Main purpose of the role: To work as a member of the Finance Senior Management team in delivering a comprehensive financial service to the Trust, to provide financial management support to the Trust's Corporate, OS, Estates & Education Divisions and Executive Directors, and to take the lead in delivering certain of the core activities of the Finance Directorate.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria:
* Qualified CCAB Accountant
* Registered and active Continued Professional Development
* Evidence of continuous formal management development
Experience
Essential criteria:
* Significant professional finance experience since qualification
* Extensive experience of operating at a strategic or corporate level in a complex organisational environment, preferably NHS
* Substantial experience of developing business cases in the NHS
* Substantial experience of leading and managing teams
* Experience of advising and working in tandem with senior managers, clinicians and directors of a large NHS organisation
* Experience of presenting complex technical information to large groups of non-finance professionals
* Experience of developing and delivering cost improvement programmes in a complex NHS environment
* Significant experience of working in a devolved management structure
Knowledge
Essential criteria:
* Expert knowledge of the NHS financial regime and its application to an NHS provider
* Expert knowledge of the NHS Capital regime
* Expert knowledge of the NHS Business Case process and experience of developing cases
* Knowledge of service line reporting, Patient Level Costing and NHS Reference Costs
* Knowledge of Payment by Results and NHS Contracting
* Expert knowledge of performance reporting and performance management
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria:
* Able to prioritise workload where no precedent exists
* Able to prioritise tasks in complex project environments
* Able to analyse and interpret complex data, and to present this clearly
* Able to operate in complex environments where leadership is diffuse
* Able to demonstrate an aptitude for working in teams
* Able to make clear and autonomous decisions and to be accountable for them
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria:
* Able to communicate complex technical data in a rigorous manner, utilising a variety of media
* Excellent written communication skills
* Able to build relationships of trust with external and internal stakeholders
* Able to lead staff in a manner which promotes a customer focus
* Able to manage conflict in an open manner
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential criteria:
* Able to plan and lead complex managerial processes
* Able to project plan in a coherent way
* Able to develop several options to resolve highly complex problems
* Able to deliver to tight deadlines
* Able to work in a 'matrix' way in a complex environment
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders.
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