Head of Financial Management

Overview

In this role you will lead the Trust’s Financial Management function, delivering strategic financial leadership across a £1bn NHSorganisation and guiding decision-making with senior clinical and operational partners. You will drive financial sustainability, transformation, and service improvement while shaping major investments and business cases. You will build and develop a high-performing finance team and ensure robust governance and compliance. This is a high-impact leadership position within a renowned NHS organisation where your finance expertise supports excellent patient care.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the Financial Management function across a £1bn NHS organisation
• Provide expert financial leadership and trusted advice to Executive Directors, senior clinicians and operational leaders
• Drive budget setting, forecasting, financial recovery, cost improvement initiatives and business case development
• Develop and lead high-performing finance teams with a culture of continuous improvement
• Ensure robust financial governance, statutory reporting and compliance
• Act as a senior finance leader, deputising for the Executive Director of Finance and influencing strategic decisions

Key requirements

• Significant senior financial management experience in a large, complex NHS organisation
• Extensive experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance management
• Experience delivering financial recovery and cost improvement programmes and medium-term financial plans
• Experience leading, managing and developing finance professionals and multidisciplinary teams
• Expert knowledge of NHS financial management, regimes, governance and statutory reporting requirements
• Desirable: Master’s degree or equivalent leadership qualification; HFMA membership or equivalent finance network involvement
• Desirable:Experience leading major organisational transformation or improvement programmes

• leadership
• collaboration
• influencing and stakeholder management
• financial planning and budgeting
• forecasting and performance reporting
• financial governance and statutory reporting

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