Deputy Director of Finance, Systems and Estates

Job responsibilities

• Provide day to day management and professional support to all members of the finance team
• To co-ordinate the full range of finance functions provided by the Trust and any outsourced providers, including procurement, financial accounting, charitable funds, treasury management and payroll to ensure they meet quality standards and demonstrate value for money.
• To contract manage outsourced services, such as Financial Services and Payroll, to improve the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the information the Trust receives and to deliver economy, efficiency and effectiveness from those services
• To develop and maintain a motivated team by appropriate managerial and professional leadership, ensuring policies, processes and systems are jointly owned and understood, and work towards achieving the Trusts aims.
• To ensure that regular supervision and performance management is carried out, ensuring that the department has sufficient trained, motivated, and skilled staff to enable it to carry out its functions.
• To manage any contracts to ensure the overall maintenance of financial systems within the Trust, including the accuracy of the general ledger and payroll information.
• To ensure financial systems and procedures are set up and adhered to in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions and Standing Orders.
• To develop and implement plans so that the Finance function is continually improving how it delivers its services to the Trust.
• Ensure that all staff have a personal development plan identifying their training and development needs and that these needs are met in a manner that is consistent with the needs of the Trust and the resources.
• Be responsible for full operational management of the function, including budget management, recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary and grievances matters across the function.

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB professionally qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

• Experience at a senior level in finance in a complex multi-professional organisation
• Experience of developing financial strategies, plans and associated budgets
• Experience of financial forecasting
• Experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders and having the ability to handle conflicting priorities
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a fast changing environment
• Worked within the NHS or similar organisation for at least 5 years
• Experience in managing in year and year end reporting processes and relationships with external bodies such as NHSE and Auditors
• Experience in managing projects involving substantial changes in working processes and procedures
• Experience of working to tight deadlines
• Understanding of the current NHS policies and strategies and to be able to forecast their impact at a local level.
• Expert knowledge of accounting and financial procedures.

Other Skills

Essential

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use with business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Eligible to live and work in the UK
• Willingness to uphold the Trust's values

Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal, written, numeric reasoning analytical and presentation skills.
• Excellent influencing, listening, negotiation and communications skills.
• Ability to learn and adapt behaviours quickly.
• Ability to initiate and lead change
• Ability to motivate, develop and lead a team to achieve objectives
• Proficient in the use of IT systems and Microsoft Office software.
• Political awareness and sensitivity.
• Ability to work autonomously with the skills to make some decisions independently and to recognise where decisions should be made at a higher level
• Demonstrates high calibre leadership
• Demonstrates personal and professional credibility and recognised as a leader in their field
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage positively with all stakeholders
• Positive, professional proactive motivated and enthusiastic attitude
• Commitment to personal and ongoing team development

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).