# Head of Financial Management > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-financial-management/4701ae36-d87f-4ba3-9c3b-7fbf80ba73dc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-financial-management/4701ae36-d87f-4ba3-9c3b-7fbf80ba73dc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kettering General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Finance manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79504.00 to £91609.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T10:11:29.012Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8367599 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8367599?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kgh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) is seeking an experienced, forward-thinking finance leader to join our senior Finance Directorate team as Head of Financial Management. This is a key leadership role that will help shape and drive the future of financial management across our organisation. We are looking for a CCAB-qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience in financial management, strong leadership skills and a proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders in a complex environment. Experience of driving service improvement, developing financial management standards and leading teams through change will be essential. Working closely with senior operational, clinical and corporate colleagues, you will lead improvements in financial planning, performance reporting and business intelligence, helping services identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and value. ### Main duties of the job As a senior member of the Finance Directorate, you will provide strategic leadership for the Trust's Financial Management function, ensuring the delivery of high-quality financial advice, robust reporting, forecasting and assurance to Executive Directors, clinical leaders and operational teams. You will play a central role in supporting strategic decision-making and ensuring financial resources are used effectively to deliver the best outcomes for our patients and communities. A significant aspect of the role is developing our people and culture. You will lead the development of finance capability across the organisation, supporting a high-performing, inclusive and values-driven culture while helping both finance and non-finance colleagues strengthen their financial understanding and decision-making. You will bring? - Strategic leadership of financial planning, forecasting, reporting and assurance. - A commitment to high-quality, consistent and insight-led financial management. - The ability to influence, challenge and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. - Experience of leading change, developing teams and strengthening finance capability. - A strong focus on productivity, efficiency, continuous improvement and value. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Full a full list of all roles and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification, ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Have significant post qualification experience in Financial Management - Experience of supporting Divisions in identifying, tracking and reporting efficiencies - Experience of use of and improvements of financial systems - In depth knowledge of the NHS financial regime - Possess a sound understanding of financial and activity systems and to be able to extract, interpret, manipulate and present information in a meaningful way - Experience dealing with contracts for Supplies & Services - Works autonomously to interpret and apply relevant national standards and guidance, including DHSC policy, NHS financial frameworks and applicable Accounting Standards, providing expert judgement and evidence-based assurance to support compliant and effective financial management - Experience of developing and implementing organisation-wide financial management standards, frameworks and approaches - Experience of leading improvements in financial reporting, planning or management processes to drive consistency, quality and efficiency. - Experience of developing finance capability, including training design, delivery or professional development initiatives across teams or organisations. **Desirable** - Experience of setting and assuring standards for financial management across an organisation. ### Education, Training and Qualifications **Essential** - CCAB Qualified Accountant - Demonstrate Continuing Professional Development ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 580.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10694843) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 300.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1830) ## 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.