Director of Finance and Productivity

Band 9 senior finance post sitting on the leadership team of a newly formed Accountable Care Group at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The holder leads financial planning for the group, including its annual and medium-term plans, and drives recovery where performance slips. The portfolio carries roughly £500m of annual income and expenditure, with productivity improvement as a central focus alongside clinical and operational colleagues.

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• Lead development and delivery of the ACG's annual financial plan, budget and medium-term financial trajectory, aligned with activity, workforce, quality, research and education priorities
• Set the strategic direction for the ACG's productivity programme, working with clinical and operational leaders to improve efficiency and reduce unwarranted variation
• Optimise income and deliver sustainable financial improvement across the ACG's clinical portfolio
• Lead recovery action where performance is off track
• Act as a full member of the ACG Senior Leadership Team, giving strategic financial leadership, professional advice and constructive challenge
• Shape strategy, priorities and resource deployment with the ACG Managing Director and senior clinical, operational and professional leaders
• Ensure financial sustainability and value are integral to decision-making and service transformation
• Use data, insight and constructive challenge to improve productivity and develop services
• Act as the senior finance leader for the ACG, with responsibility for its financial performance

• CCAB-qualified accountant, or equivalent professional expertise with substantial senior post-qualification experience
• Educated to Master's level, or equivalent senior-level knowledge and experience
• Significant continuing professional development relevant to senior financial, productivity and leadership work

• Extensive senior finance leadership in a large, complex NHS or comparable healthcare organisation, with delegated responsibility for a substantial clinical or operational portfolio
• Senior financial advice and constructive challenge to a divisional, clinical group or care group leadership team
• Leading and developing an embedded finance team, including managing senior finance staff
• Leading financial improvement, productivity or transformation programmes across multiple services
• Developing financial plans, business cases and productivity schemes with senior clinical, operational, workforce, research and education leaders
• Presenting financial and productivity information to senior management, executive or governance forums

• Strong understanding of NHS financial frameworks, annual and medium-term planning, financial governance and control, including Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation
• Understanding of how clinical activity, workforce, quality, income, expenditure and productivity connect
• Knowledge of productivity and improvement methods, benefits tracking and delivery governance
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with budgetary control, forecasting and business case appraisal
• Credible, challenging senior leadership and influencing, including with Executive Directors, senior clinicians and academic leaders
• Clear communication with non-finance audiences, and leading a high-performing finance team

• Right to work for at least 6 months from the proposed start date

• Formal leadership, management, improvement or programme management qualification, or equivalent experience
• Specialist training in NHS costing, productivity, benefits realisation, value-based healthcare, research or education finance
• Experience at or close to Executive or Board level,…