An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Finance Team within Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust - you will be joining at a time when you can help to redefine the team’s ethos. For that reason, we are looking for candidates who can already demonstrate embodiment of the Trust’s vales:
• Professionalism – including self-development and demonstrating compassion to colleagues
• Respect – creating and fostering positive relationships
• Innovation – looking for continuous improvement
• Dignity – treating colleagues as individuals
• Empowerment – building your confidence and independence
You will be part of a team which has gone through significant change over recent months and are therefore looking to rebuild their resilience. We are committed to providing a supportive work environment where employees can work to the best of their abilities. We value professional development and care about health & wellbeing of our staff with many initiatives in place to make us an employer of choice and an organisation than employees are proud to be a part of.
Through this role you will be a member of the Directorate Management Teams, working collaboratively with other colleagues across the Trust, proactively providing financial leadership and information in an embedded way.
To provide integrated finance leadership for our Clinical Directorates, and also for the Corporate Directorate lead the Month End Reporting process for the whole Trust, consolidating the position.
You will be required to provide intelligent, informed and expert financial advice, guidance and clear analytical information on strategic opportunities, challenging assumptions and beliefs to ensure robust financial forecasts and nurturing a culture of considered investment across the organisation. As part of the Finance Department’s Senior Management Team, you will provide professional supervision, support and management to directly accountable staff, as well as contribute to the culture and development of the wider very friendly team.
Post holder will be required to work from Directorate Offices 1-2 days per week, and in Kingfisher House with the Finance Department at least 1 day per week, with remainder at home.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
· To be accountable for the development of true business partnering with their Directorates. To develop long-term positive relationships with the Directorate Management Teams and act as a local Finance Director for the Clinical Directorates.
· Lead the development of clinically and operationally owned, robust, financial forecasts for both revenue and capital for the Directorates.
· To consolidate the Trust’s monthly financial position, ensuring that this is robust in terms of reporting and analysis, and is effectively communicated to the organisation.
· Promote value for money in the use of resources (e.g., workforce, buildings and medical technologies) acquired through public spending to maximise the benefits for patients, families and carers.
· Identify, implement and track efficiencies for the Directorates, supporting the achievement of Trust-wide savings programmes.
· With the other finance leaders, take responsibility for ensuring excellent financial governance, rigor and professional challenge on all aspects Trust business, planning, delivery and performance.
· Actively engage in and contribute to system and collaborative forums, particularly with respect to the financial performance.
· To ensure that there is an effective system of internal control over revenue and expenditure recognition and planning for the Directorates.
· Ensure that budget holders receive the appropriate financial training and support to enable them to manage their delegated budgets.
· Lead the provision of a comprehensive set of financial services to the Directorates.
· Attend and prepare financial information for Performance Review Executive Meetings, Directorate Management Meetings, and other Directorate meetings as required.
This advert closes on Monday 31 Mar 2025