Financial Controller

Job summary

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patient care is at the heart of everything we do.The Trust's turnover is £700m serving around 600,000 people and run three hospitals - Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester - as well as community services and specialist services for which we are recognised nationally and internationally. We also provide care at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice in Andover and outpatient services in Alton, Bordon and Romsey.

The Trust is seeking to appoint its Financial Controller, a critical leadership role in ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency of its financial function across the NHS Trust and its subsidiaries.

The Financial Controller plays a critical leadership role in ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency of the Trust's financial function. In providing accurate, timely and strategic oversight, the role is instrumental in ensuring sustainable financial health - ultimately contributing to an improved care and patient experience and enabling the Trust to reach its ambitious strategic short and long term goals.

Main duties of the job

Reporting directly into the Associate Director of Financial Services, you will form a key part of the senior finance leadership team and will provide accurate, timely and strategic oversight and will be instrumental in ensuring sustainable financial health, responsible for:

Statutory Accounting and Audit Management

Monthly Close and Financial Reporting

Banking and Treasury Management

Financial Control and Operations Oversight

Budgeting, Cash Flow Forecasting and Strategic Planning

Regulatory and Tax Compliance

Corporate and Intercompany Governance

Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

The successful candidate will be a finance professional who is values-led; blends authentic, emotionally intelligent leadership with technical expertise, and has proven ability gained within a big audit practice or a large and complex organisational context. An accomplished leader who works collaboratively across all stakeholder groups and can engage, inspire, and influence at all levels.

About us

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patient care is at the heart of everything we do.The Trust's turnover is £700m serving around 600,000 people and run three hospitals - Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester - as well as community services and specialist services for which we are recognised nationally and internationally. We also provide care at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice in Andover and outpatient services in Alton, Bordon and Romsey.

The Trust is seeking to appoint its Financial Controller, a critical leadership role in ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency of its financial function across the NHS Trust and its subsidiaries.

The Financial Controller plays a critical leadership role in ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency of the Trust's financial function. In providing accurate, timely and strategic oversight, the role is instrumental in ensuring sustainable financial health - ultimately contributing to an improved care and patient experience and enabling the Trust to reach its ambitious strategic short and long term goals.