What you'll be doing

Join us as Director of Financial Planning and Insight and it’ll be down to you to lead planning processes and the delivery of financial insights across the Trust. Taking ownership of our financial model, you’ll produce plans that will ensure that the Trust remains financially sustainable and maximise the funds we can commit to frontline activities. As part of the Trust’s senior leadership, not only will you provide full senior-level strategic and operational direction to the financial services directorate, it’ll also be down to you to engage stakeholders across the organisation with financial information, making it easy and clear to understand for everyone. Establishing a position of trust within the Executive team, you’ll provide straight-forward solutions for strategic financial decisions. We’ll also look to you to lead a team of analysts and business partners, ensuring that they have all the training they need to produce the necessary financial insights that the Trust needs to successfully deliver our strategy. This is an incredibly unique opportunity to lead financial planning across our dynamic, incredibly diverse organisation, and head up our remarkably fast-paced finance department.

Who we're looking for

Along with your deep understanding of effective business partnering and proven experience of managing teams of analysts and business partners, you’ll also need: 

• To be a clear and concise communicator, with excellent leadership skills and the ability to inspire others 
• To be able to identify key issues and provide a simple translation of complex financial information to stakeholders at all levels 
• To be capable of understanding many viewpoints across the Trust and able to tailor your approach to suit your audience, ensuring everyone is engaged with your plans 
• A deep understanding of effective MI solutions  
• A CCAB/CIMA accounting qualification, or extensive planning expertise