Deputy Head of Finance

3 days ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Grafton Recruitment Full time

Job Title: Deputy Head of Finance
Location: Cambridge, CB2

**Salary**: £46,995 - £53,079 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Length of the contract: 6 months initially
Grafton Recruitment are now seeking to appoint a Deputy Head of Finance to our public sector client based in Cambridge. The Deputy Head of Finance will provide in depth analytical support to the Head of Finance and, where required, will represent the financefunction at Management and Operational meetings and provide strategic financial and business planning advice in line with our client's objectives.
**Duties of the Deputy Head of Finance**
- Assist the Head of Finance with input to the strategic planning agenda for their area of responsibility.
- Draw up the long term financial plans with Finance, Clinical and Administrative colleagues.
- Provide dynamic financial planning that reflects uncertainties and can be updated and adjusted as circumstances evolve.
- Work with budget holders to resolve often conflicting plans for financial balance.
- Perform investment appraisals and complex financial analysis of Trust development proposals and business cases which may involve other organisations; identify and compare income, cost and financial risk for a range of options and make recommendations.
- Support on department financial issues and assist implementation of both department and finance wide objectives throughout the organisation.
- Identify opportunities for financial savings and highlight areas of risk.
- Play a key role in budget setting for their area.
- Support on setting the annual budget; support and negotiate with Managers and with other colleagues to meet efficiency and savings targets so the area can set a balanced budget.
- Provide financial leadership and present highly complex financial management information to senior staff.
- Provide guidance to Budget Holders and challenge assumptions to ensure the development of robust financial forecasts.
- Monitor and review forecasts to ensure that plans are implemented and engage with clinical staff and services to put remedial plans in place where necessary.
- Ensure that the requirements of finance are balanced with the need for local flexibility in setting priorities and meeting objectives.
- Coordinate the provision of financial reports and analysis through the Senior Management Accountants and supporting staff.
- Manage the provision of financial management information, analysis and advice to the Head of Finance and where appropriate Executive Directors, Managers and other senior staff.
- Take an active role, with other Managers, in developing long term plans for efficiency savings and improvements in value for money.
- Develop with Budget Holders an awareness of financial performance requirements, and of the need for budgetary control.
- Provide information for external reporting and compilation of statutory annual reports as necessary.

**Experience Required**
- Completion of, or actively studying towards (with relevant experience), a Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) recognised accountancy qualification, or equivalent experience.
- Advanced technical and personal skills and competencies acquired from experience across a range of accountancy functions at a senior level.
- Experience of motivating and developing a team to achieve desired objectives.
- Experience of staff performance management including undertaking appraisals and setting objectives.
- Advanced knowledge of, and competence in, the use of spreadsheets.
- Managing large volumes of data to create and develop models using advance spreadsheets techniques.
- Ability to negotiate and influence so that efficient and effective performance is achieved and targets are met.
- Prepared to lead on department issues and to take responsibility, without supervision, for implementation of policy and annual objectives across the organisation.
- Developed level of interpersonal skills that enable complex, technical issues to be explained in clear and concise terms.
- Ability to develop good working relationships at all levels within the organisation.
- A willingness to accept responsibility and provide decisive leadership in a high pressure environment.
- Developed skills in analysing complex financial data and information and producing concise and understandable recommendations from it.
- Able to plan and co-ordinate the work of their team and of other departments inside and outside of Finance to meet business planning timetables.
- Experience of negotiating and agreeing deadlines, standards and quality of work with other departments.
- Able to work on a number of projects simultaneously to meet agreed internal and statutory deadlines, concentrating and focusing on a range of issues in particular during the monthly reporting and annual business planning cycles, whilst co-ordinating theworkload of others.

Hiring Contact: Chloe Peasgood
Agency: Grafton Recruitment
If you would like any further information about any vacancies before applying, please feel free to contact

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