Job overview
To be responsible, as a member of the Divisional Leadership Team for the leadership, strategic direction, performance and function of Private Care finance to ensure that it achieves its goals and objectives. To transform Private Care’s financial function into a high performing department which meets the needs of the business and its key stakeholders.
Please note that this role requires full-time, on-site presence
Main duties of the job
Work alongside the Managing Director and senior leadership team to develop the commercial strategy of the Private Care business
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Financial
- Provide robust commercial and financial support to the Division, leading on the development of annual budgets, plans and cashflow forecasts.
- Monitor and report on the performance of the Division against the financial plan on a monthly basis, ensuring that transactions and expenditure are properly allocated, and the budget remains reflective of the operational function of the business.
- Work closely with Private Care’s Finance Business Partner to ensure that Private Care’s trading accounts are reflective of performance and to make them aware of any variances to plan in a timely manner.
- Create a financial dashboard for Private Care which shows a snapshot of the business at a given point in time, enabling the Divisional Leadership team to make agile strategic decisions.
- Use complex financial and commercial analysis to advise the Divisional Leadership team on the strategic direction of Private Care.
- Proactively monitor the market to ensure that our pricing strategy delivers maximum value for the business, whilst simultaneously ensuring that we remain competitively priced.
- Develop self-pay package prices for simple procedures and a mechanism to ensure that price estimates for more complex procedures are highly accurate.
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Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum of five years’ postqualification experience in a senior finance role
- Knowledge of and previous experience of working in a private healthcare environment • in a senior level finance role
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the application of healthcare finance to impact clinical and financial results
- High levels of competence in hospital accounting, analysis, forecasting, internal control and compliance
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Fully qualified CCAB accountant
- Evidence of and commitment to continuous professional development
Desirable
- Project management qualification
Communications and Relationships
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and use of written and spoken English
- Confident and professional manner
- Polite, friendly and a presentable appearance
- Professional use of email as a communication channel
- Ability to build meaningful relationships and influence key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
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This advert is for Head of Commercial Finance with Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in Stanmore, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 role. The advertised salary is £85,641 - £97,746 Per Annum including HCAS. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed-Term Contract for 12 months). The application deadline is 16 Aug 2026.
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