About this role
Job summary
We are seeking an outstanding finance leader to join our senior leadership team as Director of Operational Finance.
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will lead the operational finance and contracting functions, providing strategic financial leadership across a large and complex organisation. You will drive financial sustainability, oversee budgeting, planning, performance management and financial governance, and lead the development of a modern, high-performing finance function.
The successful candidate will be a CCAB-qualified accountant with substantial senior leadership experience, a proven track record in financial planning and performance management, and the ability to influence at executive and board level. You will be an inspiring leader, capable of building strong partnerships, driving transformation and developing high-performing teams.
This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and values-driven finance professional to make a significant impact, shaping financial strategy and supporting organisational performance during a period of change and transformation.
Main duties of the job
The Director of Operational Finance is a senior finance post holder responsible for the professional leadership of the finance and contracting function at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals.
As a member of the Finance Leadership Team, the post holder provides authoritative financial leadership, ensuring the long term financial sustainability, performance and governance of the sites. A key part of the role is shaping and developing the finance team and systems and processes to address the current financially challenged deficit environment that the organisation is operating within. The role also shapes and influences the financial strategy, working with ICB and NHSE colleagues to deliver on plans and ambitions.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
If you have any questions about the application process, require support in completing your application, or need any adjustments (for example, due to a disability), please contact Bali Dhani, Recruitment Manager via email [email protected] or 01708 435000 ext. 5718.
For an informal discussion, please contact Leeann Hamilton ([email protected] )
Person Specification
Education Essential
Qualified accountant (CCAB)
Experience Essential
Experience at a senior level in a large and complex organisation Ability to operate in a highly regulated setting Ability to deliver difficult messages and to manage a large workload to tight deadlines
SKills Essential
Able to engage and involve senior staff across disciplines in the development of strategic issue
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Across Site
Romford
RM7 0AG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)