Head of Finance - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

    Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
    Whittington Hospital NHS Trust London, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Job summary

    Head of Finance (Financial Improvement & Commercial)

    The post-holder will provide financial leadership to the sustainability and recovery components of the Trust's financial strategy. Specifically, this includes taking responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Trust's efficiency plan and the provision of regular progress reports, internally and externally. The postholder will work closely with the Director of Operations to support the management teams in the operational delivery of the efficiency programme (tactical Cost Improvement Programmes and cross cutting schemes) and ensure that robust governance arrangements are in place to enable progress tracking and early intervention where schemes are at risk of slipping.

    The post holder will also have a key role to play in terms of longer-term sustainability and financial input to the development of medium-term financial strategy.

    Main duties of the job

    As Head of Finance you will play a key strategic leadership role within the Trust, focused on delivering finance transformational change and financial assurance activities across Whittington Health.

    In conjunction with the Director of Operations (DOps) and Heads of Finance, support the design and development of robust project plans and lead on the operational delivery of the Financial Recovery Plan with cross cutting workstreams including:

  • Patient Flow & ALOS
  • Workforce Productivity
  • Non Pay Expenditure
  • Estates & Facilities
  • Clinical redesign
  • Corporate / shared service
  • Retail/Commercial income

    • About us

    The finance team at the Whittington are now recruiting to this exciting role which is integral to the success of the organisation. We are looking for talented and highly motivated individual to join our financial improvement team to support the delivery of safe, high quality, sustainable and effective will be a key member of the senior finance team, supporting the Trust to deliver its objectives to achieve financial sustainability.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role.

    If you want to know more about the role please contact:

    Jerry Francine - Finance Director Operations,

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • CCAB Qualified

    • Experience

    Essential

  • 5 year post qualification experience

    • Experience

    Essential

  • oExperience of successfully supporting cost improvement and financial sustainability programmes

    • Skills

    Essential

  • Strong communication and engagement skills. Positive attitude and highly self-motivated and can motivate others