Assistant Director of Finance - Operational Finance

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your Responsibilities What youll do

You will lead our Operational Finance team to inspire, develop and support our colleagues to live our UHS Values every day.

You will contribute to the leadership and development of the department, supporting the innovative delivery of our vision and strategic objectives.

You will maintain strong governance and financial controls, working with a variety of stakeholders, to deliver customer-focused financial support at pace to our UHS and subsidiary colleagues.

You will oversee the Trusts year-end process and be responsible for delivering a robust set of financial accounts.

CCAB qualified, you will bring in-depth experience at a senior level of financial management.

You will have delivered significant organisational and financial change, leading with drive, compassion, and motivation to live our UHS Values.

You will have senior management experience, supporting and mentoring teams; with strong communication skills, you will be able to build effective and sustainable relationships across a range of stakeholders.

You will have experience in financial accounting, including the production of financial accounts from an organisation of scale and complexity, aligned to national policy and guidelines.

Should you have any queries, please contact Jane McCartney in the Senior Appointment Team at jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk

Key DatesClosing date - 3rd November 2024Interviews will be held w/c 11 November 2024

Please note this vacancy is only open to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Southern Health FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, Solent NHS Trust, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

At University Hospital Southampton, we believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is key to delivering exceptional patient care. That's why we're proud to be a Disability Confident employer and champion an environment that celebrates everyone's unique talents and perspectives.

We foster a strong sense of belonging, ensuring all staff feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their best. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Impact goes beyond words. We actively strive for a workforce that reflects the communities we serve, with recruitment practices free from bias and initiatives that promote inclusion at all levels.

Person Specification

Qualifications / training required

Essential

• CCAB qualified accountant with considerable post qualification experience at a senior level or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Extensive specialist knowledge of finance, performance and information acquired through postgraduate diploma or experience to masters level.

Previous or relevant experience necessary

Essential

• In depth experience at a senior level of financial management in a large organisation.
• Successful delivery of significant organisational and financial change. Senior operational finance leadership experience. Proven experience of delivering change in a large organisation. Significant experience of delivering long term organisational financial strategies
• Experience of financial accounting, including the production of financial accounts
• Significant Leadership and management experience

Desirable

• Detailed and expert knowledge of NHS Trust financial processes, NHS structural relationships, the NHS financial regime and existing legislation and accounting standards
• Experience of a similar role in an NHS organisation.

Aptitudes and skills required

Essential

• High level negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to contribute to the development and interpretation of national policy and financial guidelines.
• High level analytical skills and attention to detail with ability to generate and develop innovative solutions to complex financial problems.
• Excellent leadership, facilitation and management skills with the ability to engage, motivate and drive others
• Operational awareness to allow strong financial support and the ability to deal professionally with a range of contacts.
• Intellectual flexibility to move easily between detail and big picture and explain complex situations in ways that are accessible to a range of stakeholders. Ability to understand and resolve highly complex problems and make judgements, often where there is no preceden
• Advanced computer skills.

Values and behaviours

Essential

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

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).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Address

Southampton General Hospital

Tremona Road

Southampton

SO16 6YD

Employer's website

https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)