Senior Head of Group Finance | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

The Senior Head of Group Finance will be an integrated vital member of the clinical groups Board and will participate fully in the agenda for both financial and non-financial performance and arising issues.

The Senior Head of Group Finance will be supporting the Clinical Support Services Specialty and provide overall financial leadership and strategic direction ensuring that finance delivers a high quality customer focused service.

They will take overall responsibility for staff development and performance for the staff in the Financial Management Team that they lead.

They will take overall responsibility for the regular reporting of financial performance management information to the groups that they support and to the relevant Trust Committee's/Board as part of the Integrated Finance Report.

They will ensure efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and business focus of financial systems and processes across the groups they support.

They will take a strategic lead for ensuring that the Group operational expenditure is fit for purpose for Service Line Reporting.

They will deputise for the Associate Director of Financial Management and the Group Management Team as and when appropriate.

They will be required to make decisions within their own interpretation and understanding of national policies and professional standards.

1.The post will manage and provide leadership and direction to the members of the group finance team, providing strategic, financial, and individual objectives to each member of staff.

2.Line manage staff within their respective financial management teams, taking responsibility for recruitment and selection decisions, appraisal, performance management, sickness absence, planning, agreeing monitoring of departmental workload.

3.Developing the skills and competencies of staff through training and development activities, ensuring progress towards individual Personal Development Plans is maintained, reviewed, and updated.

4. Support the development and maintenance of the Financial Management training programmes for clinicians and managers at all levels throughout the Trust. Actively contribute to content and running of sessions.

5.Ensure own and the team compliance with the Trust's mandatory training requirements., Provide support and advice to Groups during the production of business cases. This will include the application of recognised investment appraisal techniques to improve decision making. The Senior Head of Group Finance should advise on financial risks and be able to articulate both long and short term consequences to enable decision making.

The Senior Head of Group Finance should ensure that the Associate Director of Financial Management is aware of financial consequences of business cases being approved or in the planning pipeline.

Work with the Groups to ensure that benchmarking data provided from the Performance and Information Department is understood at an operational level, and utilise this information together with value for money audits, to ensure best practice and optimal utilisation of resources.

Work with procurement to negotiate external contracts with suppliers, including provision of financial advice on the outcome of tender evaluations.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence®designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.