Head of Financial Reporting

NHS England; Halfway House; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Head of Finance to lead the South East Finance team, overseeing reporting and analysis for the regional system. You will drive timely, accurate financial reporting and provide strategic insight to trust boards and directors.

You will be CCAB or CIMA qualified with up-to-date membership and a track record of finance leadership in a complex organisation within the public sector. This role requires collaborative leadership and stakeholder engagement across partner

Qualifications

• CCAB or CIMA qualified with up-to-date membership.
• Demonstrable experience in financial reporting in a complex organisation.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead responsibility for the timely and accurate reporting of financial information within the South East region and ensure regional and national reporting timetables are met.
• Develop financial reporting in the South East region to enable understanding of trends in financial performance and triangulating financial positions with other sources of assurance.
• Provide advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders as required including in depth analysis and production of complex reports.
• Be the subject matter expert in relation to national changes in reporting and analysis and disseminate best practice across the South East region.

Skills

Leadership

Financial reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Education

CCAB or CIMA qualified

Public sector experience

Job description

Join us in shaping the future of the NHS

An opportunity has arisen for a Head of Finance to join the South Finance team leading our financial reporting and analysis team.

The Finance team oversee the financial performance of the systems, ICBs and Trusts within the South East Region system, providing the necessary advice, guidance, support and challenge as appropriate. In our work accurate financial reporting and insightful analysis of financial data are vital to identify trends and support timely interventions.

Leading a small team, the Head of Financial Reporting will be responsible for the reporting of financial information in region and ensuring that regional and national reporting timetables are met and developing best practice in reporting.

You will be a CCAB or CIMA qualified accountant (or equivalent) with full up to date membership and be able to demonstrate your experience in financial reporting in a complex organisation.

• Take the lead responsibility for the timely and accurate reporting of financial information within the South East region ensuring that the financial reporting and analysis team develop and implement best practice in financial reporting.
• Develop financial reporting in the South East region to enable understanding of trends in financial performance and triangulating financial positions with other sources of assurance.
• Provide advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders as required including in depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports including financial returns.
• Be the subject matter expert in relation to national changes in reporting and analysis and responsible for disseminating best practice across the South East region.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

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