Head of Finance Gateshead, England
Job description
Leading the Finance Department’s primary services, setting strategy, direction and robust financial planning for the company. Deputise or the Director at key Company meetings, inter-actions with the Group Finance team & support to all commercial contracts.
Accountable for: Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Service level costing and other costing processes, Capital Accounting & Management of the Finance team.
Financial Leadership and Management
Co-Ordinate and contribute to the development of the financial strategy and annual plans to support the achievement of the company’s objectives.
Contribute to and ensure financial rigour in the review and decision making process relating to major business decisions.
Champion the need for, and benefits of, close working between financial and service teams to drive improvements to both service delivery and efficiency.
Ensure compliance with the HMRC / Group / NHSI Financial compliance regimes.
Line Management Responsibility
The Head of Finance will have to direct line management responsibility for the Finance Department. This will involve:
- Leading, managing and motivating the relevant teams.
- Managing and developing the individual performance review processes, including staff training and development.
- Managing and developing the departmental performance management processes.
- Management of disciplinary and grievance procedures for direct line reports, chairing hearings or appeals where required.
- Management of the departmental pay and non-pay budgets.
We provide a range of non- clinical services to GHNT and other NHS organisations. Our services include: estates, facilities services, procurement, medical engineering and devices, endoscopy decontamination and sterile services, transport, out-patient pharmacy, and prevention & management of violence & aggression training (PMVA).
In addition we provide consultancy services, advising clients on all aspects of establishing a subsidiary company within an NHS body to the provision of VAT compliance advice.
QE Facilities work to their own Terms and Conditions and these are not the same as Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Terms and Conditions. This is not an Agenda for Change Pay Rate
Interpretation of complex financial information.
Board level presentation skill.
Problem solving significant issues and understanding the breadth of the organisation and its markets and environments decision making and advertising all managers of financial implications.
Management of all finance team with responsibility for team objectives.
Developing and understanding complex spreadsheets for modelling financial projects and results.
