The Trust's finance division is looking for an Assistant Finance Director - Financial Management and seeks a motivated individual to develop their career in a Foundation Trust with a reputation for excellence, innovation and development. The Trust has a turnover of �750m and employs 10,000 staff. This is a chance for the successful individual to utilise personal and professional skills to their full extent in this challenging and fast moving environment.

The finance division holds the North West Finance Skills Development Towards Excellence accreditation at level 3, the highest attainable. The division also holds the FFF level 3 accreditation. We believe that these are endorsements of our continuous improvement policy to provide the Trust with the best possible service from the finance division.

The post holder will be CCAB or CIMA qualified. You will be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience in Financial Management. You will need to be a forward thinking proactive individual who will use excellent leadership skills to develop the Financial Management team and contribute to the Finance Division as a whole.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead on the provision of the financial management service to the Trust, Divisions and external bodies. The main objective of the role is to ensure that the Trust manages its income and expenditure within the approved budget improving financial performance whilst delivering a qualitative service to patients. Responsibilities include investigating & advising on complex business issues to improve financial awareness, performance, and to ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and business focus of the Trust.The post holder will be responsible for the management and performance of the Financial Management team.

About us

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute Trusts in the North West with a complement of over 1000 beds for a local population of 390,000 and a regional population of 1.5 million. We have all of the usual specialties as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in Neurosciences, Trauma, Oncology, and Renal Medicine.

Please note this vacancy is open to applications from the following Trusts

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Job description

Job responsibilities

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To actively develop internal and external relationships and work with Divisional leads, Executive Directors, the senior finance team and key stakeholders, ensuring full clinical and non-clinical engagement

To actively develop internal and external relationships and work with Divisional leads, Executive Directors, the senior finance team and key stakeholders, ensuring full clinical and non-clinical engagement

Provide overall management and supervision to all activities undertaken within the Financial Management Department, so that services are provided in an efficient manner consistent with necessary timescales

Effectively maintain a financial planning system to enable the Trust to achieve its financial targets

Effectively manage the financial monitoring system to enable the Trust to achieve its income and expenditure targets

Contribute to the overall effectiveness of: the Financial Management Department, the Finance Division and the Trust

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• CCAB or CIMA full member

Qualifications

Essential

• First Degree

Desirable

• Leadership qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Proven track record in a senior financial management role in the NHS acute sector
• Extensive post qualification NHS finance experience
• Expert knowledge of the NHS finance regime including commissioning, financial accounts management accounts, costing and pricing methodologies and income streams
• Expert knowledge of Financial and Accounting Procedures
• Extensive experience of working with others to ensure direction and policies are attainable within available resources
• Strong leadership qualities, experience in encouraging and achieving development of both staff and self

Desirable

• Involvement in FSD or staff development initiatives

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Proven track record in a strategic role
• Proven track record in a staff leadership role
• Able to communicate and present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information where agreement or cooperation is required
• Able to negotiate with NHS/external organisations over cost/service issues
• Ability to act as line manager for a discrete work area within finance

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Preston Business Centre

Watling Street Road

Preston

PR2 8DY

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