Associate Director of Finance for Salford Care

5 months ago

Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
It will involve working alongside multi-disciplinary teams, supporting the senior responsible officers in the transformation programme and helping to maintain financial governance, financial assurance, reporting and financial control.

As a confident finance leader, the innovative financial approaches you will focus on will assist with the promotion and the facilitation of a culture of continuous improvement at every level.

In addition to nurturing internal relationships, this role requires a strong communicator with the ability to develop and maintain strong and effective relationships both within and across organisational boundaries.

**Main duties of the job**:
The Associate Director of Finance will deputise for the Care Organisation (CO) Director of Finance as appropriate and undertake all duties in line with the requirement of the role to support the CO Director of Finance in the delivery of:

- Financial governance and assurance;
- Business and commercial advice across a range of capital and revenue service changes; and
- Corporate responsibilities as a senior member of the Care Organisation.

The post holder has direct line management responsibility of the Care Organisation’s finance team.

The post holder will provide support to the CO Director of Finance in advising on strategic and operational matters relating to all aspects of finance within the Care Organisation.

The post holder will contribute to the strategic financial planning activities of the Care Organisation.

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of financial advice, and the development and monitoring of the financial resources, including balance sheet and cashflow monitoring.

The post holder will develop and maintain effective systems which allow the Care Organisation to understand and exploit productivity and efficiency opportunities.

The post holder will support the Director of Finance and the Deputy Director of Finance in leading all aspects of the financial work required and delegate as appropriate to achieve this.

The post holder will support the Director of Finance in leading commissioning discussions in relation to locally commissioned services.

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Salford is the place, which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of acute, community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- CCAB qualified accountant

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Working alongside multi-disciplinary teams.
- Helping to maintain financial governance, financial assurance, reporting and financial control.
- Substantial experience at senior management level including experience of strategic management.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Supporting senior responsible officers in transformation programmes.

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Strong communicator with the ability to explain complex finance issues in a clear and concise manner
- Develop and maintain strong and effective relationships both within and across organisational boundaries
- Promotion and the facilitation of a culture of continuous improvement

**Desirable criteria**:

- Innovative financial approaches

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Sound knowledge of how the NHS operates and ability to make significant strategic and operational decisions.
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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