Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 335-A-2027
- Employer
- East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 1 Horizon Place
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £94,356 - £108,814 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Director of Finance
NHS AfC: Band 8d
We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a competent, experienced and enthusiastic, qualified finance professional within the Ambulance sector. The Deputy Director of Finance (DDoF) is accountable to the Director of Finance, working to improve financial management across the Trust, ensuring effective management and leadership of the finance team, and reporting the financial position of the trust and maintaining financial integrity.
The DDoF provides leadership and direction to the Finance and Department ensuring the delivery of all statutory financial duties. The DDoF will advise on highly complex issues and leads on corporate reporting/providing strategic financial and business planning advice.
The DDoF will play a key role in the developing the financial aspects of the trust's annual plan and long term financial plan
The DDoF will present and communicate information on the financial implications of strategic and operational decisions to the Board and subcommittees of the Board.
The DDoF will be responsible for ensuring that the finance directorate compiles with external standards, best practice so that financial systems, controls and processes are operating effectively.
The post holder will deputise for the Finance Director across their whole portfolio (Estates, Fleet, Finance, Security).
The DDoF will interact and liaise with Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire ICB Cluster.
The DDoF will undertake day to day management of the finance department.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
- Lead the internal and external monthly reporting
- Delivery of financial information and data to NHSE and ICBs when requested
- Delivery of financial information and data to Trust senior management (clinical and non clinical)
- Developing the annual financial plan
- Working with the Transformation team to identify annual efficiency savings for the Trust
- Manage the overall financial operations of the Trust
- Co-ordinate the annual budget setting process
- Manage and lead the updating of the strategic long-term financial model
- Manage the process by which business cases are brought to Executive Directors
- Manage the Capital Management Committee on behalf of the Director of Finance
- Manage the financial input to any tenders
- Be responsible for the financial aspects of the Trust’s Patient Level Information and Costing System
- Lead the management of the Trust partnership agreement with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Working with Head of Financial Accounting for the production and administration of Annual Accounts
- Responsible for financial and accounting systems
- Organises and liaises with Internal Audit and with auditors regarding the External Financial Statutory Audit
- Establishes and maintains financial procedures and ensures compliance
- Deputises for the Finance Director across all their portfolio
- Ensures that standards of reporting, financial control and auditing apply to Charitable Funds as to the main functions of the organisation
Working for our organisation
Working for us not only provides job satisfaction of knowing that what you do makes a real difference to our patients, but we offer a range of other great benefits too:
- Flexible approach to working patterns, we understand the importance of a work life balance and have a wide selection of rotas for part-time and full-time staff
- Holiday entitlement of 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus public bank holiday entitlement (pro rata for part time).
- Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working, career and salary progression and annual personal development review.
- Uniform will be provided where this is a requirement of the role
- Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme
- Supporting wellbeing networks
- NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes and cycle to work.
- An exceptional place to work to provide with high-quality emergency care to save lives and make a difference to people
- A first-class employer, promoting equality, diversity and inclusion of our employees. We are a Rainbow Accredited organisation, and a Veteran Aware and Disability Confident employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The attached job description has a more detailed analysis of the roles and responsibilities of the required responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified CCAB accountant
- Masters degree in a relevant qualification (business/management related e.g. MBA or MSc )
- Up to date specialist knowledge and expertise of all accounting policies and practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post qualification experience in a senior finance management and leadership role including Board level exposure. 10 years post qualification experience.
- Minimum two years experience working with Executive and Non-Executive Directors and Clinical leads
- Experience of working in different organisations or parts of large organisations
- Extensive experience of NHS Financial management and financial accounting.
- Staff management and multi-disciplinary working experience
- Experience of developing effective internal control systems
- Broad experience across the full spectrum of finance functions (financial management, accounting, budgeting, financial planning, value for money and costing)
Desirable criteria
- Direct Board level experience - fully deputising for Director of Finance
- Experience of financial recovery planning
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly numerate and analytical
- Advanced Excel, Word and Power point skills
- Detailed knowledge of NHS budgeting and financial planning processes and the general NHS finance (including Foundation Trust) regimes
- Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pen Andersen
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Finance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580 770324
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