KMPN Head of Finance - Kent & Medway ICS

Health Jobs UK; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Maidstone is seeking a qualified professional for a senior management role. The position requires CCAB/CIMA qualification and significant strategic experience, preferably in an NHS environment. Responsibilities include managing complex business challenges, leading teams, and overseeing financial strategies. The ideal candidate will possess strong negotiation and communication skills and be adept at handling sensitive information. Applications from diverse backgrounds are encouraged.

Benefits

Opportunities for personal development

Support for staff with disabilities

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• Experience at strategic level in an NHS or equivalent environment.
• Proven experience in contract negotiations and business strategy.
• Experience in senior management level in a finance department.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day business challenges while maintaining strategic goals.
• Lead and engage staff to perform at high levels.
• Develop and deliver complex business cases to stakeholders.

Skills

Handling complex information

Negotiation skills

IT skills

Conflict resolution

Written & verbal communication

Education

CCAB/CIMA qualified

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We've provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Working for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust/NKPS you will be part of the Kent and Medway Pathology Network (South 8 Network - Kent and Medway Pathology Network is made up of seven laboratories across three pathology services in four acute Trusts.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCAB/CIMA qualified with relevant post qualification experience.
• Evidence of on-going personal development

Desirable criteria

• Leadership or project management qualification

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at strategic level in an NHS or equivalent, complex operating environment.
• Proven experience of working across boundaries; handling contract negotiations; risk management, conflict resolution and understanding of business strategy.
• Understanding of the Acute sector financial regime.
• Experience of working at a senior management level in a finance department including budget setting and financial oversight of multi-million pound budgets.
• Understanding and proven experience of change management and business improvement processes.
• Commercially astute, able to manage the day to day business challenges while not losing sight of long-term strategic goals.
• Experience of successfully leading staff to high performance, transforming ineffective behaviours into responsive and proactive processes.
• Experience of successfully gaining senior stakeholder engagement and/or using account management techniques to develop, communicate and execute business plans, business cases and contracts and to turn strategy into service.
• Proven experience of holding others to account through both managerial and contractual routes.
• Awareness of the challenges facing the NHS and issues affecting the local healthcare economy.
• Experienced in developing and delivering formal, complex business cases to non-finance managers and directors. Experience of producing financial appraisals and contributing to business cases.
• Previous experience of developing pricing and costing models that help to deliver the partnerships' commercial and financial strategies.
• Knowledge of where to access appropriate legislation and its application within a large organisation
• Knowledge of technical contracting requirements, together with experience of understanding and interpreting relevant guidance in a complex organisation.
• Knowledge & understanding of the contract negotiations framework and impact on the business planning cycle.
• Understanding of NHS payment mechanisms and their impact
• Knowledge of corporate governance and approaches to contracting, commercial development and operational plans.

Desirable criteria

• Experience gained in the commercial sector, e.g., business development.
• Led budget setting in an NHS environment.
• Knowledge of Reference Costs and the NHS payment system.
• Previous experience of working at Board level.
• Experience of Lean methodologies and delivery.
• Experience in a Senior Strategic Development or Planning role in a complex environment sector.
• Proven experience of managing complex contractual negotiations and process demonstrating the impact on desired business objectives.
• Project management
• Knowledge of corporate governance and risk management approaches to contracting, commercial development and operational plans.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate examples of handling and interpreting highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, including presenting information about strategy to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
• Written & verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide and receive highly complex and contentious information which can be understood by different audiences
• Influence and negotiate in potentially hostile / antagonistic situations where expert opinion may differ.
• Ability to employ effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to enable an effective change management with stakeholders at all levels (including senior management) who may hold differing and contentious views.
• Professional attitude with personal credibility, able to work at very senior levels both internally and externally
• Able to resolve conflict in a calm and professional manner.
• Ability to draw together a range of disparate and complex information in order to identify options and make decisions.
• Ability to develop and mine a network of contacts, import and assess suitability of new approaches to design new creative business models and introduce innovation into contractual arrangements and business models.
• IT skills including incorporating the input of financial data, creation and manipulation of spreadsheets.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop and mine a network of contacts, import and assess suitability of new approaches to design new creative business models and introduce innovation into contractual arrangements and business models.

In the event that we receive a high volume of applications, we may need to close the application process earlier than planned. To avoid missing out, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role for which you are applying.

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints, and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that experts in the workplace assess our staff and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Good luck! We look forward to welcoming you to our exceptional team!

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• Job Description and Person Specification ( PDF , 384.6 KB )
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• Staff Benefits ( PDF , 63.8 KB )
• Tips when completing your application ( PDF , 50.6 KB )