Chief Finance Officer
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust and George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust are seeking a Chief Finance Officer (CFO) on a permanent basis to provide strategic and operational leadership to the finance, performance, and resources portfolio as a joint appointment.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director and a key member of the Board, you will play a central role in creating the financial environment underpinning our capabilities to deliver on our vision and ambitions as we deliver our Joint Trust Strategy.
We are seeking a skilled and professional leader with the experience and ambition to drive excellence in financial management, providing visible and transformational professional leadership of financial services and planning, procurement and business intelligence.
We are seeking a proven senior finance leader with significant experience of financial leadership at Board level within the NHS. A track record of delivering financial recovery, performance improvement, and organisational change. Strong skills in strategic financial planning, governance, and risk management. The ability to work effectively in complex partnership environments. Professional accountancy qualifications and active membership of a recognised body.
The successful candidate will be expected to maintain the highest standards of probity, leadership, and public service in line with NHS values and Fit and Proper Person requirements.
Key Dates
Stakeholder Panel - 16th March
Interview Panel - 17th March
Role Overview
The Chief Finance Officer (CFO) is a compassionate and inclusive leader who is responsible for the finance performance of the Trusts, ensuring they are able to provide safe, efficient, and effective patient care in accordance with national and local standards.
The CFO is responsible for the overall management of financial resources, the financial systems to deliver this and is the Board adviser on all matters of financial management and risk, probity and governance.
A key member of the Trust Board's Executive Team, the CFO will provide advice on all matters of financial and charitable fund management, probity and governance. The post holder will lead discussions with commissioners on behalf of the Trust to establish robust contractual arrangements for Trust Services. They will provide effective and professional leadership of the Finance Directorate and associated functions.
Benefits
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 1st in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adam Carson Job title: Chief Executive Officer Email address: adam.carson@swft.nhs.uk
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