Deputy Director of Finance (WQ00)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
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Job summary
A very exciting opportunity has arisen for a positive, energetic individual to lead our established and high-performing Finance team, and with the incoming Director of Finance here at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. The successful individual will be a pivotal member of the Finance & Procurement leadership team, supporting delivery of the Trusts aims and improvements in quality, efficiency and effectiveness for our patients.
The role involves leadership of the financial management team, including income and costing; providing expert advice and support to our world-class clinical services; advising on and developing financial strategies; deputising for the Director of Finance across her full remit both internally and externally. Working closely with colleagues, you will ensure that the Trust is well represented within the ICS, has constructive relationships with commissioners and is influential nationally.
The financial environment across the NHS will require that, just as our clinical services deliver high quality care, the finance team ambition is to deliver world-class advice, influencing and supporting delivery of the Trusts financial plan, and ensuring financial sustainability for the Trust. We are looking to appoint an experienced, compassionate and innovative leader who can demonstrate their commitment to continuous development of finance people, skills and processes, whilst ensuring that our team reflects our community.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Director of Finance is responsible for all aspects of Trust financial management including:
-Financial strategy and management
-Financial risk
-Investment appraisal
-Responsible for Finance Directorate
-Proactive work with Triumvirate teams, Board members, leaders and managers providing strategic advice
-Ensure on-going financial health and long-term sustainability
-Strategic financial decision-making for capital investment
-Support the Director of Finance to provide a comprehensive business advisory and management accounting function
-Influence strategic decision making
-Oversee the Finance function of c100 staff: setting performance metrics, enablers, ensuring financial rigour, monitor and control expenditure to achieve best value of NHS resources.
-Design and implement robust control processes within the department and achieve consensus with the Assistant Directors of Finance and other senior finance managers as to departmental goals and processes
-Overall responsibility for regular reporting of financial and related non-financial performance management information
-Provide robust monthly reporting processes
-Co-ordinate operational annual planning and budget setting
-Provide advice and challenge on business planning cases and drive forward productivity and efficiency programmes
-Responsible for ensuring statutory accounts and returns represent a true and fair view, meet required timescales and legal requirements
About us
LTHT is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the country, a regional and national centre for specialist treatment, a renowned biomedical research facility, and the local hospital for the Leeds community.
We treat 1.5 million patients every year, including more than 200,000 emergency patients. We spend over £1.9bn of NHS money, treating illness and disease in Leeds and on specialised services for people across Yorkshire and the Humber and nationally.
We are increasingly seeking to use our economic influence to influence the health and wellbeing of our community, as an employer of over 22,000 staff, purchaser of goods and services and civic partner. We work with academia and industry to play a leading role in education, research and innovation.
We are rated as a Good hospital trust by the Care Quality Commission, and our strategy is to continue improving so that we provide outstanding care for our patients
LTHT is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Expected Shortlisting:14/08/2024
Planned Interview Date: 29/08/2024
Date posted
25 July 2024
Pay scheme
Very senior manager (VSM)
Salary
Depending on experience depending on experience - Spot salary above band 9
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9298-TEX-0062B
Job locations
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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