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Band 8d Head of Financial Planning and Reporting

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham, B15 1NTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£94,356 to £108,814

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

1 November 2026

13 days left

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional finance leader to join our senior Finance leadership team. Reporting to...

If you can turn complex financial information into clear insight, lead confidently through change and build effective relationships at every level, we welcome your application. Join UHB and help us build healthier lives through kindness, connection and bold thinking.

Please refer to the attached job description for a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Qualifications

Essential

  • * CCAB qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience in financial leadership roles.
  • * Masters in financial or business discipline or equivalent experience and training.
  • * Evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to NHS finance as well as national accounting standards.

Experience

Essential

  • * Significant post-qualification experience in a strategic finance leadership in a large complex organisation.
  • * Financial modelling and translating complex data from various systems into clear and comprehensive financial model.
  • * Experience of working with computerised financial systems.
  • * Business case appraisal.
  • * Significant experience working within a senior management team.
  • * Experience of leading a team including objective setting, performance reviews and performance management.
  • * Experience of implementing change.
  • * Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities.
  • * IT Literate -- spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables, ECDL or equivalent.

Desirable: - * Experience and knowledge of the NHS including the financial and political agenda.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

19 October 2026

Last checked

19 October 2026

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About the employer

UHB
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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