Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Finance Business Unit, Trafford General Hospital
Town: Davyhulme, Manchester
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 Per annum (Pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 06/02/2025
Head of Finance – Financial Services
Band 8c
Job Overview
We’re excited to be recruiting for a passionate and driven Head of Finance - Financial Services to lead our Charities, Accounts Receivable and Financial Services teams within our Finance & Procurement Business Unit. You will use your expertise to influence innovative mechanisms required in developing and enhancing the Financial Management of the organisation.
We are particularly proud of our exceptional and highly-skilled staff – and they in turn are passionate about the contribution they make within the Trust. Therefore you will focus on quality, promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes in a financial capacity, whilst using evidence to make improvements and seeking out innovative ways of working to develop financial solutions. It is essential for you to hold a Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA) with current membership registration and be educated to master’s degree level or an equivalent professional qualification and possess significant management experience.
Main Duties of the Job
You will play a key part in setting clear standards and expectations ensuring compliance with professional accountancy standards and practices are met consistently and effectively. You will lead the Charities, Accounts Receivable and Financial Services Teams in the FBU and also work closely with colleagues in the Capital team.
Working for Our Organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Training and Experience
* Professional Accountancy Qualification
* Substantial financial management accounting experience at a management level in a large, complex organisation
* Extensive experience in the preparation of Statutory Financial Statements and compliance with IFRS
* Significant experience in a large, complex NHS organisation
* Demonstrable post qualification development and achievement of CPD
* Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent professional qualification/management experience
Skills and Abilities and Attributes
* Expert level numeracy, numerical reasoning and numerical analysis skills
* Commercially astute and able to drive business growth and improve cash flow
* Highly analytical with a structured and methodical approach to problem solving and able to translate and interpret large amounts of data
* Able to manage day to day business challenges, whilst not losing sight of the long-term strategic goals
* Natural leader of people, capable of setting a vision, harnessing and nurturing talent and managing performance during a period of change and transition
* The ability to influence and persuade others, creating successful and effective working relationships through strong, positive interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills
* Able to work independently
* Capacity to handle many projects simultaneously
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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