Finance Director/Chief Financial Officer

Director of Strategic Finance / Deputy Chief Financial Officer
To lead and develop the finance directorate so that it provides the management of the Trust with the financial advice, information and expertise to enable the provision of the best possible standards of health and social care, within defined costs, timescales and resources.
To promote standards of professionalism within finance to ensure compliance with external standards and best practice and support the delivery of the finance function.
To provide advice and support to the Chief Financial Officer and to all those carrying management responsibilities within the Trust. To deputise for the Chief Financial Officer in their absence.
Work with the Chief Financial Officer to define and develop the strategic direction of the finance function so that it is able to set challenging objectives for the future in response to changing needs. Work with the Chief Financial Officer to manage and minimise strategic financial risk for the organisation.
Provide advice and support to the Trust's governance structures as required, including the Board of Directors, Finance and Performance Committee and Audit Committee.
To engage with the national One NHS Finance programme and lead implementation in their functional areas.
Strategic Planning
Advise on the formulation of financial strategy and continuously monitor it against performance. The financial strategy should ensure best possible use is made of the organisation's resources and will require adjustment over time.
ensure the development of a medium-term financial plan, based on best practice financial and business principals.
co-ordinate the preparation of the Trust's Annual Plan for presentation in a clear and concise manner to the Trust Board prior to the start of the financial year and ensure the agreement of a plan that meets the Trust's agreed financial performance.
communicate planning information and assumptions to the Executive Directors and senior managers and, where necessary, make challenging recommendations in order to meet the Trust's financial targets.
ensure capacity and workforce plans are triangulated into the financial plan of the Trust and that NHSE detailed requirements as outlined in planning guidance are fully complied with.
ensure there is realistic planning around likely resources and an appropriate assessment of risk including detailed reviews of business cases.
develop a capital investment plan.
ensure there are sufficient resources to finance the Capital Investment Programme, identify innovative sources of funding and, where necessary, apply for loan funding from the Department of Health, subject to the approval of the Trust Board.
ensure that robust policies and procedures are in place for the effective stewardship of the Trust's assets and management of the Trust's Capital Investment Programme within the Trust's delegated limits.
The review and analysis will include reference to VFM issues, Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions. develop and implement an effective strategy for the efficient maintenance, utilisation, safe custody and protection of ownership of the Trust's fixed assets including real estate.
Present findings and change opportunities to senior colleagues and lead the implementation. develop a high-quality patient level costing function and service line reporting, ensuring that costing information is made available to operational managers and clinicians in a user-friendly way, and ensure they are engaged in its interpretation, development and use for planning and managing services and improving use of resources - alongside model hospital and GIRFT data.
develop, interpret and disseminate other sources of benchmarking information on the efficiency and effectiveness of services, such as NHS Benchmarking Network studies.
deliver Service Line Reporting, national costing submissions and Reference costing to the Trust ensuring that this is a clinically led and informed service embedded within the operational decision making of the organisation.
effectively manage financial agreements between the Trust and its stakeholders to ensure appropriate recovery of costs.
Financial Recovery and Sustainability
Oversee the design, implementation and monitoring of a 3 year rolling cost improvement plan and the routine reporting of financial delivery against agreed plans.
Driving licence required to meet travelling requirements at short notice.
Ability to provide senior on call support and if necessary, physical attendance in an emergency if required.
Training & Qualifications
CCAB / CIMA accounting qualification with at least five years post qualification experience.
Must have significant evidenced continual professional development.
Expert understanding of the NHS finance regime
Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience of leadership across multiple financial disciplines and multiple stakeholders.
Must be able to demonstrate significant experience of strategic financial leadership at a personal level across multiple financial disciplines; Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience in financial management of both capital and revenue budgets; including evidence of cost improvements/efficiencies as well as in financial planning.
A proven track record in project management, managing and delivering highly complex and multiple projects across functional boundaries
Experience of cultivating a high performance culture
Proven track record of building successful teams
Must possess the experience, credibility and gravitas to communicate with senior stakeholders; To have received media training
Knowledge of NHS policies and regulations
Provides judgements regarding resource allocation where no precedent exists and where potential for disagreement at a senior level exists
To be able to demonstrate taking a financial solution through the design, business case, approvals, planning, delivery, business as usual and benefits realisation stages.
Ability to interpret national, health and broad organisational policies and establish the way in which these will be implemented and interpreted
Proven record of pro-active performance management
Demonstrates detailed "risk" management" judgements in the development of responses to financial / business and quality challenges
Experience of presenting service level performance management data to enable continual service improvement
Able to work across the local health community and travel often at short notice
Advanced IT skills to manage and report on highly complex performance management information
Able to travel nationally

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At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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