East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Divisional Finance Manager

The closing date is 05 June 2025

Job summary

An attractive opportunity has arisen for a permanent Divisional Finance Manager post at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

With the wider NHS and Trust focus on value and productivity this is an exciting time to join the ESNEFT Finance Team, with this opportunity providing ambitious finance professionals with the prospect of exposure to a wide range of issues, both strategically and operationally, whilst working as part of both a divisional multi-disciplinary and finance team.

Ideally we are looking for a CCAB qualified professional with significant experience working in large, complex organisations to join our team. You will need to demonstrate experience of working effectively in systems, with a variety of stakeholders from differing working disciplines, and with a history or good understanding of achieving enhanced value for money and enabling sound decision making.

The key objectives of the role being to;

Provide financial leadership and be a key contributor to a Divisional Management team
Develop the Divisional annual business plan, with particular focus on the financially related elements
Prepare consolidated monthly financial performance reports and forecasts; analysing trends and variances
Responsible for the day-to-day divisional financial arrangements, identifying areas of financial opportunity or risk to the Trust and Division, taking appropriate action to resolve

Main duties of the job

The role encourages working closely with operational and clinical teams providing information and advice to aid decision making, add value, and assist in the strategic leadership, transformation and efficiency of services. We work to tight deadlines and expect to be a driving force for continual review and improvement ensuring that colleagues receive good training in order to deliver a high quality service to the Trust.

This is an outstanding opportunity to contribute to the future success of one of the largest Trusts in East Anglia. You will be joining a forward looking finance team which works across our Ipswich, Colchester and community sites, both working on-site and from home. We encourage continuing professional development, providing opportunities for development, and actively support career development.

This is a full time vacancy, with part time applications also being considered. As a department we have options for remote working, and are reviewing our future policies looking to balance on and offsite working to best meet organisational objectives, and are seeking to enable flexibility wherever possible.

Please note that this role is subject to a DBS check which will be charged to the successful candidate. Full details can be found within the 'DBS Information' documents attached to this advert.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

23 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR276-25

Job locations

Ipswich / Colchester

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Evidence of continued professional development
Further relevant training

Desirable

Project Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

Proven experience of working in a senior management/leadership role
Experience of managing and motivating a large team or teams
Leading changes in practice in a complex environment to improve performance/services
Leading complex projects
Responsible for a significant budget and budget setting
Business case development
Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Able to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
In depth understanding of the current NHS agenda and healthcare policy including transformation and workforce
Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Risk management and governance
Financial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
Demonstrable knowledge of service improvements and project management
Understanding of the relationship between providers and commissioning organisations
In depth understanding of change management
Business planning /annual planning/long term planning

Desirable

NHS IT systems

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Evidence of continued professional development
Further relevant training

Desirable

Project Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

Proven experience of working in a senior management/leadership role
Experience of managing and motivating a large team or teams
Leading changes in practice in a complex environment to improve performance/services
Leading complex projects
Responsible for a significant budget and budget setting
Business case development
Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Able to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
In depth understanding of the current NHS agenda and healthcare policy including transformation and workforce
Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Risk management and governance
Financial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
Demonstrable knowledge of service improvements and project management
Understanding of the relationship between providers and commissioning organisations
In depth understanding of change management
Business planning /annual planning/long term planning

Desirable

NHS IT systems

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich / Colchester

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich / Colchester

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)