Head of Finance

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a fully qualified and experienced finance professional to undertake the role of Head of Finance, leading a Care Group or Corporate management Accounts team.

You will be forward thinking and looking to add value to the clinical services you will support. Responsible for the provision of a business orientated management accounts service and working closely with the operational teams, you will support the objectives of the Trust including ensuring value for money, establishing financial planning, monthly reporting, forecasting, benchmarking and efficiency delivery.

To ensure comprehensive financial and business advice and information is provided to budget holders and managers within the Care Group or Corporate Group. Advise the Care Group Directors or Executive Directors in the strategic financial direction of the service ensuring that financial decisions made by the relevant directorates do not compromise the Trust in achieving statutory financial duties. To provide financial input and support to contract negotiations and their performance management. To advise and inform the Deputy Director of Finance and Procurement of the current and prospective financial position of the Trust and corporate areas. To manage the Care Group/Corporate finance team.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you

TeamNottsHC

To ensure the preparation of accurate and timely financial reports for Care Group/Corporate Group. To produce monthly summary data on actuals/forecast with appropriate narrative for inclusion in the Trust Board reports. To review, interpret and present accounts and reports, ensuring that work meets best practice standards and is used appropriately to support proposals and recommendations for decision-making.

Provide guidance and support to budget holders to enable effective budgetary control. Identify and discuss with managers and clinicians areas where savings and efficiencies can be made to enable more effective use of the Trusts resources. Analyse detailed and complex financial statements and forecasts and create reports and presentations that make them readily understandable to non-financial managers.

Manage the financial plan setting and cost improvement identification process within the Care Group/Corporate areas in accordance with Executive Leadership Team agreed timetables. To be solely responsible for agreeing virements to enable the production of a balanced budget.

Work alongside the Deputy Director of Finance in the production of the Trusts annual financial plans, by providing summaries of relevant financial information.

Responsible for the Care Group/Corporate area financial forecast.

Indirectly contribute to the completion of annual accounts.

Staff and Leadership

Direct, lead and motivate the Care Group/Corporate finance team. Recruit and train new members of staff where appropriate including team induction. Appraise directly line managed staff through the PAD process to identify their training and development needs, and performance manage the team in order to maximise their potential and the contribution they make to the organisation. To oversee sickness and absence management of the finance team.

Responsible for ensuring all budget holders in the designated directorates fully understand the financial information presented to them, identifying and implementing any training needs as necessary.

Contribute to development and delivery of Trust wide training to non-financial staff as required

Demonstrate continuing professional development, through deve