This is an excellent opportunity for a financial professional with drive, ambition, and a passion for excellence to work as the Head of Financial Services. Reporting to the Associate Director of Finance, you will manage and lead the Financial Services Team.

• Provide a complete range of technical financial services to the Group, Trust, Atlas and Charity, ensuring integrity of all income, expenditure and control account transactions and preparing the Annual statutory statements.
• To ensure the Annual Report and Annual Accounts for the Group, Trust, Atlas and Charity are reported free from material misstatement as a result of error or fraud and that the Group, Trust, Atlas and Charity receive unqualified audit opinions on their Annual Reports and Annual Accounts.
• Lead on the co-ordination and delivery of all relevant statutory financial reporting duties.
• Lead on the Trust’s compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 16 on accounting for leases.
• Manage the Group liquidity including debtors, creditors and cash management to maximise BPPC performance whilst minimising risk to cash balances.
• Have day-to-day responsibility for the management, monitoring and reporting of the capital programme for the Group, Trust and Atlas.
• Responsible for the completion and submission of the statutory VAT returns for the Trust and Atlas and ensuring that they are sent to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by the required dates.
• Have day-to-day responsibility for the provision of the Group’s financial systems and management of those systems.
• To manage the Financial Services Team.

Note: You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• CCAB qualification
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent work experience
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven financial services experience in a senior role of at least 3 or more years
• Expert knowledge of NHS Provider financial accounting and reporting including the preparation and submission of the Annual statutory statements and preparation and submission of NHS England monthly, quarterly and annual accounting/performance returns
• Expert knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards, UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and charity sector accounting
• Expert knowledge of relevant aspects of charity legislation and VAT legislation including the completion and submission of statutory VAT returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
• Expert knowledge of treasury and cash management
• Expert knowledge of capital accounting
• Expert knowledge of developing and maintaining financial policies, procedures and systems including financial ledgers, reporting tools and asset management systems
• Experience and knowledge of NHS Commissioning and payment mechanisms
• Experience and knowledge of building short, medium and long term finance and business plans
• Experience of developing robust I&E, capital expenditure, balance sheet and cash flow forecasts
• Experience of using complex financial models for informing decision-making
• Experience of undertaking a project management role and implementing change
• Experience of working with senior managers/professionals and Executives
• Evidence of track record of achievement at a senior level
• Sound knowledge of the current NHS Financial Regime
• Detailed knowledge of NHS policy and local health priorities
• Evidence of successful partnership working with external stakeholders

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of subsidiary accounting in the NHS
• Knowledge of other aspects of taxation legislation including corporation tax
• Knowledge of the principles of service line reporting & patient level costing
• Experience of NHS financial management