Head of Financial Services

Reporting to the Director of Operational Finance, the post holder will work as part of the wider finance team. The post holder will be responsible for the for the day-to-day management and performance of all sections and staff within Financial Services areas, which incorporates Financial Accounting, Capital, Treasury, Charitable Funds, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable., The post holder will be responsible for the for the day-to-day management and performance of all sections and staff within Financial Services areas, which incorporates Financial Accounting, Capital, Treasury, Charitable Funds, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. This includes 7.15 WTE staff and the post holder will be responsible for the recruitment and management of the staff within Financial Services, ensuring compliance with the departmental standards for staff appraisal, training and personal development plans.

The post holder will help to ensure that the Trust meets its statutory financial targets (I&E, Capital Expenditure Limit, Better Payments Practice Code), as well as monitoring the Trust against key NHS England financial metrics, and will be the governance lead for Finance and advises senior management on the interpretation of national finance guidance and accounting manuals.

The post holder will also be the main point of contact for the Trust's external auditors as they carry out the audits of the Trust and Charity accounts.

You should have a passion for providing an exemplary service to the team and ultimately the patients, and have a strong sense of personal responsibility and achievement.

You will be an enthusiastic and conscientious qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience, with good communication skills both verbal and written and ideally the successful candidate will have NHS accounting experience. Candidates with a commercial background will be considered, but must have an understanding of the issues facing the NHS and a strong background in month end and year end reporting and with dealing with external auditors.

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is a £460m turnover Acute NHS Foundation Trust, the largest provider of acute hospital services in Surrey. We are looking for a CCAB qualified, experienced Head of Financial Services to lead the Financial Services team - this is an opportunity to join a well-established and experienced finance team at the Trust and will be for an initial fixed term of six months., Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.