Head of Group Finance


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,582 to £77,368 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Coventry, CV2 2DX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Sept 2026

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Summary

Provide support and advice to Groups during the production of business cases. This will include the application of recognised investmentappraisal techniques to improve decision making. The Head of Group Finance should advise on financial risks and be able to articulate both long and short-term consequences to enable decision making. The Head of Group Finance should ensure that the Associate Director of Financial Management is aware of financial consequences of businesscases being approved or in the planning pipeline. Work with the Groups to ensure that benchmarking data provided from the Performance and Information Department is understood at anoperational level and utilise this information together with value for money audits, to ensure best practice and optimal utilisation of resources. The Head of Group Finance will be supporting the Clinical Group and provide overall financial leadership and strategic direction ensuring thatfinance delivers a high-quality customer focused service. They will take overall responsibility for staff development and performance for the staff in the Financial Management Team that they lead. They will take overall responsibility for the regular reporting of financial performance management information to the groups that they support and to the relevant Trust Committees/Board as part of the Integrated Finance Report. They will ensure efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and business focus of financial systems and processes across the groups they support. They will take a strategic lead for ensuring that the Group operational expenditure is fit for purpose for Service Line Reporting. They will deputise for the Senior Head of Group Finance and the GroupManagement Team as and when appropriate. They will be required to make decisions within their own interpretation and understanding of national policies and professional standards. For further details please see the attached job description.

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