Job summary
We are seeking an experienced values-led chartered accountant who can demonstrate excellent financial stewardship and compassionate leadership whilst balancing the operational and strategic demands of the broad portfolio of trust services in a large NHS provider.
With a focus on quality improvement, quality and safety, this is a role for a finance leader who can consistently create a positive and productive culture that continually promotes finance staff development.
Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, you will be joining the team at a challenging time as we lead the trust through the post COVID financial environment, working as a valued member of the integrated care systems finance leadership community. Able to deputise for the Chief Finance Officer (an Executive Director) the Operational Finance Director will be able to demonstrate the ability to build credibility with, inspire confidence and demonstrably influence staff at all levels across our diverse services.
A forward thinking and innovative leader of our finance team and trust senior leadership team with experience working as a senior finance professional in a large, complex organisation, you will have proven ability in leading, transforming and delivering a range of financial services, leading the trust cost improvement programme each year. With the ability to gain credibility with a range of stakeholders including trade unions, you will have the ability to interpret and advise on complex financial issues.
Main duties of the job
You will contribute to building a culture which is actively anti-racist and supports our strategic framework. You will be an exceptional leader of people, with drive, vision, a strategic mind-set, clarity of purpose, proven track record of successful financial leadership and management.
The post holder will lead the successful delivery of the Trust's strategic financial objectives, through the effective management, development and operation of internal financial targets, procurement, and counter fraud processes and policies.
The post will work closely across all senior clinical and senior operational managers, both internally and externally, to optimise financial performance in order to support the delivery of the best possible quality and range of services to patients.
To lead the finance and procurement functions in the provision of high level, expert financial and commercial advice across the Trust, including strategic and operational leadership of the trust long term CIP and financial recovery framework.
Whilst recognising the role of the Trust within the Cheshire and Merseyside ICS, the post holder will seek to support and influence the longer term strategic and shorter-term system operational plans.
The post holder will deputise for the Chief Finance Officer across the finance and procurement aspects of the portfolio.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the key responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the key responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional / academic qualification at masters level or equivalent experience
- CCAB Membership
- Undertake Continual Professional Development
Desirable
- Appropriate management qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of developing long term business plans including taking the lead in developing a long term financial and business model
- Extensive experience of financial management, financial services, and procurement including experience at Sub Director leve
- Extensive experience of managing large and highly complex financial and business process change
- Commercial expertise or approach gained either in the private sector, or through a commercial parternership or arrangement in the public or third sector.
- Can evidence that can work in a collaboration or partnership, to ensure that a beneficial position is gained for all parties.
- Extensive experience of negotiating, establishing and managing contracts for healthcare and other services
- Extensive experience of leading service integration in financial, business and governance aspects
- Developing Trust and systemwide business proposals and applying investment appraisal techniques and ensuring that commercial approaches are applied.
- Experience of managing strategic level capital programmes
- Specialist knowledge of NHS policies and strategic direction
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS finance and procurement systems and services
- Detailed understanding of the financial dynamics of large and complex organisations
- High level overview of national requirements and information on current procurement methods and processes
Desirable
- Previous experience in a Director of Finance role.
NHS Leadership Competency Framework
Essential
- Drive high quality and sustainable outcomes
- Deliver safe strategy and long term transformation
- Promote equality and inclusion and reduce health and workforce inequalities
- Provide robust governance and assurance
- Create a compassionate, just and positive culture
- Build trusted relationships with partners and communities
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Highly effective leadership skills including empowerment, coaching and motivation.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills including report writing/detailed correspondence
- Highly developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to convey complex information which is understood by the target audience
- Highly effective organisation and time management skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Complex problem solving, decision making and analytical skills
- Ability to engage non-financial and professional staff in key financial issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional / academic qualification at masters level or equivalent experience
- CCAB Membership
- Undertake Continual Professional Development
Desirable
- Appropriate management qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of developing long term business plans including taking the lead in developing a long term financial and business model
- Extensive experience of financial management, financial services, and procurement including experience at Sub Director leve
- Extensive experience of managing large and highly complex financial and business process change
- Commercial expertise or approach gained either in the private sector, or through a commercial parternership or arrangement in the public or third sector.
- Can evidence that can work in a collaboration or partnership, to ensure that a beneficial position is gained for all parties.
- Extensive experience of negotiating, establishing and managing contracts for healthcare and other services
- Extensive experience of leading service integration in financial, business and governance aspects
- Developing Trust and systemwide business proposals and applying investment appraisal techniques and ensuring that commercial approaches are applied.
- Experience of managing strategic level capital programmes
- Specialist knowledge of NHS policies and strategic direction
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS finance and procurement systems and services
- Detailed understanding of the financial dynamics of large and complex organisations
- High level overview of national requirements and information on current procurement methods and processes
Desirable
- Previous experience in a Director of Finance role.
NHS Leadership Competency Framework
Essential
- Drive high quality and sustainable outcomes
- Deliver safe strategy and long term transformation
- Promote equality and inclusion and reduce health and workforce inequalities
- Provide robust governance and assurance
- Create a compassionate, just and positive culture
- Build trusted relationships with partners and communities
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Highly effective leadership skills including empowerment, coaching and motivation.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills including report writing/detailed correspondence
- Highly developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to convey complex information which is understood by the target audience
- Highly effective organisation and time management skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Complex problem solving, decision making and analytical skills
- Ability to engage non-financial and professional staff in key financial issues
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
