Job summary
We are looking for a new Group Finance Director to join us at HCRG Care Group !
You will play a critical role in shaping the financial strategy and ensuring the financial well-being of our Healthcare organisation. You will oversee all financial activities within the group, provide strategic guidance to the executive team, and drive the achievement of financial goals and objectives. This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished finance professional to contribute to the growth and success of a thriving company.
We are looking for someone to join us on a permanent, full-time basis. Working hybrid between home and our head office in Runcorn, Cheshire.
Main duties of the job
The Group Finance Director will be expected to contribute to the organisational strategy, manage significant commercial relationships with our NHS, Local Authority and Third sector partners, and deputise for the CFO as required. In addition, as a member of the senior leadership team locally and nationally, you will be expected to champion and lead organisational wide initiatives in and outside the finance arena.
Your key responsibilities will also include:
- Support the Executive Team in maintaining and regularly updating the Business Plan including financial forecasts and investment requirements
- Provide effective collaboration and delivery as a key member of the Senior Leadership Group
- Embed a culture of continuous improvement and learning, openness, honesty, freedom to speak up and caring
- Support and lead commercial contract negotiations where appropriate, using these negotiations to drive benefit for the business
- Champion for adoption of tools and technologies that will create efficiencies and deliver financial controls within the business, including but not limited to e-rostering and establishment management
This role has overall accountability for the following areas;
- Financial Controls
- Statutory Accounting
- Taxation (with support from RSM)
- Transactional Shared Services (Accounts payable / receivable / cash and banking
Please see job specification for full details.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Group Finance Director, youll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £90,000 - £105,000 with group pension
- £8,000 car allowance
- Being a part of the senior leader bonus scheme (up to 30%)
- Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support at locations across the country
- Free and plentiful on site-parking at our Head Office in Runcorn, Cheshire
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The successful candidate will be an existing Director / Head of Finance or Group Financial Controller with significant experience of leading change and transformation. Theyll be an expert business partner with the personal gravitas and leadership qualities required to operate across a complex and rapidly growing organisation and to ensure that the finance function is completely aligned to deliver the operational and strategic needs of the business.
You will also have the following qualifications / experience:
- Recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ICAEW, ACMA, CIMA
- Senior Finance professional with strong technical capability but above all a deep and proven level of commercial experience and acumen
- Able to build capable Finance and Procurement, functions through a clear and articulated vision, effective hiring, development and retention of great people
- Excellent people skills including listening, negotiation, persuasion and initiating change
Previous experience in the healthcare industry is desirable but not essential
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Group Finance Director, youll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £90,000 - £105,000 with group pension
- £8,000 car allowance
- Being a part of the senior leader bonus scheme (up to 30%)
- Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support at locations across the country
- Free and plentiful on site-parking at our Head Office in Runcorn, Cheshire
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The successful candidate will be an existing Director / Head of Finance or Group Financial Controller with significant experience of leading change and transformation. Theyll be an expert business partner with the personal gravitas and leadership qualities required to operate across a complex and rapidly growing organisation and to ensure that the finance function is completely aligned to deliver the operational and strategic needs of the business.
You will also have the following qualifications / experience:
- Recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ICAEW, ACMA, CIMA
- Senior Finance professional with strong technical capability but above all a deep and proven level of commercial experience and acumen
- Able to build capable Finance and Procurement, functions through a clear and articulated vision, effective hiring, development and retention of great people
- Excellent people skills including listening, negotiation, persuasion and initiating change
Previous experience in the healthcare industry is desirable but not essential
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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.
