Senior Finance Manager - Capital and Strategy

Health Jobs UK; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS Trust in Herefordshire is looking for a Senior Finance Manager to lead financial management and strategic planning. This role includes overseeing a £150m capital programme and working with senior leadership. Ideal candidates should have CCAB or CIMA qualifications, along with extensive knowledge of NHS finance. The Trust promotes career development through exposure to executive teams. Flexible working options are available, contributing to a great work-life balance.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Flexible working options

Great work-life balance

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified as an Accountant with current CCAB or CIMA membership.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Post-qualification experience in senior financial roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead production of medium and long-term financial plans.
• Manage financial performance of capital programme.
• Collaborate with ICS and regional NHSE teams.

Skills

NHS Finance and Accounting practice

NHS capital accounting rules

Business cases and investment appraisal

Costing principles

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication of financial information

Ability to work under pressure

Education

CCAB or CIMA professional membership

Tools

Financial ledger systems

Job description

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Team at Wye Valley Trust in Herefordshire. As a Senior Finance Manager you will oversee the financial management of the capital programme and strategic financial planning, working collaboratively with operational leadership, clinical teams and be a key part of the Finance Senior Leadership team.

As a small Trust we are able to offer regular contact with both CFO and Associate CFO and the wider Executive team, supporting career progression and exposure to a wide range of opportunities.

The aim of the role is to provide proactive financial leadership of the highest possible standard advising on all aspects of financial management.

The post holder will have a senior role in the financial performance management of the capital programme and be expected to support, challenge and positively influence financial management. Working collaboratively to improve efficiency, effectiveness and achieve best use of resources.

This role is based across the main NHS sites in Herefordshire while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on‑site working and working from home, should this flexibility be attractive to the right candidate.

Main Duties of the Job

The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as a Senior Finance Manager.

It is responsible for taking the lead on the production of the Trust’s medium and long term financial plans and strategies, involving budgets of c£400m p.a., based on a set of agreed assumptions and direction from the ACFO, whilst ensuring consistency with the Trust and Commissioning Strategies.

The post holder is responsible for the financial management of the Trust’s capital programme, currently forecast to be £150m over the next 5 years. This involves working closely with both ICS and regional NHSE teams to secure funding to deliver major projects, responsibility for advising the Trust on highly complex issues, and leading on planning, internal and external reporting in this area.

Working for Our Organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross‑on‑Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work‑life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our Values

Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professionally qualified as an Accountant with current CCAB or CIMA professional membership.
• Commitment and evidence of continuing professional development in line with the post holder’s professional accounting body.

Desirable criteria

• DHSC Better Business Case - Foundation level

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of NHS Finance and Accounting practice
• Extensive knowledge of NHS capital accounting rules and their application
• A clear understanding of the elements of business cases and investment appraisal
• A sound knowledge of costing principles
• Highly competent software user (e.g. Advanced Excel, Financial ledger systems)
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to communicate highly complex financial information to a variety of audiences confidently
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment and deliver

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post‑qualification experience operating at a senior level within a large complex organisation
• Experience of report writing and presentation
• Use of and production of complex financial models

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

• 229-COR-7647543 JDPS ( PDF , 288.4 KB )
• WVT Benefits ( PDF , 621.7 KB )