Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an individual with drive, ambition and a passion for excellence to become Deputy Director of Finance, Systems and Estates at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You will be a member of the Trust’s extended executive team, working in a hybrid model with time split between home and office, you will support the development of the finance team, identify growth opportunities for the team and work closely with management in other operational and corporate services. You will also work with colleagues across the Herts and West Essex ICB on system planning and reporting as new service models and new ways of working continue to be developed.

Main duties of the job

  • Develop high quality in house and outsourced financial services to enable the Trust to plan and manage resources effectively and to deliver its key business strategies and objectives.
  • Adopt a ‘hands on’ approach to day-to-day activities, providing support to the small in-house finance team in terms of both technical and practical support and being seen as the ‘go to’ person for financial ‘problem solving’ for the wider Trust.
  • Be responsible for developing and maintaining financial information systems across the Trust, including general ledger and procurement systems, fixed asset register and all associated reporting systems, ensuring that the function provides reliable, accurate, timely and complex financial information in an understandable way.
  • Prepare and update the Trust’s financial strategy and Medium-Term Financial Plan
  • Represent the Trust in financial planning and reporting at ICB-level, ensuring that the Trust’s position is communicated and reported.
  • Be responsible for the financial training for staff throughout the Trust so that they have the knowledge and skills required to carry out their roles effectively in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of financial transaction processing, and to develop a culture of strong financial governance.
  • Provide day to day management of the Trust’s Finance function and provide professional support to finance staff working within the function.

About us

We offer our staff a number of great benefits, wellbeing initiatives and lifestyle savings which can be easily accessed via our benefits and wellbeing portal.

For more detail, please read our ‘HCT Benefits’ document which is attached to our vacancy adverts.

Date posted

24 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£79,592 to £91,787 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

812-23-DB-DoF-01

Job locations

Howard Court

Welwyn Garden City

AL7 1BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Provide day to day management and professional support to all members of the finance team
  • To co-ordinate the full range of finance functions provided by the Trust and any outsourced providers, including procurement, financial accounting, charitable funds, treasury management and payroll to ensure they meet quality standards and demonstrate value for money.
  • To contract manage outsourced services, such as Financial Services and Payroll, to improve the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the information the Trust receives and to deliver economy, efficiency and effectiveness from those services
  • To develop and maintain a motivated team by appropriate managerial and professional leadership, ensuring policies, processes and systems are jointly owned and understood, and work towards achieving the Trusts aims.
  • To ensure that regular supervision and performance management is carried out, ensuring that the department has sufficient trained, motivated, and skilled staff to enable it to carry out its functions.
  • To manage any contracts to ensure the overall maintenance of financial systems within the Trust, including the accuracy of the general ledger and payroll information.
  • To ensure financial systems and procedures are set up and adhered to in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions and Standing Orders.
  • To develop and implement plans so that the Finance function is continually improving how it delivers its services to the Trust.
  • Ensure that all staff have a personal development plan identifying their training and development needs and that these needs are met in a manner that is consistent with the needs of the Trust and the resources.
  • Be responsible for full operational management of the function, including budget management, recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary and grievances matters across the function.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Provide day to day management and professional support to all members of the finance team
  • To co-ordinate the full range of finance functions provided by the Trust and any outsourced providers, including procurement, financial accounting, charitable funds, treasury management and payroll to ensure they meet quality standards and demonstrate value for money.
  • To contract manage outsourced services, such as Financial Services and Payroll, to improve the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the information the Trust receives and to deliver economy, efficiency and effectiveness from those services
  • To develop and maintain a motivated team by appropriate managerial and professional leadership, ensuring policies, processes and systems are jointly owned and understood, and work towards achieving the Trusts aims.
  • To ensure that regular supervision and performance management is carried out, ensuring that the department has sufficient trained, motivated, and skilled staff to enable it to carry out its functions.
  • To manage any contracts to ensure the overall maintenance of financial systems within the Trust, including the accuracy of the general ledger and payroll information.
  • To ensure financial systems and procedures are set up and adhered to in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions and Standing Orders.
  • To develop and implement plans so that the Finance function is continually improving how it delivers its services to the Trust.
  • Ensure that all staff have a personal development plan identifying their training and development needs and that these needs are met in a manner that is consistent with the needs of the Trust and the resources.
  • Be responsible for full operational management of the function, including budget management, recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary and grievances matters across the function.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB professionally qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience
  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at a senior level in finance in a complex multi-professional organisation
  • Experience of developing financial strategies, plans and associated budgets
  • Experience of financial forecasting
  • Experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders and having the ability to handle conflicting priorities
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a fast changing environment
  • Worked within the NHS or similar organisation for at least 5 years
  • Experience in managing in year and year end reporting processes and relationships with external bodies such as NHSE and Auditors
  • Experience in managing projects involving substantial changes in working processes and procedures
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines
  • Understanding of the current NHS policies and strategies and to be able to forecast their impact at a local level.
  • Expert knowledge of accounting and financial procedures.

Other Skills

Essential

  • Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use with business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
  • Eligible to live and work in the UK
  • Willingness to uphold the Trust’s values

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal, written, numeric reasoning analytical and presentation skills.
  • Excellent influencing, listening, negotiation and communications skills.
  • Ability to learn and adapt behaviours quickly.
  • Ability to initiate and lead change
  • Ability to motivate, develop and lead a team to achieve objectives
  • Proficient in the use of IT systems and Microsoft Office software.
  • Political awareness and sensitivity.
  • Ability to work autonomously with the skills to make some decisions independently and to recognise where decisions should be made at a higher level
  • Demonstrates high calibre leadership
  • Demonstrates personal and professional credibility and recognised as a leader in their field
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage positively with all stakeholders
  • Positive, professional proactive motivated and enthusiastic attitude
  • Commitment to personal and ongoing team development
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB professionally qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience
  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at a senior level in finance in a complex multi-professional organisation
  • Experience of developing financial strategies, plans and associated budgets
  • Experience of financial forecasting
  • Experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders and having the ability to handle conflicting priorities
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a fast changing environment
  • Worked within the NHS or similar organisation for at least 5 years
  • Experience in managing in year and year end reporting processes and relationships with external bodies such as NHSE and Auditors
  • Experience in managing projects involving substantial changes in working processes and procedures
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines
  • Understanding of the current NHS policies and strategies and to be able to forecast their impact at a local level.
  • Expert knowledge of accounting and financial procedures.

Other Skills

Essential

  • Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use with business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
  • Eligible to live and work in the UK
  • Willingness to uphold the Trust’s values

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal, written, numeric reasoning analytical and presentation skills.
  • Excellent influencing, listening, negotiation and communications skills.
  • Ability to learn and adapt behaviours quickly.
  • Ability to initiate and lead change
  • Ability to motivate, develop and lead a team to achieve objectives
  • Proficient in the use of IT systems and Microsoft Office software.
  • Political awareness and sensitivity.
  • Ability to work autonomously with the skills to make some decisions independently and to recognise where decisions should be made at a higher level
  • Demonstrates high calibre leadership
  • Demonstrates personal and professional credibility and recognised as a leader in their field
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage positively with all stakeholders
  • Positive, professional proactive motivated and enthusiastic attitude
  • Commitment to personal and ongoing team development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .