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.
Proposed Interview dates w/c 24th June 2024, 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

Working for our organisation
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 services.
You will be a key member of the senior finance team, supporting the Trust to deliver its objectives to achieve financial sustainability., To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation