Director of Operational Finance / Deputy Chief Financial Officer in Nottingham

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Director of Operational Finance plays a crucial role in ensuring the financial health and sustainability of our Trust. The role leads delivery of financial services and management to support our operational objectives while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and best practices. This position requires strong leadership skills, financial insight, deep understanding of healthcare finance, and the ability to deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare services.

The role reports into the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for directing the Financial Services and Finance Management teams, the Procurement Directorate, and strategic oversight of the transformation of the Finance team, ensuring a high quality provision of service to the Trust. The post holder will lead and motivate teams effectively as well as building strong relationships with a range of stakeholders and partners.

The role work collaboratively with the whole Financial leadership team, and in particular with the Director of Strategic Finance, the Chief Financial Officer and ICT finance colleagues. Close working relationships will ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which takes into account capital and revenue, and supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives.

For a full list of key job responsibilities please see the attached Job Description.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• CCAB accounting qualification with significant post qualification experience.
• Must have significant evidenced continual professional development

Desirable criteria

• Doctorate/ Masters in a subject relevant to the role or equivalent level management / operational experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Expert understanding of the NHS finance regime
• Experience of delivering complex change programmes
• Experience of applying programme management techniques
• Experience in managing teams
• Experience working in a senior leadership role within a large, complex organisation
• Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience of leadership across multiple financial disciplines and multiple stakeholders.
• Must be able to demonstrate significant experience of strategic financial leadership at a personal level across multiple financial disciplines; with evidence of achieving cross-discipline, targets/goals.
• Must be able to demonstrate substantial experience in financial management of both capital and revenue budgets; including evidence of cost improvements/efficiencies as well as in financial planning.
• Must be able to demonstrate experience in dealing with complex people issues and providing pastoral leadership to teams

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working at Board level with exceptional track record of achievements.
• Deputy or Director level experience

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Proven track record of building successful teams
• Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations

Desirable criteria

• To have received media training

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of NHS policies and regulations
• Able to manage a multiplicity of targets and objectives
• Strategic thinker

Desirable criteria

• Able to judge value for money in its broadest sense
• Able to analyse highly complex and technical information within tight timescales

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to interpret national, health and broad organisational policies and establish the way in which these will be implemented and interpreted
• Able to manage and prioritise conflicting demands and meeting various deadlines required for producing highly complex tasks requiring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Proven record of pro-active performance management
• Able to work independently and on own initiative

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to work across the local health community and travel often at short notice
• Advanced IT skills to manage and report on highly complex performance management information

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Salary

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence

All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy

NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment

If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks

NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent

• Transfer of information : If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service : Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description ( PDF , 448.4 KB )
• Key Person Specification ( PDF , 376.4 KB )
• Mindful Employer ( PDF , 312.6 KB )
• Equality Diversity and Inclusion ( PDF , 304.6 KB )
• Equal Opportunities ( PDF , 312.6 KB )
• Disability Confidence Scheme ( PDF , 272.6 KB )
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders ( PDF , 106.0 KB )
• Application Process Booklet ( PDF , 24.8 MB )