# Head of Finance

**Company**: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £88,250 to £100,355 a year
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Head of Finance will act as a Trust-wide expert leading on the development and implementation of organisation-wide financial improvements and efficiencies.

The role requires both clinical and non-clinical finance experience, working with senior Trust key stakeholders, persuading and influencing the financial direction of the Trust.

Responsible as a leading expert on the strategic financial planning agenda and programme for the nominated Integrated Clinical Service Units (ICSUs), including the financial lead on developing financial strategies and business plans.

To provide professional guidance in support to Senior Trust managers, including the presentation of business cases and financial plans to Trust Executive Directors.

Identifying opportunities for financial efficiencies and highlighting areas of risk and reporting on progress of these whilst indicating other opportunities in year.

The Head of Finance will be responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of the procedures, policies of the department.

To ensure that all Trust-wide financial policies are adhered across the Trust.

**Main duties of the job**

- Responsible as a Trust leading financial expert for the provision of financial services across the nominated ICSU's.

- Leading a financial management team, delivering professional financial support that meets the needs of the Trust.

- Ensuring that the team delivers a full financial service to include: financial leadership, analytical support, financial commercial acumen, full business suite financial reporting, clear presentation of financial and business intelligence to ICSU's to support the delivery of an approved financial plan.

- Ensuring proper financial control is maintained and value for money achieved.

**Benefits**

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 8c salary £88,250 to £100,355 a year per annum including HCAS

**Person Specification**

- CCAB, CIMA qualified Accountant

- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development

- Educated to Masters level or equivalent

- Substantial experience of delivering financial advice and guidance to senior managers and directors

- Operational and strategic financial planning, budgeting and service costing

- Experience in producing a wide range of financial information, reports and analyses

## Skills

### Required
- financial planning
- budgeting
- service costing
- financial analysis
- communication
- leadership

### Nice to have
- experience of leading a NHS finance team

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