# Head of Financial Management > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-financial-management/186a047f-c455-4313-abee-37d76b2bcf3f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-financial-management/186a047f-c455-4313-abee-37d76b2bcf3f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Integrated Urgent Care Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Finance manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79504.00 to £91609.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-11T15:21:50.043Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9217-095-26-27 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/C9217-095-26-27/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=C9217-095-26-27 - **Employer website:** https://www.wmas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary An exciting opportunity has become available for a Head of Financial Management to join our well established team at Millennium Point. The successful applicant will be responsible for the delivery of a comprehensive and professional Financial Management service to the Trust, providing timely, high quality, accurate and complex information to Directors, Board Committees, Directorate Managers and Budget Holders Applicants must be educated to a Degree Level (or equivalent) a CCAB Accounting Qualification along with experience of working at a mid-level within an NHS organisation within a financial management role. Please note, artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting ideas and experiences of others or generated by AI as your own) applications may be withdrawn. ### Main duties of the job West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating an inclusive, supportive, and accessible workplace for everyone where our colleagues feel empowered to succeed. Each person plays a vital part to ensuring our organisation meets the differing needs of our communities ultimately enabling us to save lives. We acknowledge that a workforce that reflects the communities that it serves provide better patient care and we are therefore looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people from all backgrounds that care about making a difference to our patients. We are committed to diversity and inclusivity at all levels. We are proud to have maintained Disability Confident Leader status and as part of our commitments to this we guarantee to invite all applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role to attend assessment or interview. If you have a disability or learning difficulty, and prefer to disclose it, please feel free to do so in your application. You can also contact the Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@wmas.nhs.uk if you wish to have a confidential discussion. We use this information, with your permission, to ensure you are fully supported during the recruitment process. The Trust is proud to hold the Silver Award for a Dyslexia Friendly workplace and are committed to supporting our Armed Forces community and have signed up to the Step Into Health initiative. We welcome applications from Armed Forces Veterans and Service leavers. ### About us If this position involves a regulated activity it will require an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. The disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children, adults or both Where a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required for the post, all applicants are required to cover the cost of the check. The cost of an enhanced check is £55.76 and is payable to our online provider at the time that the DBS application is submitted. Upon receipt of your DBS you will then be required to sign up to the DBS online update service. We do endeavour to respond to all candidates on an individual basis. Therefore we do ask for your co-operation and patience whilst the short listing process takes place. After the closing date please ensure you check your emails (including junk mail) regularly as contact is usually made via this method. We are proud to offer flexible working options to support our colleagues to have a greater choice in when, where and how they work. During your interview we will explore this with you and discuss your individual needs and how this could be facilitated for this role to benefit patient experience, service delivery and the work-life balance of colleagues. ### Details - Date posted: 11 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 8c - Salary: £79,504 to £91,609 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: C9217-095-26-27 - Job locations: Ambulance Headquarters, Waterfront Business Park, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 1LX, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Budgeting and budgetary control Lead the production, setting, and agreement of the annual budgets with directors, senior managers, and budget holders, for all services within the Trust. Ensure all financial implications of service developments and changes arising from the negotiation of service agreements/contracts, are incorporated into budgets, and are understood by the directors and budget managers Manage the Trusts budget reserves and ensure their use is appropriate and correctly authorised. Ensure a budget audit trail is in place and virement records are maintained. Ensure all changes to recurrent and non-recurrent income and expenditure budgets are updated in Trust plans. Establish/maintain written procedures, covering key aspects of the budget setting, monitoring and financial control and reporting. Put in place a rolling programme of finance training for Budget Managers and other staff as directed, to ensure a clear understanding of key finance matters including the budgetary control process, interpreting monthly financial reports, the content and application of Trust standing financial instructions and other key finance/procurement policies and procedures. Financial Planning Assist with the development of annual, medium-term, and long-term financial plans, including NHSE provider planning returns. Polices development and risk assessment Interpret changing national policy and the financial impact of policy initiatives on the Trust. As part of the Senior Finance Team lead on the financial risk assessment to ensure the development of a comprehensive assessment of risk across the Trust is available, and efforts are focused on managing those risks. Take account of conflicting demands and complex facts, to analyse, interpret and evaluate a range of options for service development. Promote financial accountability at all levels throughout the Trust by ensuring the efficient and effective use of all resources available. Ensure financial policies and procedures are developed, implemented, and maintained which reflect ongoing working requirements of the Trust and Directorates and ensuring consistency with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions and other policies and procedures. Financial and Budget Reporting Lead the development of financial reporting processes, ensuring internal reporting requirements to the Trust Board and its sub-Committees are met. Coordinate the monthly financial reporting process ensuring production of the Finance Reporting Pack/presentation for the Trust Board, Executive Management Board, and the Performance Committee. Ensure monthly financial reports are prepared by the Financial Management team and distributed to budget mangers in an efficient and effective manner in line with an agreed timetable. Ensure that departures from planned expenditure are investigated and reported and that appropriate action plans put in place to address them. Establish/maintain written procedures for key month end accruals / accounting adjustments. Establish/maintain a system to monitor changes in the level of accruals/ accounting adjustments within monthly reports, and to test the reliability/ accuracy of these estimates compared to subsequent actual income/costs. Establish/maintain procedures for preparing forecasts and for retrospective testing of forecasting accuracy, for the purpose of achieving ongoing improvements. Establish/maintain an effective system of run-rate reporting/forecasting at directorate, divisional and Trust level. Monitor and report monthly on levels and movements on Trust provisions. Cost savings programme and business case development Support Directors and Budget Mangers in the process of identifying financial/cost improvement programmes Analyse detailed financial and operational information to develop financial recovery plans, providing support and advice to directorate managers to implement corrective action. Establish/maintain effective systems for monitoring financial/cost improvement programmes required to deliver the Trusts financial targets Support budget holders in the development of significant service developments and business cases. Annual Accounts Support the production of Annual Accounts and develop management accounts procedures and systems to ensure they integrate with year-end process. Audit Coordinate locality responses to internal/external audit reports, and review to ensure that actions are completed within agreed timetables. Maintaining an effective working relationship with all members of the Financial Directorate, other officers of the Trust, the Integrated Care System, internal and external audit, and members of other NHS bodies to facilitate an effective and efficient service delivery. Attending operational and staff meetings within the Finance Directorate in order to contribute to the development of the Finance function within the Trust. Attending Senior Efficiency Group and the Capital and Revenue Investment Group. Management Responsibilities Co-ordinating, monitoring and reviewing own activities and work activities of the Trusts Financial Management team, to optimise the use of resources, ensuring that activities of the sections are competed in a professional manner and within agreed timetables that enable the Trust to meet its statutory financial reporting duties. Recruit, manage and develop a team of staff to provide a professional Financial Management service to the Trust. Establish a succession plan. Developing the skills and competencies of staff and self through training and development activities and ensuring that progress in maintained and that future needs are identified and actioned through annual staff appraisals Freedom to Make Decisions Using expert professional knowledge and skills to identify, analyse, investigate, interpret, forecast, apply, and advise upon highly complex service information on both quantitative and qualitative data. This includes providing reports, advice and recommendations to the Director of Resources, senior managers and directors, and the Trust Board with regards to operational and strategic decisions. Persuade and advise senior management teams on implications and possible courses of action through formal and informal discussions and presentations by providing highly complex, technical, and sensitive information. Ability to plan, prioritise, organise, and oversee the workload within the finance team and to deal with the pressures of ensuring that the team meets its continual deadlines. Ability to re-schedule workload when priorities change, and unforeseen deadlines occur. To make frequent decisions and professional judgements in highly complex and uncertain situations when formulating future financial plans, producing business cases, making negotiating decisions with outside bodies, and advising business units and directorates upon savings plans in order to adapt to changing financial targets and mitigate risks. To make judgements and decisions with regards to the provision of non-financial information to external bodies including the Trusts commissioners, ICS partners and other bodies such as NHS England. Supporting development of financial strategy and financial policy for approval by EMB/Trust Board. Deputising as required for the Deputy Director of Finance ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Proven and demonstrated experience of working at a mid-level within an NHS provider organisation within a financial management role. - Experiencing providing financial advice and support to clinical and non-clinical leaders/managers - Experience of staff management / team leadership ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to a Degree Level (or equivalent) - CCAB (Consultancy Committee of Accountancy Bodies) Accounting Qualification - Evidence of continuing professional development - Post graduate qualification (or equivalent experience) ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to express highly complex, sensitive, or contentious issues clearly, including strong abilities in being able to influence, persuade and negotiate at senior management level. - Excellent presentation and negotiation skills - Able to work autonomously with the skills to make complex decisions independently - Able to make financial judgements on complex and/or sensitive issues where other leading opinions may conflict - Able to manage and develop direct reports and wider team. Motivating, encouraging the team as well as managing performance in a fair and robust way - Ability to complete an annual financial planning and budgeting process - Proven track record of delivery of financial management and targets ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.