Deputy Director of Finance

Job summary

Deputy Finance Director

We're excited to be recruiting proactive, driven & innovative Deputy Director of Finances to lead the MRI and WTWA Finance Teams. This is key role in continuing the success of the team and supporting the delivery of excellent patient care. We are particularly proud of our exceptional and highly-skilled staff - and they in turn are passionate about the contribution they make within the Trust. Therefore, you will focus on quality, promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes in a financial capacity, whilst using evidence to make improvements and seeking out innovative ways of working to develop financial solutions.

The Post Holder will have day to day responsibility for providing effective, professional and managerial leadership to the Finance function and ensuring a high-quality service is provided to the Hospital/MCS, implementing strategy and delivering outputs and services in line with the Trust's strategic and business objectives.

These are both truly valuable opportunities to take your career to the next level. With the support of a committed team, and the chance to really put your stamp on this role, you'll witness your vision and efforts having a direct impact on the lives of thousands of people. So, if you have the drive and creativity required to help continue to take our Finance team forward, you'll certainly thrive in our team and within our organisation.

Main duties of the job

Essential for the candidate to hold a Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB/CIMA) with current membership registration and be educated to master's degree level or an equivalent professional qualification along with significant management experience.

Main responsibilities:

• Report the current financial position and forecasts of the Hospital/MCS in an accurate and timely manner to Senior Management, the Hospital/MCS Management Board and deliver all external and statutory reporting requirements.
• Direct, lead, plan, organise and control resources to implement strategy. Monitor and review processes to assess function effectiveness.
• Recruit, deploy, develop, train, review and motivate staff to fulfil the functional objectives. Promote optimum standards of professionalism and quality of service to meet customer needs within available resources.
• Lead the business process for operational financial planning across the Organisation, including annual plan and longterm financial plans, assessment of future financial threats / opportunities and provide appropriate plans and actions to minimise risk and maximise opportunities.
• Work closely with Executive / Divisional / Clinical Directors to deliver the corporate and Organisation objectives and embed those into an agreed annual and longer-term financial plan.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal MFT Group Hospitals / Managed Clinical Services (MCS) and other external bodies.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.