Head of Finance

Job overview

Head of Finance

The post holder will act as a Trust wide expert leading on the development and implementation of organisation wide financial improvements and efficiencies. The role requires both clinical and non clinical finance experience, working with senior Trust key stakeholders, persuading and influencing the financial direction of the Trust.

Responsible as a leading expert on the strategic financial planning agenda and programme for the nominated Integrated Clinical Service Units (ICSUs), including the financial lead on developing financial strategies and business plans. To provide professional guidance in support to Senior Trust managers, including the presentation of business cases and financial plans to Trust Executive Directors.

Identifying opportunities for financial efficiencies and high-lighting areas of risk and reporting on progress of these whilst indicating other opportunities in year.

The Head of Finance will be responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of the procedures, policies of the department. To ensure that all Trust wide financial policies are adhered across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Responsible as a Trust leading financial expert for the provision of financial services across the nominated ICSU’s. Responsible for leading a financial management team, delivering professional financial support that meets the needs of the Trust. To ensure that the team delivers a full financial service to include:

financial leadership
analytical support
Financial commercial acumen
Full business suite financial reporting
Clear presentation of financial and business intelligence to a ICSU’s to support the delivery of an approved financial plan
Ensuring proper financial control is maintained and value for money achieved.

Responsible for ensuring that the ICSUs financial direction is robust and fit for purpose. To ensure that as a financial expert, you manage and constructively and positively challenge all aspects of the ICSUs financial and business performance.

The post will attend the ICSU Boards and Performance Review meetings and will make a positive contribution to debates on service provision and ICSU’s priorities.

Responsible for the provision of financial leadership and guidance in delivering Trust wide programmes concerned with improved productivity, quality and efficiency programmes

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role.

If you want to know more about the role please contact:

Nirupa Narine - Assistant Director of Financial Management

nirupa.narine@nhs.net

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCAB, CIMA qualified Accountant
• Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial experience of delivering financial advice and guidance to senior managers and directors.
• Operational and strategic financial planning, budgeting and service costing
• Experience in producing a wide range of financial information, reports and analyses

Desirable criteria

• Experience of leading a NHS finance team

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others
• Ability to work within and lead cross functional working and project group
• Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills
• Excellent writing skills, including the ability to summarise information and key issues
• Advanced Microsoft Office/computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Excellent leadership skills
• Strong communication and engagement skills. Positive attitude and highly self-motivated and can motivate others
• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.