Deputy Head of Finance and Commercial – Pathology Business Unit

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Key Areas of Achievement

·      To coordinate the provision of financial reports and analysis through the Finance Manager and supporting staff. To manage the provision of financial management information, analysis and advice to the PBU Clinical Directors, Directorate General Managers and other senior staff throughout the Trust

·      To lead on the annual financial planning agenda  developing business plans and presenting these to Directorate Management Teams, the PBU The Clinical Group Board & Trust Executive Directors.

·      Together with the PBU, manage contract with Synnovis, working together with stakeholders at both GSTT and KCH.

·      To deputise for the Head of Finance and Commercial  as and when required and in such capacity to

o  Attend the PBU Management groups /Executive Director Reviews making a positive contribution to debates pertaining to the financial agenda

o  Actively support on delivering Trust wide programmes concerned with improved productivity, quality and efficiency programmes

o  Actively support or lead on Capital Projects for the PBU and being the finance expert at the Project Boards.

·      To lead the finance team in delivering common goals across all Directorates in the Clinical Group through the development and monitoring of KPIs.

Generic Duties and Responsibilities

Management and Leadership

·      To recruit, induct, train and develop two teams of financial management staff within each Clinical Group.

·      To develop and co-ordinate training programmes, training the finance managers to deliver these within the directorates and across clinical groups and treated every integration as an opportunity coach managers to develop their financial knowledge and understanding.

·      To provide expert sectional operational management, set objectives and priorities, and to motivate and appraise staff

·      To coach and mentor the Senior Finance Manager in their development

·      To take an active role in developing finance staff through on the job training, professional academic studies, and other approaches such as mentoring, career and personal PDP’s

·      To provide financial leadership and present complex financial management information to senior staff across the PBU, Directorates and Trust Executive Directors.

·      To coach and mentor professionals across the finance function. Areas of staff professional development including, Records of Experience, annual CPD records, senior management skill coaching and mentoring.

Financial responsibilities

·      To provide professional expert guidance to the PBU, Clinical Group Directors/ Directorate managers and when required challenge assumptions, understanding & intentions.

·      To monitor and review directorate forecasts and ensure that plans are adequately implemented and monitored from the start of each year, and to ensure a consistent approach for new plans developed during the year

·      To lead on the annual financial planning agenda  developing business plans and presenting these to Directorate Management Teams, The Clinical Group Board & Trust Executive Directors.

·      To develop with directorates and PBU an awareness of financial performance requirements, and of the need for budgetary control.

·      To take the Financial Management lead on identifying the financial training needs and requirements of Directorates and to provide the resources and materials to address these

·      To ensure that all managers are aware of, and act in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions.

·      To be responsible for two or more teams and budgets within Finance.

Productivity and Efficiency

·      To identify ways to improve income generation across the Trust and to maximise income from current sources.

·      To identify ways to reduce costs and enhance value across the Trust.

·      To take an active role in working with Directorate General Managers, Clinical Directors and other managers in developing plans for efficiency savings and improvements in value for money

·      To challenge current practices through benchmarking , patient Level costing and productivity tools

Information management

·      To identify, develop, recommend and implement improvements in financial management team performance, including regular review of team performance covering systems, processes, policies and individual performance.

·      Triangulate clinical, HR and finance information to analysis and interpret highly complex data and make this available through a range of systems including QlikView and other end user systems and to lead the development of those systems to support local reporting needs.

·      To work in collaboration to improve the effectiveness of accounting systems, working closely with the Chief Accountant and the Financial Operations team

·      To work in collaboration to continually review and improve the effectiveness of the performance monitoring systems, working closely with colleagues in finance and the Directorate of Informatics

·      To coordinate the provision of financial reports and analysis through the Finance Manager and supporting staff. To manage the provision of financial management information and analysis for relevant  Boards, Directorate General Managers and other senior staff throughout the Trust

·      To make use of comparative tools such as benchmarking in developing rolling financial plans and to lead on developing their use in directorates

Research and Development, Education and Training

·      Ensure that future education provision meets agreed goals and delivers greater research capability and capacity within Directorates and Clinical Groups

·      Put in place mechanisms to audit and evaluate strategy and operational performance

·      Make use of internal (e.g. Patients level information costings) and external benchmarking (e.g. Model Hospital, GIRFT and Pricing Data) to test and make recommendations to improve internal procedures and costing

·      Actively engage in a number of educational activities to support knowledge development in areas of responsibility across disciplines and levels of staff.

·      Design, implement and monitor arrangements which support the development of a learning culture within the organisation ensuring that cross organisational learning is shared and implemented where appropriate.

·      To continue personal development and perform as a leading expert within the organisation, managing a team of professional accountants.