Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7682525
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Enfield Civic Centre
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £97,283 - £111,278 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8d - Head of Finance (Strategic Finance)
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University 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
This is a role which will provide senior financial leadership on development and delivery of the Trust’s strategic financial plans, both from a capital and revenue perspective. The postholder will report into the Deputy Director of Finance – Recovery and Strategy, with accountability to the Group Chief Finance Officer.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities:
To lead on the development of large and/or cross-cutting strategies to support the delivery of a sustainable financial position for the Trust.
Assessing/modelling the financial impact of large service developments, changes to the NHS financial regime, and any other changes impacting Trust financial performance and influencing senior stakeholders on potential strategies to mitigate any potential adverse impact, and maximise any opportunities.
To support on the development of an asset strategy, considering risk, strategic plans and priorities and funding sources. Ensure stakeholders (e.g. the ICB) are engaged in this strategy such that it is consistent with system priorities.
To maintain a professional reporting line into the Deputy Director of Finance – Recovery and Strategy, whilst working closely with internal and external senior stakeholders utilising professional judgement to progress business needs.
Develop productive partnership working with other function leads to contribute to the development of short- and medium-term financial plans to support realisation of the Group strategy.
Form productive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
Deputise as required for the senior leadership team
Provide leadership and direction to the finance department as part of the senior finance team
Operate flexibly when required to ensure business continuity across the broader portfolio.
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.
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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
Values and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA)
- Educated to a masters degree level or equivalent
- Experience of working in a senior finance role, advising Executive Directors and other senior management
- Expert knowledge gained through further post-qualification specialist training or experience
- Evidence of maintaining and developing technical accounting expertise and of staying up to date with current accounting rules since qualification
- Experience of business partnering, supporting senior managers and/ or directors in service developments
- Experience of using complex financial models for assessing risk and informing decision-making
- Experience in making or advising on complex decisions involving financial risk
- Experience of leading on large business cases or developments and assisting internal customers in understanding the assumptions and
- Experience of having worked with large, complicated sets of information, drawing inferences and developing strategy on the basis of the analysis
- Experience of presenting complex financial information to non-finance managers and directors
- An understanding of the current financial regime underpinning NHS commissioning
- Understand the concepts underpinning the development of a strategy and some of the elements which can be arranged to gain competitive advantage
- Extensive experience of revenue and capital accounting in an NHS environment
- Extensive experience of developing, and maintaining financial models, and using outputs to influence the development of divisional/Health Unit/Corporate/Trust strategies
- Experience collaborating with the external stakeholders, including but not limited to the Integrated Care System, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care
Skills and Aptitue - Leadership qualities and influencing skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to understand complex situations
- Ability to work in a professional and positive manner and meet challenging deadlines
- Able to challenge effectively while maintaining relationships
- Pro-active, dynamic and flexible
- Ability to work autonomously
- Demonstrating initiative to work as an individual to meet deadlines
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of business partnering, supporting senior managers and/ or directors in service developments
- Experience of using complex financial models for assessing risk and informing decision-making
- Experience in making or advising on complex decisions involving financial risk
- Experience of leading on large business cases or developments and assisting internal customers in understanding the assumptions and risks inherent in those business cases
- Experience of having worked with large, complicated sets of information, drawing inferences and developing strategy on the basis of the analysis
- Experience of presenting complex financial information to non-finance managers and directors
- An understanding of the current financial regime underpinning NHS commissioning
- Understand the concepts underpinning the development of a strategy and some of the elements which can be arranged to gain competitive advantage
- Extensive experience of revenue and capital accounting in an NHS environment
- Extensive experience of developing, and maintaining financial models, and using outputs to influence the development of divisional/Health Unit/Corporate/Trust strategies
- Experience collaborating with the external stakeholders, including but not limited to the Integrated Care System, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Manatunga (Tilak) Vidyatilake
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Recovery and Strategy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 375 1026
- Additional information
Contact Mel Amor (executive assistant)
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