relationships
• Leading teams through change and driving service improvement

Nice to have

• Setting and assuring standards for financial management across an organisation