Associate Chief Finance Officer

It's an exciting time to be joining Wye Valley NHS Trust, as we strengthen our longstanding One Herefordshire Partnership, embrace Neighbourhood Health and define our strategy for the next five to ten years.

We are seeking an ambitious Associate Chief Finance Officer who is technically sound, builds strong working relationships and has a passion for continuous improvement and innovation. This role leads the Trust's financial services and will influence the Trust's financial strategy over the next five to ten years.

As a relatively small Trust taking a Host Provider role at our One Herefordshire Place, this role is varied, challenging and above all rewarding with exposure to the Executive team and System partners.

We are rightly proud of our Finance and Information teams, their commitment to improvement and passion for delivery of high quality support to our clinical and operational teams, putting the population we serve at the heart of what we do.

Our teams work flexibly, with a hybrid approach based on service need and individual preference. We provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop and are working towards One NHS Finance Accreditation.

If you are a senior finance professional seeking a new challenge who shares our passion for supporting delivery of high quality clinical services and embracing the 3 big shifts in the NHS 10-Year plan this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

Being both technically sound in financial accounting and through strong communication and influencing skills, the Associate Chief Finance Officer will develop and nurture trusted relationships with the wider finance team, the Board, system partners and external partners such as auditors whilst promoting sound financial governance and best use of our Herefordshire pound.

The role requires a significant degree of autonomous working:

• Leading the production of the annual accounts to the required statutory standards
• Advising the Trust on all technical financial matters
• Ensure that timely, accurate and meaningful intelligence and insight is available to support business decisions
• Leads on financial governance, audit and counter fraud issues
• Analyse, advise on and mitigate financial risk in the organisation
• Lead on the development of a long-term financial model and strategy
• Strive to continuously improve processes and deliver excellence
• Ensure the continued professional development of self and our people
• Act as a role model and demonstrate behaviours in line with the Leadership Charter

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time. Job responsibilities Person Specification Education & Qualifications

• CIMA or CCAB qualified with active membership
• Evidence of continued professional and personal development

Experience

• Experienced leader and manager
• Experience of and comfortable with communicating and negotiating with senior management
• NHS/ Public sector financial environment

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex guidance produced by statute, NHSE and accounting bodies and develop potential options and / or recommendations on the most appropriate course of action
• Track record of being a confident and highly credible leader
• Extensive specialist knowledge of accounting principles and up to date knowledge of NHS finance
• Ability to work to a high degree of autonomy
• Excellent skills in use of excel and other software packages
• Ability to communicate complex financial information for all grades of staff
• Proactive and positive approach to problem solving
• Strong persuasive and negotiating skills

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.

£79,504 to £91,609 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working