Interim Head of Trust Financial Reporting and Planning

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB, CIMA).
• Unblemished record with CCAB.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable post qualification development and achievement of CPD.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge of NHS financial frameworks or similar complex organisational reporting and planning requirements.
• Significant understanding, knowledge and application of financial reporting in large NHS or comparable complex healthcare organisation organisations .
• Expert understanding and application of NHS planning guidance and reporting requirements
• Use of software applications supporting the production of budget, forecasts and plans.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable use introduction of new software applications improving the production of budget, forecasts and plans.
• Understanding of and application of PLICS or other forms of cost absorption methodologies.

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a senior role in NHS finance or comparable complex organisational.
• Significant experience, understanding and knowledge of financial reporting.
• Extensive application of NHS or comparable complex healthcare organisation planning guidance and reporting requirements including reporting to external stakeholders and regulators management role.
• Experience in the use of complex financial models including production of sensitivity analysis for a large organisation.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of post qualification experience in financial reporting and financial planning.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Expert level numeracy, numerical reasoning and numerical analysis skills.
• Experience in a multiple, complex stakeholder and partnership-dependent environment.
• Highly analytical with a structured and methodical approach to problem solving and able to translate and interpret large amounts of data, ability to manipulate large quantities of highly complex financial information.
• Able to manage day to day business challenges, including, staff management, reporting writing and dealing with stakeholder queries, whilst not losing sight of the long-term strategic goals.
• Strong and effective people management skills, capable of nurturing talent and managing performance during periods of significant change and transition.
• The ability to influence and persuade others, creating successful and effective working relationships through strong, positive interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desirable criteria

• Commercially astute and able to develop models of income and expenditure strategies to drive Trust growth and improve cash flow.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job/Person description (PDF, 656.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 350.6KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)