Deputy Assistant Director of Finance

Employer: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

Town: Huddersfield

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/04/:59

Interview date: 22/04/2025

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced finance professional to join our team as a Deputy Assistant Director of Finance. In this key leadership role, you will support the Assistant Director of Finance in delivering a full financial business partnering function, ensuring robust financial planning, analysis, and reporting. You will provide expert financial advice to senior management, oversee budget setting and business planning, and lead on key financial projects. The role also involves staff management, strategic planning, and working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to drive service improvements.

We are looking for a CCAB/CIMA-qualified individual with substantial NHS financial management experience, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering efficiency and performance improvements. If you thrive in a fast-paced, strategic environment and are passionate about supporting healthcare services through effective financial management, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

• Provide financial leadership by supporting the Assistant Director of Finance in delivering a full financial business partnering function.
• Lead financial planning and reporting, including month-end close, budget setting, and business planning to ensure financial sustainability.
• Advise senior management, budget holders, and divisional teams on financial matters, influencing key decisions through analysis, persuasion, and negotiation.
• Develop business cases that support service improvements and ensure financial viability.
• Monitor financial performance, identifying risks and implementing recovery plans where necessary.
• Manage and develop the finance team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including NHS and non-NHS organisations, to negotiate financial agreements and funding streams.
• Support strategic financial initiatives and contribute to the wider Trust's long-term financial sustainability.

Person specification QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

• Specialist knowledge in Business Management / Financial Management equivalent to Masters level
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Project management experience, Prince 2, or other project management qualification
• Service Improvement training

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Significant experience of financial management in a health care setting
• Proven track record of meeting internally and externally generated targets
• Experience, knowledge and understanding of current issues/themes affecting the NHS locally and nationally
• Proven success at managing complex programmes of organisational change while maintaining service quality
• Budget management experience, including reducing costs/ efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action
• Experience in report writing and delivering presentations, to include development of business cases and formal presentations
• Experience of developing and implementing strategic plans at service level that enables the attainment of Service objectives
• Experience of working across networks, with wide ranging stakeholders
• Experience in contract negotiation with a range of commissioning bodies
• Experience of delivering significant Cost Improvement Programmes involving a number of key Stakeholders
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients, and colleagues
• Experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment, and disciplinary issues
• Experience of best practice process improvement techniques across a range of sectors
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors, and staff.

PRACTICAL/INTELLECTUAL SKILLS/PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff with different levels of responsibility and professional backgrounds
• The ability to deal with complex issues in a large organisation.
• Excellent personal resilience
• Ability to work pro-actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff, including at times of high levels of pressure

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact for assistance.

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