Head of Financial Recovery PMO

Transformation Unit; Kettering; Hybride; GBP 67 000 - 77 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Head of Financial Recovery PMO. The role demands expert financial leadership within the Corporate Reporting Team, driving the Financial Recovery Programme across the Trust and its sites.

The post holder will lead the PMO function, develop governance, and coordinate submissions to NHS England and regulators, ensuring timely, accurate reporting and delivery of the recovery plan.

Qualifications

• Masters level education or equivalent; continuing professional development expected.
• Significant post-qualification or senior experience in financial management, transformation or programme delivery in a large, complex organisation.
• Proven leadership of a complex PMO, financial recovery, turnaround or transformation portfolio; delivery improvement demonstrated.

Responsabilités

• Lead the Financial Recovery PMO and provide authoritative financial and programme leadership.
• Coordinate the recovery portfolio on behalf of the accountable executive and programme governance, with sponsors and operational leads retaining delivery accountability.
• Develop and maintain delivery-management systems, dashboards and reporting processes to provide timely, accurate, decision-focused information.

Connaissances

Financial leadership

PMO management

NHS experience

Stakeholder communication

Formation

Masters degree or equivalent

Description du poste

Employer Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Town Kettering Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/11/2026 23:59

Head of Financial Recovery PMO

Band 8b

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at UHN for an experienced, dynamic, qualified accountant to join the Corporate Reporting Team.

Working with the wider financial and operational teams, the post holder will be responsible for monitoring and reporting the position for the Financial Recovery Programme. Providing support and guidance across all areas to identify, implement and monitor schemes requires the ability to effectively communicate across a wide variety of staff groups and financial knowledge.

This is a new role within the recently reviewed team structure, delivering a vital service both internally within finance and to the wider staff base across both hospitals, Kettering and Northampton.

Main duties of the job

The Financial Recovery Programme has been established to coordinate, assure and accelerate delivery of the Trust’s financial recovery priorities while maintaining quality, safety, workforce and operational performance.
You will lead the Financial Recovery PMO and provide authoritative financial and programme leadership. They will coordinate the recovery portfolio on behalf of the accountable executive and programme governance, while scheme sponsors and operational leads retain accountability for delivery and the Executive Team retains overall
ownership of the Trust recovery plan.

The post holder will lead and develop the PMO function, ensuring that delivery-management systems, dashboards and reporting processes provide timely, accurate and decisionfocused information. They will direct the preparation of submissions, evidence packs and responses to challenge from NHS England, the relevant integrated care board and other regulators or system partners.

Working for our organisation

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of roles and responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Educations, Training and Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of education, training or experience
• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant post-qualification or equivalent senior experience in financial management, transformation or programme delivery within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven leadership of a complex PMO, financial recovery, turnaround or transformation portfolio, with evidence of improving delivery grip at scale.
• Experience of establishing programme governance, controls, reporting cadence, milestone and dependency management, risk and issue escalation, and disciplined decision tracking
• Practical experience of benefits-realisation assurance, including baselines, ownership, evidence, finance validation and prevention of double counting.
• Experience of using delivery-management systems, portfolio dashboards and data to identify slippage early, commission deep dives and secure corrective action.
• Experience of integrated scheme assurance across finance, workforce, activity, productivity, quality, safety and operations
• Experience of preparing high-quality submissions and evidence for executive, Board, NHS England, integrated care board or regulatory scrutiny.
• Substantial leadership and line-management experience, with a record of developing high-performing teams and capability
• Experience of financial recovery or turnaround in an NHS provider or wider health system.
• Experience of service line reporting, patient-level costing or productivity analytics.

Applications will be transferred to TRAC system, by completing an application your are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

We welcome applications from members of our black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, especially in relation to senior posts within at KGH.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

Appointments will be made on merit.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Kettering General Hospital (KGH) NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training record.

If you need to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, as a requirement of the role, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check (£49.50) and this amount will be reclaimed from your first salary. From 1st February 2019 all new starters to the Trust are required to join the DBS update service as per Trust DBS Re-checking Policy which has an annual cost of £16. New employees who do not join the update service will be required to pay £49.50 for a new DBS check in 3 years time.

Please note that news starters with KGH are subject to a six month probationary period.

Please ensure that the information you provide on your application form is correct, accurate and that nothing has been omitted. Any information that is stated in your application form in relation to qualifications/training courses/work/education experience/references must be able to be evidenced. Failure to do so may result if your offer being withdrawn.

"Safeguarding is everyone's business. KGH considers Safeguarding a priority amongst its citizen's and a key value for all employed to the service.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

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