Job summary
We have a rare and influential executive leadership opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join our Trust at a pivotal time. As our Chief Finance Officer, you will help drive transformation, ensure long-term sustainability, and support the delivery of safe and effective care for the population we serve.
The Chief Finance Officer (CFO) is the executive lead for all financial strategy, stewardship, and performance within the Trust. As a key member of the Trust Board, the CFO ensures the organisation remains financially sustainable while delivering safe, high-quality patient care. The role provides strategic leadership across finance, procurement, contracting, and financial governance, ensuring compliance with NHS regulatory frameworks and supporting the Trust's long-term clinical and operational objectives.
The CFO leads the development of the Trust's financial strategy, annual financial plan, and medium-term financial forecasts, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to meet activity demands, transformation priorities, and statutory duties. They oversee robust financial controls, risk management, and reporting processes, enabling transparent decision-making and maintaining public accountability.
Main duties of the job
The CFO is responsible for leading and developing a high-performing finance function, fostering a culture of integrity, innovation, and continuous improvement. They act as a trusted advisor to the Chief Executive and Board, providing expert insight on financial risks, opportunities, and strategic investment decisions that enable the hospital to meet current and future healthcare needs.
Please refer to the JD/PS for our Chief Finance Officer (CFO) to understand the key responsibilities of the role. You can also visit our dedicated online site, where we've brought together helpful resources, background materials, and further insight into UHNM. You can access this site by clicking the application site link in the supporting links section.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please take a moment to review the Job Description and Person Specification and for a deeper understanding of the role and to explore more about UHNM, we invite you to visit our dedicated online site by clicking the application site link.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please take a moment to review the Job Description and Person Specification and for a deeper understanding of the role and to explore more about UHNM, we invite you to visit our dedicated online site by clicking the application site link.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified Accountant with ongoing membership of their professional body (CCAB or other equivalent)
- Postgraduate level management qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Knowledge
Essential
- Senior board level experience in a large, complex and dynamic organisation
- Extensive experience of strategic development and delivery at senior level
- Achieved results in difficult financial climate in an organisation with limited opportunities to increase profit/income
- A demonstrable commitment to partnership working and organisational development
- Experience of leading the implementation of service improvement including complex change management programmes at a management level
Desirable
- Experience of managing risk associated with service change
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Be able to participate in the 'Strategic on Call Rota'
- Able to secure and retain the trust and confidence of colleagues by behaving in an open, ethical and professional manner
- Has the ability both to focus on priority issues and strategic goals by balancing short term needs within a long-term strategic framework
- A high level of personal resilience and be able to work with considerable pressures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified Accountant with ongoing membership of their professional body (CCAB or other equivalent)
- Postgraduate level management qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Knowledge
Essential
- Senior board level experience in a large, complex and dynamic organisation
- Extensive experience of strategic development and delivery at senior level
- Achieved results in difficult financial climate in an organisation with limited opportunities to increase profit/income
- A demonstrable commitment to partnership working and organisational development
- Experience of leading the implementation of service improvement including complex change management programmes at a management level
Desirable
- Experience of managing risk associated with service change
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Be able to participate in the 'Strategic on Call Rota'
- Able to secure and retain the trust and confidence of colleagues by behaving in an open, ethical and professional manner
- Has the ability both to focus on priority issues and strategic goals by balancing short term needs within a long-term strategic framework
- A high level of personal resilience and be able to work with considerable pressures
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
