If you’re an inspirational senior financial leader we’d love you to join us as our next Director of Finance at the Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington, and Altrincham (WTWA) Clinical Group. A high profile and visible role reporting to the Clinical Group Chief Executive, you’ll be an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team, as we continue to provide excellent care services for our patients across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond.
Using your highly established finance and exemplar leadership skills, you’ll lead financial planning and performance for the Clinical Group, supporting the overall financial performance of the Trust, working closely with Trust Finance teams including costing, financial accounts and the capital finance. Accountable for the analysis and evaluation of the overall financial consequences of different service options, you’ll also inform the annual planning of the Clinical Group too.
Moreover, with substantial experience working in complex NHS environments, delivering financial improvement & long-term sustainable plans, you’ll be autonomous in developing and driving delivery of robust financial strategies for the WTWA Clinical Group.
So, let’s tell you more about what we’re looking for and how your skills can wow us, helping you decide if this is the next and best move in your financial leadership career.
• Using your financial risk management expertise, you will lead financial planning for the Clinical Group, balancing daily challenges with strategic, long-term goals.
• With a track record in delivering complex financial plans, you will advise the Chief Executive and SLT on financial management to meet statutory and contractual obligations, Trust strategy, and policies.
• Professionally accountable to the Chief Finance Officer, you’ll work with colleagues across other parts of the Trust contributing to Finance strategy, supporting team development and ensuring consistency.
• You’ll have significant experience developing & implementing financial annual planning & strategy supported by appropriate modelling & scenario planning.
• As a people leader, you can set a vision, harness & nurture talent & manage performance to bring about change & improvement.
• Lastly, it goes without saying you’ll demonstrate a commitment to the MFT vision & values & focus on quality, promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust 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.
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.
Candidate Information Pack
To support this vacancy, we have developed a bespoke ‘Candidate Information Pack’ which provides specific information about the role and the Assessment and Selection Process. To request a copy of this pack, please contact Talent Attraction & Senior Acquisition Service Manager Sinéad Gamble, via emailsinead.gamble@mft.nhs.uk.
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. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025
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