Senior Finance Manager

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Trust to shape and deliver transformational change aligned to the NHS 10 year plan ambitions. Herefordshire has a strong history of collaboration across partners in Health and Care. The postholder will oversee the management accounts of clinical Divisions, provide financial and commercial leadership, work collaboratively with operational leadership, clinical teams and system partners and be a key part of the Finance Senior Leadership team.

This role will report to the Deputy CFO. As a small Trust, this role offers regular access to the Executive team and wider System partners, supporting professional development and exposure to a diverse range of opportunities.

The aim of the role is to provide proactive financial leadership of the highest standard, advising on all aspects of financial management while driving and supporting transformational change across the Trust and within our Herefordshire Place.

The post holder will have a senior role in the financial performance management of Clinical Divisions and be expected to support, challenge and positively influence financial management, providing strong financial leadership and commercial acumen. Working collaboratively to improve efficiency, effectiveness and achieve best use of resources.

This role is based across the main NHS sites in Herefordshire while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on-site working and working from home.

Main duties of the job

The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as a Senior Finance Manager.

You will lead the delivery of timely and accurate monthly financial positions, analysis and reporting, providing proactive day-to-day financial leadership to support service development, drive efficiencies and contribute to transformational change, with a clear focus on medium-term financial sustainability for the Trust and with system partners.

You will lead, motivate and engage your finance team through close, collaborative working, fostering a supportive environment that encourages high performance and continuous improvement.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Wye Valley Trust

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Wye Valley Trust

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

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

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