Deputy Head of Financial Performance

Job description

Job responsibilities

General, Financial Performance, Reporting and Analysis

1. To lead on the corporate oversight, and support the delivery, of operational financial

2. To support the Head of Financial Performance in formulating plans to deliver long term financial sustainability for the Trust. Including implementation of service specific policy or service development changes.

3. To be responsible for the development of a robust integrated management accounting and associated reporting infrastructure for the Trust.

4. To support the Head of Financial Performance in providing corporate oversight of the divisional financial management teams, including budget setting, in-year forecasting and in- depth reviews of priority areas, with a focus on demand, capacity and triangulation with financial performance.

5. To work with the Head of Financial Planning and Reporting, on the implementation, delivery and maintenance of improvements to financial reporting systems, including providing oversight and relevant input into the development of performance dashboards, key performance indicators and any other key management information.

6. To work with the Head of Financial Planning and Reporting, to ensure all relevant and correct financial information is reported by the corporate team and other central and trust wide teams, including accruals, prepayments, workforce and other income.

7. To work closely with the rest of the Finance Senior Management and Finance Team to ensure timely, accurate and informed reporting both internally and externally.

8. To support the financial performance management of divisions, through corporate analysis and understanding of drivers of operational performance

9. To design and develop major information systems capable of delivering monthly performance and productivity reporting at board level and within clinical divisions, to support informed decision making and resource allocation (e.g. Productivity Dashboard). To work closely with clinical and operational colleagues to ensure drivers of performance are understood and that the information meets their specifications.

10. To lead the development of in-year financial analysis, including trends, delivery to plan, drivers of financial performance and recovery/improvement to financial performance.

11. In-month central efficiency, identification, quantification, monitoring and reporting.

12. To provide high-quality deliverables on highly complex technical data for Senior management, Executive and Non-Executive Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, as needed (e.g., Productivity Committee and Trust Management Executive).

13. To lead the finance input into quantification, implementation and delivery of productivity, efficiency and operational change programmes. To lead work with clinical teams in developing service models associated with major operational change programmes.

14. To prepare policies and procedures in relation to efficiencies and productivity for use across the Trust. Ensuring these fit within the overall standard financial instructions of the Trust.

15. To lead the development of Trust and system wide analytics into the benchmarking of clinical and corporate services, through the use national data sets (e.g. Model Hospital, GIRFT, Right Care etc) through close working with clinical and operational colleagues to understand and positively impact on care pathway decisions, staff costs/mix and comparative performance metrics.

16. To lead on the development of an adequate methodology (e.g., Cost per WAU) to measure clinical productivity to support the understanding of financial and operational drivers. To network and collaborate with other providers to benefit from knowledge transfer.

17. To work with the Director of Data and Analytics and act as the finance liaison for reporting development and analysis improvements.

18. To work as a member of the Finance Senior Management Team and provide financial advice on change programmes to improve efficiency, value for money and quality of output (e.g., Senior Leadership Programme). Collaborating with the Trusts Integrated Quality Improvements Team and using persuasion and motivation skills to influence decision making.

19. To act as the Trusts finance lead on the development of smaller business cases, including working with Deputy Director of Finance Technical and Developments, providing analysis, critical review, challenge and identification of improvement opportunities.

20. To develop, quantify and maintain a set of standard units of cost to be used across the Trust to inform and improve productivity-led decisions making.

21. To communicate highly sensitive and highly complex information to a range of internal and external

22. Use persuasion and motivation skills to influence key decision making and maintain professional communication at all times when dealing with contentions issues. This may occasionally involve exposure to distressing circumstances when dealing with individuals not meeting their required targets.

23. To constructively challenge senior stakeholders throughout the financial year on efficiency planning and reporting processes to ensure robustness of forecasts and budgets.

24. To support the education and development of the Finance team in their understanding of the drivers for operational financial performance, current challenges and restraints.

25. Provide training to other staff across the trust, including Executive and Senior Management Teams, as required (e.g. use of systems and the use of Statistical Process Control Charts).

26. To work cooperatively and collaboratively with Finance staff in divisions and in the central Finance Department.

27. To line manage the Finance Analyst - Performance

Person Specification

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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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unipart Group Business Center

Garsington Rd

Oxford

OX4 2PG

Employer's website

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