Job summary
Deputy Chief Finance Officer
With a relatively new leadership team, we believe it's an exciting time to join Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.
Our ambition is to be recognised as a centre of excellence for all-age mental health, learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental services, as well as becoming a leader in the development of holistic, integrated children's services.
Interested? We are looking for someone creative and who has a real focus on partnership working. You'll be passionate about improving value and hence be key to making sure the Trust makes the right decisions for the right reasons. In turn, we will support your personal and professional development.
Interviews are planned for week commencing 23 June 2025
Main duties of the job
Our Deputy Chief Finance Officer (CFO) has a key role to play in supporting the Trust to achieve this ambition.
They will be responsible for leadership and performance management of the Financial Management, Financial Services, Contracting and Procurement functions, thereby providing a comprehensive business partnering function that helps deliver economy, efficiency and effectiveness across all of the Trust's activities.
The Deputy CFO will play an active role in local system forums and the delivery of the collective Coventry & Warwickshire financial sustainability plan.
We can offer a relocation package to support you to make the move to Coventry and Warwickshire.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB or equivalent Professional Accountancy Qualification
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD) record complying with membership of accounting body
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to drive and motivate teams of people at all levels of an organization and to manage conflict
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial data to non-finance staff, verbally and in writing
- The ability to communicate contentious and sensitive information to an audience that may not be receptive
- Highly developed analytical skills to solve complex financial and non-financial problems
- Able to form judgements and make autonomous decisions guided by trust policies and procedures
- Able to understand and interpret national financial policies and guidance, and advise the trust on their implementation
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods and cope effectively with frequent interruptions
- Highly developed financial transformational skills to develop and improve finance management function
- Highly advanced Microsoft skills and understanding of software to enable data manipulation and interpretation
Experience
Essential
- significant experience in an NHS role
- Detailed knowledge of NHS budgeting and planning process and general NHS finance regime, including Costing
- Experience of developing robust I&E forecasts and delivery of financial balance and financial recovery plans
- Proven track record of financial performance management
- Experience of NHS contracting, having led negotiations.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the political environment and stakeholder management, experience working with Executive and Non-Executive Directors and Clinical Leads
- Experience and understanding of the financial, regulatory and statutory duties placed upon NHS organisations
Other
Essential
- Negotiation skills
- Car driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB or equivalent Professional Accountancy Qualification
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD) record complying with membership of accounting body
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to drive and motivate teams of people at all levels of an organization and to manage conflict
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial data to non-finance staff, verbally and in writing
- The ability to communicate contentious and sensitive information to an audience that may not be receptive
- Highly developed analytical skills to solve complex financial and non-financial problems
- Able to form judgements and make autonomous decisions guided by trust policies and procedures
- Able to understand and interpret national financial policies and guidance, and advise the trust on their implementation
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods and cope effectively with frequent interruptions
- Highly developed financial transformational skills to develop and improve finance management function
- Highly advanced Microsoft skills and understanding of software to enable data manipulation and interpretation
Experience
Essential
- significant experience in an NHS role
- Detailed knowledge of NHS budgeting and planning process and general NHS finance regime, including Costing
- Experience of developing robust I&E forecasts and delivery of financial balance and financial recovery plans
- Proven track record of financial performance management
- Experience of NHS contracting, having led negotiations.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the political environment and stakeholder management, experience working with Executive and Non-Executive Directors and Clinical Leads
- Experience and understanding of the financial, regulatory and statutory duties placed upon NHS organisations
Other
Essential
- Negotiation skills
- Car driver
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.
