Head of Financial Reporting
NHS England
Premier House, RG1 7EBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£94,356 to £108,814
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Head of Financial Reporting Join us in shaping the future of the NHS An opportunity has arisen for a Head of Finance to join the South Finance team le...
Take the lead responsibility for the timely and accurate reporting of financial information within the South East region ensuring that the financial reporting and analysis team develop and implement best practice in financial reporting.
Develop financial reporting in the South East region to enable understanding of trends in financial performance and triangulating financial positions with other sources of assurance.
Provide advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders as required including in depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports including financial returns.
Be the subject matter expert in relation to national changes in reporting and analysis and responsible for disseminating best practice across the South East region.
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Essential
Essential
- CCAB or CIMA qualified with extensive experience and full up to date membership and continuing professional development
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Experience of financial reporting at a senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
- Knowledge and experience of current NHS financial frameworks, targets and regimes
- Track record of providing appropriate financial advice, support, judgements and decision making
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious financial information to ensure full understanding and engagement
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
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NHS Jobs
First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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