Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional, values driven Director of Group Finance to be a part of the senior leadership team within the finance function at a pivotal time in our organisation's journey.
At UHB we are passionate about putting our patients and communities at the heart of everything we do with a vision to building healthier lives.
By nearly every measure, UHB is now one of the largest Trusts in the NHS, with an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, employing over 24,000 staff across our locations including four main hospital sites.
The NHS is facing significant financial challenges in 2025, with the need to do more with less. As demand grows, we are looking to strengthen our finance leadership through the appointment of a new Director of Group Finance, whose priority will be to manage the full cycle of the group financial reporting and planning processes.
Whilst challenging and often pressurised, the role is equal in reward and recognition. Our teams are driven to deliver, ardent about our values and focused on excellent patient care.
For an informal conversation about this position, please contact sarah.thomas2@uhb.nhs.uk (Deputy CFO) (pre 15/08) or julian.miller@uhb.nhs.uk (CFO) (post 15/08).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to lead all statutory and external reporting requirements, strategic financial planning including Annual and Medium-Term Plans and coordination of internal budget setting at business unit level in line with the Trust's overall financial plans.
The role includes responsibility for the transactional finance functions including Treasury, General Ledgers, Capital Accounting, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable (including private patients and overseas visitors).
The post holder will lead the functions to deliver all external reporting including (but not limited to) statutory annual report and accounts (and the audit thereof), national cost collection returns, corporate benchmarking and ERIC returns.
The post holder will be responsible for the financial management and business partnering functions for Corporate services and the Trust's Research, Development and Innovation business units.
The postholder will also provide the senior leadership for the capital programme of the Trust routinely in excess of 100m in investments per annum.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details on this role.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *CCAB qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience in financial leadership roles.
- *Masters in financial or business discipline or equivalent experience and training.
- *Evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to NHS finance as well as national accounting standards.
Experience
Essential
- *Significant post-qualification experience in a strategic finance leadership in a large complex organisation.
- *Financial modelling and translating complex data from various systems into clear and comprehensive financial model.
- *Experience of working with computerised financial systems.
- *Business case appraisal.
- *Significant experience working within a senior management team.
- *Experience of leading a team including objective setting, performance reviews and performance management.
- *Experience of implementing change.
- *Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities.
- *IT Literate -- spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables, ECDL or equivalent.
Desirable
- *Experience and knowledge of the NHS including the financial and political agenda.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Strong leadership and teamworking skills.
- *Expert accounting skills including financial analysis, planning and option appraisal.
- *Advanced keyboard and MS Office skills and good level of analytical skills, including analysis of data using Excel / related tools.
- *Ability to write clear and concise reports on extremely complex financial and business issues to board level.
- *Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills which need to overcome significant barriers to acceptance.
- *Ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders at all levels in the organisation.
- *Ability to present complex financial and business issues to a varied and wide-ranging audience.
- *Ability to solve complex and multi-dimensional problems.
- *Ability to react quickly where decisions are required urgently.
- *Ability to work with competing priorities to meet tight deadlines for self and team.
- *Ability to work autonomously and make decisions independently.
- *Ability to reflect on own performance and recognise areas of development.
- *Resilience.
- *Occasional travel between Trust sites will be required, though own transport would not be needed.
Desirable
- *Understanding of the changing NHS environment and its implications for service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *CCAB qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience in financial leadership roles.
- *Masters in financial or business discipline or equivalent experience and training.
- *Evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to NHS finance as well as national accounting standards.
Experience
Essential
- *Significant post-qualification experience in a strategic finance leadership in a large complex organisation.
- *Financial modelling and translating complex data from various systems into clear and comprehensive financial model.
- *Experience of working with computerised financial systems.
- *Business case appraisal.
- *Significant experience working within a senior management team.
- *Experience of leading a team including objective setting, performance reviews and performance management.
- *Experience of implementing change.
- *Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities.
- *IT Literate -- spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables, ECDL or equivalent.
Desirable
- *Experience and knowledge of the NHS including the financial and political agenda.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Strong leadership and teamworking skills.
- *Expert accounting skills including financial analysis, planning and option appraisal.
- *Advanced keyboard and MS Office skills and good level of analytical skills, including analysis of data using Excel / related tools.
- *Ability to write clear and concise reports on extremely complex financial and business issues to board level.
- *Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills which need to overcome significant barriers to acceptance.
- *Ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders at all levels in the organisation.
- *Ability to present complex financial and business issues to a varied and wide-ranging audience.
- *Ability to solve complex and multi-dimensional problems.
- *Ability to react quickly where decisions are required urgently.
- *Ability to work with competing priorities to meet tight deadlines for self and team.
- *Ability to work autonomously and make decisions independently.
- *Ability to reflect on own performance and recognise areas of development.
- *Resilience.
- *Occasional travel between Trust sites will be required, though own transport would not be needed.
Desirable
- *Understanding of the changing NHS environment and its implications for service delivery.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
