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Chief Finance Officer - Bicester | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £135,000 - £144,500 VSM |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 March 2025 |
| Location: | Bicester, OX26 6HR |
| Company: | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6961740/195-25-193-TAM |
Summary
The Chief Finance Officer (CFO) will be the Trust’s most senior financial strategist, providing strategic financial leadership and expert advice to the Board of Directors and the entire organisation. The post holder will lead teams responsible for finance, procurement, estates, commercial operations and contracts, and South Central Fleet Services Ltd (a Trust subsidiary).
As a full member of the Trust Board, the CFO will take collective responsibility for the quality, operational and financial performance of the Trust, as well as working closely with other senior colleagues (Executive and Non-Executive) to ensure integrated board operations, particularly in aligning future spending and investment with strategic plans and converting those aims into operational activities.
The CFO will be a strategic thinker and compassionate leader who understands the challenges of operating as part of the Executive team within a complex organisation. The CFO will have a proven ability to support colleagues while holding them accountable for performance and delivery and will be comfortable working in a pressurised environment with significant external scrutiny.
The Chief Finance Officer’s responsibilities include:
• Ensuring that the Trust has financial management systems that are fully compliant with statutory instruments and guidelines.
• Providing the Trust with the internal capacity to robustly monitor financial performance.
• Planning, developing and implementing financial strategy and business plans.
• Managing Director for South Central Fleet Services Ltd, leading on all aspects of the company business and governance.
• Executive Director lead on sustainability.
The successful candidate will have a chartered accountancy qualification alongside extensive experience in a senior financial leadership role. They will need evidence of experience in controls assurance, decision-making, and interacting with and influencing senior stakeholders. Experience at a senior management level, working at, or close to board level within the NHS or another safety-critical industry is vital. The candidate will have a passion for improving healthcare for all service users, with a focus on efficiency, innovation and partnership working.
The CFO will engage and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the organisation delivers its priorities and works effectively with its system partners. Maintaining the highest standards of personal integrity, the CFO will demonstrate a clear understanding of, and alignment to, our values: Professionalism, Teamwork, Caring and Innovation.
Benefits we offer:
• Full training and a range of courses which you can book locally.
• Holiday entitlement of 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service, plus an additional 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part time).
• Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Access to continual professional development within SCAS and the wider NHS.
• Occupational Health support and direct access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as our own Health and Wellbeing Team.
• NHS Discounts in over 200 + stores saving money on holidays, days out, car insurance, restaurants, clothing and much more.
• Ability to join our staff networking groups (as a member, ally or just for interest).
Corporate Induction
It’s really important for us to ensure you have the best onboarding experience which allows you to feel a sense of belonging from the start. To help with this, we will book your Corporate Induction as soon as we possibly can (depending on availability).
All new starters need to attend our *Corporate Induction in person, this is held over one and half days from our educational centres based in: Newbury (Berkshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire) or Whiteley (Hampshire). More specific details will be sent to you once your start date has been confirmed.
*Please note – depending on your role additional training may be required following on from your corporate induction.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information on the role.
GatenbySanderson are supporting us with this recruitment process, please contact them if you are interested in the role.
https://leadscas.com/
Applications should not be submitted via NHS Jobs or TRAC.
For a confidential discussion please contact:
Julia St Clare, Senior Consultant
E: julia.stclare@gatenbysanderson.com
T: +44 (0) 7807 631 564
Melanie Shearer, Partner
E: melanie.shearer@gatenbysanderson.com
T: +44 (0) 7785 616 548
Closing date: Monday 24th February 2025
Any questions in relation to the salary should be discussed directly with GatenbySanderson.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025
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