We are seeking an ambitious Deputy Chief Finance Officer who can build trusted relationships at all levels and drive continuous improvement and excellence in Business Partnering. We are looking for someone who will be proactive and innovative with excellent communication skills.

As a relatively small Trust taking a Lead Provider role at our One Herefordshire Place, this role is varied, challenging and above all rewarding with significant exposure to the Executive team, the Board and System partners.

We believe this is an exciting time to join the Wye Valley team. We are rightly proud of our Finance and Information teams, their commitment to improvement and passion for delivery of high quality support to our clinical and operational teams, putting the population we serve at the heart of what we do.

Our teams work flexibly, with a hybrid approach based on service need and individual preference. We provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop and are working towards One NHS Finance Accreditation.

If you are a senior finance professional seeking a new challenge who shares our passion for supporting delivery of high quality clinical services this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

Through strong visible leadership, communication and influencing skills the Deputy Chief Finance Officer will:

• Ensure effective finance business partnering, developing trusted relationships with the team and key stakeholders whilst promoting sound financial governance.
• Provide leadership and strategic vision to the financial management functions, you will share our passion for supporting clinical teams to deliver excellent patient care as well as effective use of resources. You will ensure that key business and financial systems and processes are efficient, effective and user focused whilst maintaining sound financial governance.

The role includes specific responsibility to:

• Support and influence strategic and operational decisions
• Interpret, explain and drive financial performance
• Deliver annual budget setting and in year financial reporting accurately and to agreed deadlines
• Advise on planning assumptions, external and internal context, benchmarking and commercial opportunities
• Analyse, advise on and mitigate financial risk in the organisation
• Strive to continuously improve financial processes and deliver excellence
• Ensure the continued professional development of finance staff
• Act as a role model and demonstrate behaviours in line with the Leadership Charter

This role requires a significant degree of independent working as well as close working with senior professionals both within and outside the Trust.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

For further details, or if you would like to have a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Katie Osmond, Chief Finance Officer, or her Executive Assistant, Wendy Twigg.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• CIMA or CCAB qualified with active membership
• Evidence of continued professional and personal development

Experience

Essential

• Experience and In depth knowledge of financial management and accounting procedures and financial aspects of NHS legislation and policies.
• Experienced leader and manager
• Knowledge and understanding of strategic and operational planning and the impact on operational efficiencies, budget and performance monitoring
• EProven extensive senior financial management experience in the NHS/Public Sector environment or equivalent
• Experience of and comfortable with communicating and negotiating with senior management inside and external to the organisation

Knowledge

Essential

• High level knowledge of the planning cycle in the NHS
• Understanding of acute sector operational flows and complex clinical pathways.
• Ability to interpret complex information and develop potential options and / or recommendations on the most appropriate course of action
• Strong business acumen and demonstrate an understanding of current health policies and legislation and the implications for service planning and management for the Trust

Skills

Essential

• Ability to influence and persuade others and strong negotiator
• Ability and track record of Leadership skills, able to inspire and motivate staff
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to interpret and apply complex guidance produced by statute, NHSE and accounting bodies
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to a wide range of audiences (internal and external to the organisation)

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital

Hereford

HR1 2ER

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229-COR-6576090