Job overview

Join Our Leadership Team: Assistant Director of Financial Operations

Are you an ambitious and experienced finance professional ready to step into a pivotal senior leadership role? Do you thrive on ensuring robust financial health and operational excellence?

We are seeking a highly motivated Assistant Director of Financial Operations to join our team and become a key member of our Finance Senior Management Team (SMT). This is a crucial role where your expertise will directly impact the financial stewardship and success of the entire Trust.

As a senior leader, you will be responsible for the seamless, day-to-day operation of our entire financial operations function. Your portfolio will include comprehensive oversight and leadership across several critical areas:

• Financial Stewardship: Ensuring the long-term financial stability and accountability of the Trust.

• Day-to-Day Financial Operations: Directing and optimising the processes that keep our finances running smoothly.

• Financial Accounting: Leading all statutory financial reporting, compliance, and accurate financial statement preparation.

• Capital Accounting: Managing and overseeing the accounting for our significant capital investments and assets.

• Patient’s Finance Services: Ensuring sensitive and effective financial services are provided to our patients.

• Treasury Management: Strategically managing the organization's cash flow, investments, and debt to maximize returns and mitigate risk.

Main duties of the job

This isn't just about managing numbers—it's about setting the standard for financial integrity and strategic execution across the entire Trust. 

• You will be the key driver in establishing a financial governance framework that is not only effective but deeply embedded across the organization. You will ensure that every financial transaction reflects impeccable due diligence, probity, accuracy, and integrity, providing rock-solid confidence to our stakeholders.

• Be the Financial Authority: Provide high-level technical advice and leadership input into significant organisational projects, including business cases, grant funding applications, and complex capital accounting and financing arrangements.

• Collaborate Strategically: Work hand-in-hand with our wider leadership group to drive critical cross-departmental initiatives, such as the overarching Finance Strategy and major transformation projects.

• Lead the Audit Cycle: Take full responsibility for the timely and accurate production of our statutory accounts and the successful management of the annual audit process.

• Command the Balance Sheet: Lead all aspects of monthly balance sheet reporting and analysis, transforming raw data into actionable insights for leadership.

• Implement Vision: Translate the organisational strategy into tangible results by leading the development and implementation of robust policies, procedures, systems, and controls, ensuring we maintain the highest possible level of financial assurance.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

•    Excellent opportunities for career progression
•    Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
•    27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
•    NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
•    Competitive pension scheme
•    Lease car scheme
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Employee Assistance Programme
•    Mental Health First Aiders
•    Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
•    Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team