Head of Finance
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
London, N19 5JGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£88,250 to £100,355
Contract
Secondment
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
Head of Finance The post holder will act as a Trust wide expert leading on the development and implementation of organisation wide financial improveme...
Responsible as a Trust leading financial expert for the provision of financial services across the nominated ICSU's. Responsible for leading a financial management team, delivering professional financial support that meets the needs of the Trust. To ensure that the team delivers a fullfinancial service to include:
financial leadershipanalytical supportFinancial commercial acumenFull business suite financial reportingClear presentation of financial and business intelligence to a ICSU's to support the delivery of an approved financial planEnsuring proper financial control is maintained and value for money achieved.
Responsible for ensuring that the ICSUs financial direction is robust and fit for purpose. To ensure that as a financial expert, you manage and constructively and positively challenge all aspects of the ICSUs financial and business performance.
The post will attend the ICSU Boards and Performance Review meetings and will make a positive contribution to debates on service provision and ICSU's priorities.
Responsible for the provision of financial leadership and guidance in delivering Trust wide programmes concerned with improved productivity, quality and efficiency programmes
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Education and Qualifications
Essential: - CCAB, CIMA qualified Accountant; - Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development; - Educated to Masters level or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of delivering financial advice and guidance to senior managers and directors.
- Operational and strategic financial planning, budgeting and service costing
- Experience in producing a wide range of financial information, reports and analyses
Desirable: - Experience of leading a NHS finance team
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others
- Ability to work within and lead cross functional working and project group
- Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills
- Excellent writing skills, including the ability to summarise information and key issues
- Advanced Microsoft Office/computer skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Strong communication and engagement skills. Positive attitude and highly self-motivated and can motivate others
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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