Divisional Head of Finance - band 8b

Job responsibilities

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Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB Qualified plus significant additional experience to demonstrate that the post holder has met defined competency requirement (as required of the Professional Accountancy bodies) in the form of specific work experience.
• Evidence of participating in Continued Professional Development to the required level expected of a Professional Accountancy Body.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including advanced spreadsheet skills.

Desirable

• Degree, further managerial qualification e.g. MBA.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of the provision of financial and non-financial reports to a range of senior staff including Trust Board and to external stakeholders.
• Experience of managing change effectively in a large multi-complex organisation.
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles of development of business cases.
• Experience of contributing to strategic financial planning.
• Experience of contributing to the development and delivery of sustainable Financial Recovery strategies.
• Experience of leading, managing and developing teams.
• Experience in the preparation of accurate and professional accounts and reports to prescribed deadlines.
• Experience of completion of budget setting processes.
• Experience in the development of training programmes and of training non-finance staff in financial management.
• Experience of providing professional leadership to finance staff.
• An understanding of the principles of financial management.

Desirable

• Internal or external audit experience
• Experience working with non-NHS bodies e.g. Universities, Local Authorities.

Skills/Knowledge/Aptitudes

Essential

• Highly numerate.
• Detailed understanding of all accounting principles.
• Demonstrable Continuous Professional Development.
• Computer literate.
• Understanding of Standing Financial Instructions.
• Breadth and depth of awareness of national and strategic issues facing the NHS e.g. changing financial regime.
• Detailed understanding of the NHS financial regime and of the technical aspects of Payments by Results.
• Ability to balance competing personal and professional priorities.
• Good communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Experience of communicating complex, technical and sometimes controversial information to a non-finance audience.
• Confidence presenting complex financial information to a senior audience.
• Experience of close working relationships with Senior Managers from a range of disciplines.
• Ability to capture, manipulate and interpret complex financial and non-financial data from a range of sources.
• Confidence to constructively challenge and negotiate with other senior managers in the Trust to ensure financial plans are adhered to.
• Self-motivated, reliant and able to deal with strict deadlines.
• Ability to manage tensions between Finance Department and Divisions.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to ensure self and team work to set objectives.
• Ability to work on a diverse set of projects at one time and to meet strict objectives.
• Organise complex financial information into a useful format that can be readily understood by non-finance staff.
• Flexibility around working hours.
• Highly literate with detailed understanding of financial systems and technical spreadsheet and data base skills.
• Ability to competently use word and excel.
• Understand how IT systems can be used for informing planning and monitoring.
• Good motivational skills.
• Evidence of high levels of commitment.
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: ?Patient Centred ?Safety ?Compassion ?Respect and ?Excellence

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Personal presentation must be of a high professional standard and to ensure all members of the department do the same.
• Self-motivated and an ability to motivate and develop others.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and to ensure the team is well supported to do the same,

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).