Senior Finance Manager

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Manager at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. This role involves delivering financial business partnering, providing expert financial advice, and overseeing budget management within a clinical division. Ideal candidates will be CCAB/CIMA qualified with extensive NHS experience and strong leadership skills. Join a team dedicated to enhancing healthcare services through effective financial management.

Qualifications

• CCAB/CIMA-qualified with substantial NHS financial management experience.
• Strong leadership skills and proven track record of delivering efficiency improvements.
• Experience in report writing and delivering presentations.

Responsibilities

• Support the Assistant Director of Finance in delivering financial business partnering.
• Oversee budget setting and business planning.
• Lead on key financial projects and staff management.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Management

Analytical Skills

Education

CCAB/CIMA qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced finance professional to join our team as a Senior Finance Manager. In this key leadership role, you will support the Assistant Director of Finance in delivering a full financial business partnering function, ensuring robust financial planning, analysis, and reporting for the Surgery and Heath Informatics Divisions. You will provide expert financial advice to senior management, oversee budget setting and business planning, and lead on key financial projects. The role also involves staff management, strategic planning, and working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to drive service improvements.

We are looking for a CCAB/CIMA-qualified individual with substantial NHS financial management experience, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering efficiency and performance improvements. If you thrive in a fast-paced, strategic environment and are passionate about supporting healthcare services through effective financial management, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

In this key Financial Management role, you will support the Assistant Director of Finance in delivering a full financial business partnering function, ensuring robust financial planning, analysis, and reporting. You will provide expert financial advice to senior management, oversee budget setting and business planning, and lead on key financial projects within a clinical Division. The role also involves staff management and working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to drive service improvements.

We are looking for a CCAB/CIMA-qualified individual with substantial NHS financial management experience, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering efficiency and performance improvements. If you thrive in a fast-paced, environment and are passionate about supporting healthcare services through effective financial management, we encourage you to apply.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As Senior Finance Manager (Band 8a), you will:

Provide support to the Assistant Director of Finance in the delivery of a full financial business partnering function.

Support the Assistant Director of Finance to ensure there is a sound financial basis for business and service changes, ensuring robust reporting and analysis is provided to enable the Division to maximize its financial performance and the Trust to fulfil its corporate financial duties.

Provide financial support and direction on a day-to-day basis in support of the delivery of the Trusts financial and business agenda.

Work as part of a financial management team supporting the longer-term financial strategy of a division within the devolved structure of the Trust.

Build strong relationships and liaise with a wide range of staff within and external to the Trust / Division / finance function in providing financial management support.

Deputise at all levels for the Assistant Director of Finance within the Division

Ensure robust financial information is provided to enable the Division to achieve its financial contribution in the longer term / Three Year Business Plan

Provide support to other Divisions and the corporate functions to maximize financial efficiency and provide the necessary support across all areas of the finance agenda

Develop business cases that support service improvements and ensure financial visibility.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced NHS finance professional to play a key role in shaping financial strategy and driving efficiency across the organisation.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Professional accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA)
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a large organization with complex management structures
• Extensive experience and expertise in a finance management role
• Experience in a staff management role
• Knowledge of NHS funding flows and the financial framework of an NHS Trust
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office, Excel and recognized accounting packages
• Experience of provide training on specialist financial management
• Proven track record of meeting internal and external deadlines
• Experience in report writing and delivering presentations to include development of business cases and formal presentations.
• Experience of delivering significant cost improvement programmes involving several key stakeholders.
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of best practice improvement techniques across a range of sectors
• Experience of working with Clinicians and across networks / range of partners
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Knowledge of PbR / PLICS
• Experience in working within the NHS / Foundation Trust
• Evidence of contribution to Organizational Development agenda
• Experience of project management

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• Attention to detail / accuracy
• Excellent written / oral communication
• Experience of presentation skills to wide ranging groups with different levels of responsibility and professional backgrounds
• Excellent leadership skills
• Evidence of persuasive, motivational, and negotiating skills
• Evidence of analytical / complex problem solving

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact [e-mail] for assistance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JDPS (PDF, 96.4KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 259.2KB)