An Interim Director of Finance is required for a NHS organisation for 3 months paying a salary of £100,000 - £116,000 pro rata. It is essential you have recent NHS experience as a Director of Finance and can start immediately. The role is based in the South East and requires 3 days on site each week, as this role leads the day to day finance team.
Overview
The Director of Finance (DOF) will provide inspirational leadership for a dynamic, professional and proactive finance and procurement team delivering a comprehensive and effective finance function within the Trust. The DOF will be a member of the senior leadership group providing advice, support and challenge to their peers to champion financial awareness in the organisation
Key duties
- To advise the Executive Board on the Trust's financial management and planning to ensure compliance with statutory and contractual obligations with the Trust's business plan and policies;
- To ensure that there is an effective system of internal control over revenue and expenditure recognition and planning;
- Ensure that budget holders receive the appropriate financial training and support to enable them to manage their delegated budgets;
- Provide a comprehensive set of financial services to the Trust, including but not limited to, budgeting, forecasting, business planning, financial reporting, management accounting, and administration as appropriate;
- Ensure that the Trust maintains a system of reference costing and patient level costing that allows the Trust to deliver its strategy and is used to drive the Cost Improvement Programme (CIP);
- Apply rigorous, generally accepted commercial disciplines in assessing business cases to develop our services, make capital investments or re-design the Trust's services;
- Manage the Trust's working capital to ensure the Trust has sufficient resources to continue to meet its capital plan and to provide adequate liquidity to meet its liabilities;
- To manage the Trust's contracting process, liaising with our commissioners to ensure the Trust is meeting its contractual obligations;
Qualifications required:
- Qualified as an accountant
Essential experience required:
- Significant experience of working within a finance team including at a senior management level in the NHS
- Experience of working in a complex organisation at a senior level in the healthcare sectors;
- Experience of developing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver robust financial management and value for money;
- Experience of developing and implementing a financial strategy for a large organisation;
- Experience of leading projects to a successful conclusion;
- Experience of building and developing highly effective finance teams including excellent people management skills.