Job vacancy: Assistant Director of Finance - Securing the Future (Band 8c), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Steeton

Job summary

Main area: Finance
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8c
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 423-7993425-A

Employer: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Airedale General Hospital
Town: Steeton
Salary: £79,504 - £91,609 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/07/2026 23:59

Assistant Director of Finance - Securing the Future (Band 8c)

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this vacancy please see the attached Job description and Person Specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Masters degree or equivalent experience in a senior and strategic finance role.
CCAB qualified with significant post qualification experience and active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD), with significant experience at a senior management level.

Desirable criteria

Better Business Cases ® Practitioner qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Ability to demonstrate detailed experience and expert knowledge of the key accounting areas, including the key procedures and policies, NHS financial legislation, key computer systems such as financial ledgers and of providing specialist advice on a full range of financial issues.
Substantial experience in developing financial case for major business cases using the Five Case Model, including completion of prescribed financial templates
High level numeric skills, competent in processing and interpreting data.
Knowledge of capital investment appraisal techniques and NHS capital accounting guidance.
Ability to plan and deliver complex projects.
Strong leadership skills with substantial experience of managing staff at a senior level, and the ability to manage a team of finance staff.
Previous experience of working at a strategic level within an organisation with the ability to see the wider corporate view, and make decisions which are in the best interests of the organization
Ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex information, considering options, highlighting inconsistencies and discrepancies and performing necessary financial calculations to assist the decision-making process.
Make decisions which affect a number of people and may have a long-term effect.
Ability to balance different aspects of the role, and prioritize work across a wide area.
Identifies way to deliver an excellent service to the organisation; responsible for setting the framework in which the financial performance of the organisation can be accurately and adequately monitored.

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to chair meetings and deal with issues covering a wide range of parties.
Ability to take responsibility for own workload and overseeing that of others, forward planning, working flexibly and prioritizing competing demands.
Reviews own performance, assesses own strengths and weaknesses, takes corrective action and identifies areas for own personal development.
A committed and enthusiastic desire to attain high standards
A commitment to behaving honestly, openly, impartially and fairly.

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

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You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year.