Associate Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a vacancy for the role of Associate Director of Financial Planning & Analysis.

This is a pivotal new role in our senior finance team, created to lead the development of the FP&A function across our Trust. As Associate Director of FP&A, you will be responsible for driving financial planning, forecasting, and professional business partnering across the organisation. You will work closely with the Divisional Finance Managers, Operational Director of Finance, Associate Director of Financial Accounts and key commercial stakeholders to bring clarity, structure, and forward-looking insight into the heart of our business decision-making.

This role offers an opportunity to shape how financial data is captured, interpreted, and used, right through from the budget holder to Trust Board. As the organisation continues to regain financial control and drive productivity this role will be expected work closely with the Financial Recovery team to utilise data driven insights to inform decision-making and support the creation of a sustainable financial recovery pipeline.

Main duties of the job

To lead the Trust's Financial Planning & Analysis team and:

Develop the Trust's annual financial plans ensuring that these are fully integrated with the Trust's Workforce and Activity plan, taking into account the Trust's financial improvement programme, service developments and any other agreed changes.

Produce the monthly financial reporting to both the Trust Board and to external stakeholders.

Produce monthly financial forecasts and tracking performance against the forecast, highlighting areas of variance and developing the financial impact of agreed recovery actions.

Work alongside the Financial Recovery team to develop the Trust's financial improvement plan by working with the Divisional Teams to identify opportunities and quantify the financial impact of financial recovery ideas, taking into account the quality and equality impacts of any proposed plans.

Represent the Trust in developing the HIOW system financial plan and financial recovery, ensuring that the Trust's position is represented, whilst fully participating in partnership working.

Lead the department's Divisional Finance team.

Ensure that the finance department provides accurate and timely information and analysis of the Trust's financial performance, including the production of timely, accurate and relevant budgetary reporting to budget holders, Divisional Management Teams, the Trust Senior Management Team and the Trust Board.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

You would be joining a vibrant and enthusiastic Financial Planning & Analysis team at a challenging and interesting time with financial recovery and sustainability as a priority. Alongside the wider Finance department our teams are based at the Basingstoke site but currently benefit from hybrid working arrangements and are expected at times to travel to one of our other two sites.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £600 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.