Head Of Finance

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Job Title: Head of Finance

Salary:£64,455 - £74,896 (Depending on experience)

Speciality: Corporate Finance

Hours: Full time / Part time

Employment Type: Permanent

Accountable to: Abi Mogridge

Responsible to:

CEO and PCN Clinical Directors

Responsible for:

BHNC and all PCNs

Location:

BHNC HQ (21 Bourne Road, Bexley, DA5 1LW

Date Produced: December 2025

1.1About Us

Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care(BHNC)is a GP Federation supporting the 20 Bexley Practices/ 4 PCNs who are working collaboratively to enhance the health and wellbeing of Bexley residents, covering over 260,000 patients. BHNC is an organisation with over 250 staff, circa 18mil turnover and providing preventative, primary, community and acute services.

We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission and are actively involved in integrated neighbourhood team working.

Organisational Values / Objectives

BHNC values; Inspire, Connect and Empower aims to develop our team members to deliver innovative, outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

Job summary

This is a key role within the organisation, providing leadership and direction to the financial team(4 members)and support to the SMT including CEO and PCN Clinical Directors. This role is responsible for leading financial planning, budgeting, reporting, reserves management and cost improvement plans performance monitoring. The role includes co-ordinating mandatory submissions, delivering high-quality financial planning, and providing expert support across the organisation.

The role requires strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to influence senior leaders and non-finance stakeholders in support of the organisations financial sustainability agenda.

1.2Key Working Relationships

Key relationships include but are not limited to:

Internal Relationships

BHNC Board

PCN Clinical Directors & Chairs

PCN Governing Body Members

BHNC Senior Management Team

Bexley Practice Managers

BHNC Training Hub

External Organisations:

South East London & South West London ICB

Kent and Medway ICB

Bexley Provider organisations

Voluntary Services

BHNC Accountants

NHSE

NHS Pension

1.3Key Responsibilities

Financial and Performance

In addition to the above, the post holder will represent the organisation at system-level relevant groups (PCN / Acute trusts / ICB), contributing to collaborative planning, assurance, and performance processes. They will also contribute to Internal and External Audit activities..

The post holder oversee the delivery of timely reconciled financial reporting across all service lines, ensuring forecasts and early escalations of any negative trends.

Maintain accurate budgets including, sources of income and application of costs, monthly P&L accounts as well as cash flow for:

• BHNC Preventative services

• Primary Care / Community Services

• Urgent Care services

• PCNs (Core PCN services and ARRS)

Development of budgets with relevant leads for business cases for new services / projects

Provide updates for BHNC Board / PCN Governing Body meetings

The role works closely with team to maintain and develop financial systems, improve reporting structures, and lead initiatives to automate routine reporting processes.

The role includes providing financial training to non-finance managers, supporting continuous improvement across the Finance team.

Financial Planning and Business Planning

Lead the co-ordination of the annual Financial Planning and Budget Setting process, ensuring robust assumptions, high-quality documentation, and a comprehensive audit trail.

Responsible for the accurate financial reporting, ensuring the consolidated position is clearly understood and well governed.

Contribute to the development of long-term financial models covering Income & Expenditure, balance sheet, capital, cash flow, and risk metrics.

Investigate and interpret highly complex financial issues involving multiple targets and conflicting priorities, providing clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Ensure financial controls and processes comply with Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, and best practice.

Contribute to Internal and External Audit activity, supporting financial control reviews, facilitating audit access, providing information, and implementing improvements arising from audit recommendations.

Provide expert financial advice to operational and clinical leaders on efficiency opportunities and Cost improvement development.

Ensure system changes or upgrades are effectively embedded into business processes.

Provide high-quality financial advice to budget holders and Senior Management teams, enabling informed decision-making and improved financial performance.

Maintain awareness of regional and national policies, evaluating their impact on the orgainsation and advising senior leaders accordingly.

Support a culture of continuous improvement within the Finance Directorate and contribute to wider organisational transformation initiatives.

Support ad-hoc projects and carry out other duties as required.

Support direct reports as required.

Personal/

Professional Development

Participate in an annual personal and direct reports performance review, including taking responsibility for maintain a record of own personal and/or professional development

Participate in any training programme implemented by the management team

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Assess own performance and development and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Maintain confidentiality at all times.

To be able to influence, motivate and involve individuals and teams to reach necessary performance target expectations.

General

Represent the organisation positively and professionally, behaving as an ambassador for BHNC by displaying the organisations values and levels of expected professionalism at all times.

Demonstrate interpersonal skills when dealing with all levels of staff across the BHNC / PCNs using persuasion, tact and reassurance where necessary.

Handle confidential material in a sensitive and discrete fashion in compliance with BHNC policies and procedures.

Liaise with all members of BHNC and other organisations to ensure the smooth running of the role.

Work within BHNC policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to use financial management systems
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Ability to work under pressure in potentially stressful situations
• Ability to work as a team

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Excellent computer literacy skills including knowledge of Word, Excel (advanced) and Outlook
• Ability to present highly complex accurate finance and contract information to non-finance and contract staff
• Ability to analyse complex financial information to identify further areas for investigation
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Enthusiasm to make things happen
• Strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to influence senior leaders

Experience

Essential

• Staff management experience
• Experience of working at strategic finance level
• Implementation of systems / financial systems
• Management of finance and non-finance projects
• Experience of working in a large organisation with complex management structures
• Significant post-qualification financial management experience
• Experience of business case development and implementation
• Experience of financial modelling and associated technical financial accounting skills
• Experience of partnership working
• Experience of providing board level financial information, forecasting and gaining ownership of financial information to support decision- making.
• Experience of financial risk assessment and reporting and the development of risk management strategies
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting standards in the classification and reporting of financial transactions.
• Knowledge, experience and expertise in a finance management role.
• Awareness of social, political, financial and business issues affecting the NHS
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office and general ledger systems

Desirable

• PCN experience and understanding of guidance and application
• Knowledge of NHS funding flows and the financial framework of an NHS Foundation Trust.
• Able to demonstrate experience of successful outcomes in service redesign and transformation
• Experience of working effectively with clinicians
• Experience of delivering a long term financial model

Other

Essential

• Independently mobile, with the ability to work across the different PCN sites, and travel to meet with stakeholders where required.
• Good organisational and planning skills
• To be flexible and reliable
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Good understanding of confidentiality issues
• To be self-motivated, enthusiastic and have a high standard of personal performance

Qualifications

Essential

• Professionally qualified accountant (CCAB, CIMA etc)
• Education to degree level or equivalent management experience
• Able to demonstrate continuing personal / professional development
• Demonstrates ability to lead and develop a team
• Demonstrates ability to train non finance staff

Desirable

• Management qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care CIC

Address

21 Bourne Road

Bexley

Kent

DA5 1LW

Employer's website

https://www.bhnc.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)