Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Team at Wye Valley Trust in Herefordshire. As a Senior Finance Manager you will oversee the financial management of the PFI Expiry project, working collaboratively with operational leadership, clinical teams and be a key part of the Finance Senior Leadership team.



As a small Trust we are able to offer regular contact with both CFO and Associate CFO and the wider Executive team, supporting career progression and exposure to a wide range of opportunities.



The aim of the role is to provide proactive financial leadership of the highest possible standard advising on all aspects of financial management.



The post holder will have a senior role in the financial performance management of the PFI Expiry project and be expected to support, challenge and positively influence financial management. Working collaboratively to improve efficiency, effectiveness and achieve best use of resources.



This role is based across the main NHS sites in Herefordshire while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on-site working and working from home, should this flexibility be attractive to the right candidate.



The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as a Senior Finance Manager.



This role will take the lead on all financial aspects of the transition from the existing PFI arrangements to the future services model in pursuit of agreed strategic objectives for the project. This will involve financial modelling to assess the Value for Money of multiple options.



The post holder will work closely with the PFI Expiry and Future Facilities Management (FM) service project teams to professionally influence decision making regarding the future FM service provision ensuring value for money and in line with the agreed risk profile.



Once the preferred model is agreed, the post holder will provide leadership and accountable financial management to the project setting up the services, ensuring the Trust's, NHS England (NHSE), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Central Government's financial governance is adhered to.



Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.



Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.



We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.



More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.



We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman:

"The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."



Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.



To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view 'supporting documents' linked to this vacancy.