Band 8c Head of Finance Information Systems

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Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the strategic development and smooth operational running of the general ledger financial systems, all other finance systems, system modules and all associated feeder systems including procurement. Providing support and technical expertise for the present and future system developments, solutions and procurements within finance and associated areas.

Ensure the financial integrity of the financial ledgers by developing and maintaining appropriate systems access and security including awareness of cyber events where externally hosted.

Manage the Finance Systems team and ensuring that they provide high quality support and communication to system users within a timely manner. This role combines IT/Systems specialist knowledge with accounting knowledge and experience.

Develop processes, systems and methodologies to support the timely production of a variety of performance reports and have responsibility for ensuring that the reports correctly reflect the income and expenditure status of the Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional Accountancy Qualification (CCAB)
• Masters or equivalent in Finance or IT related subjects
• Expert knowledge of computerised ledger systems - Advanced eFinancials Finance systems

Experience

Essential criteria

• Project management experience with particular emphasis on system implementation
• Experience of Reporting Requirements and Data Analysis
• Must be able to set and negotiate priorities for themselves and others, and subsequently programme workload to achieve results and meet deadlines.
• Experience in staff recruitment and interviewing

Desirable criteria

• NHS Accounting experience
• eFinancials experience
• Oracle / SQL experience
• Knowledge of Unix based system

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Proven excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, written and oral.
• Able to explain highly complex financial information to non finance managers
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
• Ability to translate complex financial requirements into IT solutions
• Able to concentrate for long periods when analysing data and information with strong attention to detail
• Ability to mange a diverse set of contact relationships, and conflicting priorities is essential.

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria

• Flexible and able mange workload to ensure delivery of both regular commitment and the support of Trust wide initiatives.
• Ability and desire to learn new skills
• Have the ability to work autonomously and to work well in a team.
• Capable of working under pressure to strict timescales

• Covid-19 Vaccination

  Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
  We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

• AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
• If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
• By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• Please be aware of scams - unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 464.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 328.6KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 144.6KB)
• Corporate, Admin & Clerical, Other - benefits, about RFL, values and governing objectives (PDF, 935.8KB)