Head of Divisional Finance


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£79,504 - £91,609
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SE6 4RU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Aug 2026
Closing date:	26 Aug 2026

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Summary

Strategic Responsibilities Provide commentaries to support the financial information provided. Producing a rolling five-year financial plan for the directorate in conjunction with the Head of Income and Planning (HoIP). Providing a lead role for the directorate on strategic business development, service expansion, improvement and process redesign techniques and developing and presenting ideas Forge positive internal and external working relationships, in order to support effective management approaches to achieve trust objectives Operational Responsibilities Financial Management Deputise for the ADoF as required Support the ADoF and HoIP in formulating and agreeing a robust annual planning and budget setting process Manage the 1 * 8b Finance Business Partners (FBPs) and 1 * 8a Divisional Accountants (DAs) Produce a robust, bottom-up financial forecast on a monthly basis, which is owned by the Clinical Directorates, where finances triangulate with activity, expenditure and workforce forecasts Be a visible champion of IuRPs throughout the organisation, helping and enabling Directorates to produce and deliver local savings whiles contributing to shape Trust wide savings initiatives Work closely to support the Improvement Delivery Team in producing clear and accurate reporting of budgeted, actual and forecast IuRPs Work closely with the Head of Contracting (HoC) and HoIP on the financial evaluation of tenders for contracted out services by undertaking comprehensive financial analysis of the contractual documentation and make appropriate recommendations Support the Trusts Reference Cost submission. Investigate differences between the Trusts costs and those of peers and the national average. Provide accurate information to the Costing Team Support the development and roll out of Service Line Management to enable improvements in financial management and service delivery. And incorporate information to the Trust Management Executive, Finance and Performance Committee and Trust Board Undertake the production of any ad-hoc information requests as appropriate.

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