Overview
Finance is central to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s strategic ambition to deliver outstanding patient and clinical outcomes and world-class experience for both patients and staff.
As a senior leader within the Finance Directorate, the Assistant Director of Finance, Financial Improvement, is responsible for leading Trust-wide efforts to deliver sustained financial transformation across the Trust. The postholder is responsible for strategic planning, service improvement and embedding methodologies that drive efficiency, productivity and value for money across the organisation and the Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System.
This post holds Trust-wide responsibility for the strategic direction, operational delivery, and continuous development of the Trust’s Financial Improvement function. Operating at a senior level, the post holder will lead the design and development of evidence-based financial improvement practices across clinical and corporate services, ensuring that productivity gains and financial planning are rigorously developed, tracked and realised.
The Trust is delivering an ambitious portfolio of financial and operational improvements. Realising these benefits requires proactive and visible leadership, strategic oversight and close collaboration across all Care Groups, specialities services, systems and ICS partners.
The post-holder will be joining a high-performing and aspirational finance team. NUH’s Finance function is committed to national leadership standards, empowered by modern technologies, an inclusive and empowering culture, and an investment in staff development. All team members are actively supported in becoming experts in their field across the organisation and wider Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System, helping them reach their full potential.
While this post is not a direct budget holder, the role of Assistant Director of Finance, Financial Improvement carries strategic accountability for enabling substantial financial benefits and outcomes. This is achieved through strategic expert leadership, effective stakeholder engagement, and robust governance of benefits realisation and performance delivery. The role demands gravitas, influence, and resilience to engage senior leaders, challenge constructively, and embed financial accountability at every level of the organisation.
As a recognised authority in financial transformation, the postholder will act as a visible leader, trusted advisor, and strategic influencer, driving the Trust’s financial efficiency agenda and shaping strategic decisions. Operating across Board, executive, and system levels, they will lead financial strategy through expert guidance, performance assurance, and innovation, enabling the Trust to deliver measurable improvements in value, productivity, and sustainability.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Responsibilities
* Lead Trust-wide efforts to deliver sustained financial transformation across the Trust, including strategic planning, service improvement and embedding methodologies that drive efficiency, productivity and value for money.
* Provide strategic direction, operational delivery and continuous development of the Trust’s Financial Improvement function; design and develop evidence-based financial improvement practices across clinical and corporate services; ensure productivity gains and financial planning are rigorously developed, tracked and realised.
* Support delivery of an ambitious portfolio of financial and operational improvements through proactive, visible leadership and close collaboration across Care Groups, specialist services, systems and ICS partners.
* Contribute to a high-performing finance team with a commitment to leadership standards, modern technologies, inclusive culture and staff development; support team members to become experts in their field across the organisation and wider ICS.
* Maintain strategic accountability for enabling substantial financial benefits and outcomes, through expert leadership, stakeholder engagement and governance of benefits realisation and performance delivery.
* Engage senior leaders, challenge constructively, and embed financial accountability at every level of the organisation with gravitas, influence and resilience.
* Act as a visible leader, trusted advisor and strategic influencer, driving the Trust’s financial efficiency agenda across Board, executive and system levels; provide expert guidance, performance assurance and innovation to deliver measurable improvements in value, productivity and sustainability.
* Represent NUH as a major employer (over 19,000 staff) committed to diversity, wellbeing, research, education and innovation.
About NUH and our team
NUH’s Finance function is committed to national leadership standards, empowered by modern technologies, an inclusive and empowering culture, and an investment in staff development. All team members are actively supported in becoming experts in their field across the organisation and wider Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System, helping them reach their full potential.
What we offer and who we welcome
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jon Young Job title: Director of Strategic Finance Email address: jon.young1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07484541906
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