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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Head of Financial Improvement to lead transformative initiatives within the finance function. This role is pivotal in shaping the financial strategy and governance across a leading NHS Trust, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while driving continuous improvement. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance financial processes and controls, contributing to sustainable healthcare objectives. Join a dedicated team committed to delivering outstanding care and making a meaningful impact on the community.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellness programs

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in financial strategy and governance improvement.
• Strong leadership skills to drive financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead oversight of financial improvement programs across the Trust.
• Develop and maintain financial governance frameworks.

Skills

Financial Strategy

Financial Governance

Continuous Improvement

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Professional Finance Qualification (CIMA, ACCA)

Tools

Statistical Process Control

Benchmarking Tools

NHSE Grip and Control Checklist

Job description

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job overview

We are dedicated to fostering financial growth and efficiency across all areas of our business. As we continue to innovate and expand, we are looking for a forward-thinking financial leader with a passion for driving change and improving financial performance.

The Head of Financial Improvement is part of the senior team within Financial Strategy and Planning and sits within the Continuous Improvement function. Reporting to the Director of Financial Strategy, Planning and Investment, the Head of Financial Improvement is accountable for strategic improvement of the finance function and to drive the full portfolio of the financial improvement agenda Trust-wide. It is responsible for:

• Leading oversight and monitoring of Trust-wide delivery against the workstreams to deliver the financial governance improvement programme, enabling the wider Trust to improve and embed good financial process and control
• Leading oversight and monitoring of Trust-wide delivery against workstreams to deliver our financial strategy
• Continuous improvement and finance development for both the finance function and wider Trust.

The post holder will oversee reporting Trust-wide progress to King’s Executive and Board Committees and lead work to report progress and update work programmes in line with key feedback from external stakeholders including the Trust’s internal auditors, South East London ICB and NHSE.

Main duties of the job

Financial Improvement Programme

• Develop and maintain understanding of organisational goals, culture and constraints, ensuring workstreams are relevant to the King’s strategic direction and financial challenge.
• The post holder will be responsible for leading oversight and monitoring of Trust-wide workstreams to deliver the financial governance improvement programme and workstreams to deliver our financial strategy.
• The post holder should be familiar with using tools such as NHSE’s ‘grip and control’ checklist, HFMA’s ‘Improving NHS financial sustainability are you getting the basics right’ checklist, benchmarking tools including Model Health System, and Statistical Process Control reporting to support delivery of their work.
• Must be able work with, support and influence wider finance team and key Trust-wide stakeholders outside of finance to develop and continuously improve good financial governance and enable delivery of the Trust’s financial strategy for their areas, including how to evidence progress, and identify and mitigate risk. This will include working with colleagues across HR, nursing, medical, operations, transformation and estates at Site Executive level and across their teams.
• Work with the Financial Improvement Lead and Director of Financial Planning, Strategy and Investment to establish and maintain a benefits realisation framework and ensure assigned workstreams implement this.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD: B rilliant people, O utstanding care, L eaders in Research, Innovation and Education, D iversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.