Head of Shared Finance Service in Oxford

The Role

Lead and continuously enhance the Group’s shared finance services, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-controlled processing across accounts payable, billing, cashiering, and transactional finance. You will be accountable for the integrity of day-to-day financial operations, maintaining robust controls, scalable processes, and high service standards that support both Group Reporting and Operational Finance. This is a pivotal role at the heart of financial control and execution, providing the foundation for effective cash management and operational insight.

This is a part-time role working 4 days per week - 30 hours. The position is hybrid working onsite in Oxford 2/3 days per week. We are able to offer some flexibility on these timings for the successful candidate if required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage the Shared Finance Services team across Accounts Payable, Billing, Cashiering, and transactional finance.
• Set clear objectives, responsibilities, and performance expectations to drive accountability and high performance.
• Build a resilient, well-controlled team with strong segregation of duties, cover, and documented processes.
• Foster a service-oriented culture with clear SLAs and strong stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee end-to-end transactional finance processes, including accounts payable, billing, cash allocation, and banking activity.
• Ensure all transactions are accurate, complete, timely, and supported by robust audit trails and controls.
• Act as the first line of defence for financial control, maintaining compliance with Group policies.
• Take ownership of month-end close outputs, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality data for reporting.
• Ensure all key reconciliations are completed, reviewed, and issues resolved promptly.
• Drive process improvement by standardising, documenting, and automating finance processes to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Strengthen cash control and working capital through disciplined billing, collections, and payment processes, partnering with Treasury and Group Finance.
• Lead audit and compliance activity, ensuring readiness, strong documentation, risk mitigation, and effective stakeholder communication.

Confidentiality

The post holder must maintain confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other Company business in accordance with the National and European data protection legislation. In circumstances where it becomes known that a member of staff has communicated such information to an unauthorised person, that staff member will be liable for dismissal.

Experience and Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or equivalent strong experience in transactional finance leadership.
• Proven experience running shared finance services or similar function.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, reconciliations and audit requirements.
• Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary finance teams.
• Highly organised, detail-driven and control-focused.
• Calm, disciplined and delivery-focused.
• Clear on ownership and accountability.
• Pragmatic problem-solver with a strong control mindset.
• Collaborative, but willing to challenge when standards are at risk.

• Experience in multi-entity or group environments.
• Experience with system implementations or finance transformation.
• Healthcare or regulated environmental exposure.
• Knowledge of Navision.

Salary: Competitive (Depending on experience)

Location: TFP Oxford Fertility

Working Hours: 30 Hours of work: 09.00 – 17.00

Hybrid working: 2/3 days per week on-site in Oxford

Pension: Dual contribution pension scheme

Holiday Entitlement: 27 Days + Bank holidays (pro rata)