Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7622196
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Enfield Civic Centre
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £70,396 - £80,837 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8b Deputy Head of Financial Reporting
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The Deputy Head of Financial Reporting is a senior finance role responsible for supporting the Head of Financial Reporting and leading the financial reporting function in the production of accurate and timely financial information, ensuring compliance with group standing financial instructions and contributing to the overall financial planning and strategy of the Group. The role supports the production of statutory financial reporting (including GP Lead and Dental Federation) within a team that is responsible for its overall management, performance, and development. The post holder will support the Head of Financial Reporting in co-ordinating the production of the annual statutory accounts (and any interim accounts) in accordance with the relevant accounting standards (including IFRS), the DHSC Group Accounting Manual and NHS England’s FT Annual Reporting Manual. The post holder should be a Qualified Accountant with proven experience in leading and motivating a team, managing multiple priorities, and communicating effectively to ensure delivery of complex outputs (internally and externally) to agreed internal and national deadlines.
Main duties of the job
Statutory Financial Reporting: Lead and manage the preparation and
submission of statutory group accounts (and associated subsidiaries), interim accounts, ICB reporting, audit committee, finance and investment committee, corporate benchmarking, HMRC, pensions, NFI, Freedom of Information (FoI), National Cost Collection Indices (NCCI) and reporting transactions in excess of > £25k. This list is not exhaustive. Should the Groups regulator and change and subsequently the financial control ask, responsibilities will be adapted to align with the delivery of those statutory requirements.
Financial Controls: Implementing, reviewing and documenting financial
controls to ensure accuracy and compliance with group Standing Financial. Instructions (SFI’s) to ensure grip and control of the balance sheet. Provide expert knowledge of NHS financial and accounting procedures, legislation, NHS financial policy and the financial impacts of NHS policies, including reference to group procedures.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- CCCCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience
- Undertaken a variety of additional short courses to develop specialist knowledge
- Significant experience and knowledge gained through working in specialist financial accounts areas within the Trust and from exposure to differing business models.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Masters level or Equivalent
- Experience using and managing forecasting and planning tools
- Experience building and maintaining complex forecasting and planning models
- Experience applying Standing Financial Instructions and Schemes of Delegation(or other financial governance frameworks) in practice
- Proven track record of providing high quality, financial analysis and reporting
- Financial accounting experience
- Staff Management experience
- Knowledge of Financial planning, financial governance, management and budgeting, Financial and other aspects of legislation, NHS policy and finance regime including Cost Improvement Program concepts and operation
- Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial and operational data and trends
- Ability make judgements/decisions in complex situations and use professional judgement to ensure the best outcome for the Trust
- Ability to identify significant risks to the Trust using complex information, and communicate those risks appropriately to enable them to be addressed
- Able to manage time in order to deliver complex, accurate and reliable information to tight timescales
- Ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop staff in own team and Trust wide
- Ability to use own initiative but knowing when to consult
- Ability to engage with and influence senior managers across the Trust to add value to decision making
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to be able to influence and negotiate with others and present compelling arguments, whilst being sensitive to the wider issues of the business
- Excellent IT skills and pro -active approach to IT systems
- Written and oral communication skills
- Positive attitude towards learning and development
- Ability to work flexibly and travel between Trust sites
- Low level of absence due to sickness
Desirable criteria
- Extensive Experience providing senior level support to, and influencing Managers on highly complex projects and value adding business change initiatives.
- Experience leading financial training and creating training content
- Experience influencing senior management and conducting high level, highly complex meetings and discussions with senior managers and Directors
- Experience analyzing and providing advice in relation to business cases
- Methodical and systematic in approach to work
Essential and Desirable
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience
- Undertaken a variety of additional short courses to develop specialist knowledge
- Significant experience and knowledge gained through working in specialist financial accounts areas within the Trust and from exposure to differing business models.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Masters level or Equivalent
- Proven track record of providing high quality, financial analysis and reporting
- Financial accounting experience
- Staff Management experience
- Knowledge of Financial planning, financial governance, management and budgeting, Financial and other aspects of legislation, NHS policy and finance regime including Cost Improvement Program concepts and operation
- Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial and operational data and trends
- Ability make judgements/decisions in complex situations and use professional judgement to ensure the best outcome for the Trust
- Ability to identify significant risks to the Trust using complex information, and communicate those risks appropriately to enable them to be addressed
- Able to manage time in order to deliver complex, accurate and reliable information to tight timescales
- Ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop staff in own team and Trust wide
- Ability to use own initiative but knowing when to consult
- Ability to engage with and influence senior managers across the Trust to add value to decision making
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to be able to influence and negotiate with others and present compelling arguments, whilst being sensitive to the wider issues of the business
- Positive attitude towards learning and development
- Ability to work flexibly and travel between Trust sites
- Low level of absence due to sickness
Desirable criteria
- Extensive Experience providing senior level support to, and influencing Managers on highly complex projects and value adding business change initiatives.
- Experience leading financial training and creating training content
- Methodical and systematic in approach to work
- Strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Kapihya
- Job title
- Head of Financial Reporting
- Email address
- [email protected]
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