Head of Financial Recovery PMO

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at UHN for an experienced, dynamic, qualified accountant to join the Corporate Reporting Team.

Working with the wider financial and operational teams, the post holder will be responsible for monitoring and reporting the position for the Financial Recovery Programme.Providing support and guidance across all areas to identify, implement and monitor schemes requires the ability to effectively communicate across a wide variety of staff groups and financial knowledge.

This is a new role within the recently reviewed team structure, delivering a vital service both internally within finance and to the wider staff base across both hospitals, Kettering and Northampton.

Main duties of the job

The Financial Recovery Programme has been established to coordinate, assure and accelerate delivery of the Trust's financial recovery priorities while maintaining quality, safety, workforce and operational performance.You will lead the Financial Recovery PMO and provide authoritative financial and programme leadership. They will coordinate the recovery portfolio on behalf of the accountable executive and programme governance, while scheme sponsors and operational leads retain accountability for delivery and the Executive Team retains overallownership of the Trust recovery plan.

The post holder will lead and develop the PMO function, ensuring that delivery-management systems, dashboards and reporting processes provide timely, accurate and decisionfocused information. They will direct the preparation of submissions, evidence packs and responses to challenge from NHS England, the relevant integrated care board and other regulators or system partners.

About us

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.