Head of Financial Systems

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to come and lead us on the next steps of our finance systems transformation programme as a set of four local NHS Providers who have taken the first step of having one common general ledger platform. We are now looking to build on this, and the further opportunities to streamline and automate our processes and further digitalise our approach to providing high quality financial services to our organisations.

Job description

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CCAB/CIMA Qualified OR Equivalent qualification and significant recent and relevant specialist Financial Systems experience, as supported by experience in Financial Accounting/Governance, Financial Services Costing and Management Accounting functions.
• Prince 2 qualification or significant successful and demonstrable project management experience.
• European Computer Driving Licence (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Relevant Postgraduate Qualification
• Six Sigma Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Sufficient relevant Financial System strategic management experience, including new functionality evaluation and experience of major change management and business process improvement delivery.
• Extensive relevant Financial System management & operational planning experience.
• Extensive experience in a complex, high volume, financial transactional environment using an integrated Financial System.

Demonstrable track record to improving financial reporting to meet the needs of diverse groups across organisational functions.

Extensive experience of supply chain systems and processes.

Experience of planning and delivering significant, multi-client development projects, including project initiation, design, development, implementation and PPE.

Experience of planning, implementing and managing software interfaces to third party suppliers/systems, covering all areas of income, pay and non-pay services.

Knowledge and demonstrable experience of: - Financial System resilience planning & maintenance, and - Finance System disaster recovery planning requirements and implementation.

Knowledge and demonstrable experience of wider Finance business continuity planning, implementation & training.

Demonstrable understanding of Audit, Information Governance, GPDR and Data Protection Act requirements.

Evidence of high levels of achievement in challenging financial and general environments.

Extensive and demonstrable staff management experience, including leading and motivating financial and non-financial teams through periods of change, whilst maintaining control of the service needs.

Excellent and demonstrable IT skills including Advanced Excel skills.

Desirable

• Demonstrable understanding of Government and NHS policies and strategies, and the impact of these on NHS Provider organisations.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS financial transactions.
• Knowledge and experience of Integra Financial System.
• Knowledge and experience of Patient Level Costing requirements

Knowledge and experience of NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.

Knowledge and experience of CMM Pharmacy System

Knowledge and experience of Symbiotix Catering System.

Knowledge and experience of NHS Supply Chain Catalogue.

Knowledge and experience of Concerto System (NHS Estate system).

Further Training

Essential

• Evidence of CPD

Skills

Essential

• Understanding and interpretation skills necessary to perform technical expert adviser role.
• Excellent process management/ process improvement vision and process implementation skills.
• Strong problem identification and evidenced problem solving skills, including the effective use of relevant supporting data analytics.
• Skills to undertake highly complex and involved analysis producing results that may have material consequences for the Organisation.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional credibility at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to write/contribute to relevant business cases for process improvement.
• Ability to meet deadlines through effective organisational & planning skills: both self and staff.
• Strong leadership skills/ability to inspire confidence in self and others.
• Positive and proactive team leader with ability to manage and motivate self and teams through periods of both change and stability.
• Proactive desire and sustained action to support continual system and process improvement.
• Conscientious, with attention to detail.
• Thorough understanding of required Financial Systems Customer Service standards, and ongoing service management/delivery.

Flexible and adaptable - able to manage competing and changing workloads.

Strong and effective presentation skills.

Skills to concentrate for short or longer periods of time depending on the nature of the issue.

Impeccable level of integrity and discretion in relation to confidential, contentious and sensitive information/ proposals.

About the employer

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.