Job summary
Are you an experienced finance professional looking to make a real difference in a large NHS Mental Health Trust?
Do you have the credibility and confidence to influence senior leaders, support Board members and engage effectively with auditors?
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking an Associate Director of Financial Management to play a pivotal role in leading our business partnering, management accounting and financial reporting functions. This is a high-profile and rewarding opportunity to contribute to the Trust's strategic and financial leadership.
The Trust is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we canALLbe ourselves. We take pride in our services - which are underpinned by ourTrust values which can be found here.
Main duties of the job
Associate Director of Financial Management Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Financial Management, Costing, and Income functions for the Trust
- Provide accurate, timely, and robust financial information to clinical and managerial colleagues
- Support the Trust's strategic objectives, ensuring the Trust meets its strategic financial targets
- Oversee production of Service Line Reporting on a quarterly basis
- Ensure business cases within the Trust receive sound financial support
- Oversee the Trust efficiency programme, developing schemes, reporting delivery, and working alongside operational staff to mitigate underperformance
- Maintain robust budgetary control systems
- Attend Board Sub-Committees
- Lead and co-ordinate the development of the Trust's financial plans including the Long-Term Financial Model, the financial elements of the Business Plan and the planning returns to NHS Improvement
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates must have the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders, and work collaboratively with clinical and operational colleagues both internal and external to the Trust.
The ability to interpret complex information and present its impact is key, as well as ensuring the team produce accurate and robust information.
Management experience is essential, with the ability to lead a function successfully, ensuring individuals are motivated and are clear on personal and strategic objectives.
Candidates must be fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).
NHS experience is not essential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align to our requirements.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
At Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, we are serious about diversity and about inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates must have the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders, and work collaboratively with clinical and operational colleagues both internal and external to the Trust.
The ability to interpret complex information and present its impact is key, as well as ensuring the team produce accurate and robust information.
Management experience is essential, with the ability to lead a function successfully, ensuring individuals are motivated and are clear on personal and strategic objectives.
Candidates must be fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).
NHS experience is not essential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align to our requirements.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
At Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, we are serious about diversity and about inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification e.g. MBA, MSc, CCAB professionally qualified accountant
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post qualification experience at a senior level in finance.
- Experience of presenting and explaining complex financial information to managers and clinicians to ensure engagement and support.
- Experience of staff management and development including recruitment and selection, performance management, motivation and team building
- Experience of financial forecasting models including run rate analysis.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to present complex financial information in a logical and clear format both numerically and in writing.
- Ability to understand internal and external pressures and interpret the impact on Business Planning
- Effective leader and ability to manage various department and contracts with good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to work under own initiative, co-ordinate and manage complex tasks to tight timescales.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification e.g. MBA, MSc, CCAB professionally qualified accountant
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post qualification experience at a senior level in finance.
- Experience of presenting and explaining complex financial information to managers and clinicians to ensure engagement and support.
- Experience of staff management and development including recruitment and selection, performance management, motivation and team building
- Experience of financial forecasting models including run rate analysis.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to present complex financial information in a logical and clear format both numerically and in writing.
- Ability to understand internal and external pressures and interpret the impact on Business Planning
- Effective leader and ability to manage various department and contracts with good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to work under own initiative, co-ordinate and manage complex tasks to tight timescales.
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).
