Head of Financial Control – Financial Accounts and Financial Services

Overview

In this senior Finance role, you safeguard the integrity of financial statements and strengthen the control environment while partnering with internal and external audit. You will modernise Financial Control through automation, data analytics and AI, turning inefficiencies into improved processes. You lead a team to deliver accurate month-end accounts and governance papers, and you drive value through analysis and insight. This role offers scope to shape how controls work at scale with backing from the Deputy CFO, in a mission to support outstanding care.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible and agile working
• generous annual leave entitlement
• pension
• NHS discount schemes
• health and wellbeing services

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate monthly and annual financial statements and governance materials.
• Maintain and improve the control framework to align with organisational needs.
• Manage relationships with internal and external auditors to convert findings into improvements.
• Oversee cash, treasury management, supplier payments, and debt collection.
• Lead process reviews of reconciliations and month-end activities to reduce lead times.
• Drive Lean thinking and automation to streamline processes while preserving controls.
• Build and develop a team capable of redesigning processes and defending them at audit.

Key requirements

• Qualified CCAB
• Experience in a senior role within a complex organisation
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Experience in managing a team
• Working with assurance functions
• Improvements following audit recommendations
• Ability to present financial information
• Experience in change management
• Experience in process improvement

• Strong communication skills
• Change management
• Collaborative mindset
• Lean thinking
• Process improvement
• Automation

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