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Member of the Trusts Executive Team contributing to the overall strategic leadership of the Multi Academy Trust, leading the finance, HR and governance functions.Leading strategic and operational financial delivery ensuring compliance with Regulatory and all statutory requirements. Oversight and development of wider business systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Trust. Leading on due diligence and capital projects working with external consultants ensuring compliance with all grant funding agreements

Fixed term appointment to lead and develop the finance business partnering functions across the Charities Corporate, Fundraising, Marketing and Operations Directorates. Developing programme and project appraisal methodologies to ensure robust decision making. Reviewing, simplifying and improving the finance processes. Supporting continuous improvement and optimal performance.

Working in a highly collaborative style across multiple organisations and geography with a turnover of £2.3b to develop and implement a system financial recovery plan to transform health and care services for the populations of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.Supporting, driving and challenging business performance through the use of metrics and PMO methodology to monitor the effectivness of key work programmes and implement corrective actions where necessary.Communicating with passion and belief complex information to Boards, staff and stakeholders to secure support and committment to change delivering improvement.

Leading the strategic and operational procurement of services based on anaytical and evidence-based research to deliver integrated patient focussed services within available resources.Building, managing,motivating and leading a new team of 50 to deliver key business objectives and functions of a £700m turnover procuring organisation. Stabilisation and improvement in financial performance through development of processes, controls and relationships.Contract and performance mangagement, translating vision into commercial contracts, removing blockages to secure delivery. Leading a PMO function to deliver major service change focussing on quality and cost. Gap analysis and diffusing best practice. Delivering an annual 4% efficiency saving.

As a Regulator identifying key delivery metrics, financial performance, quality and satisfaction standards required from healthcare organisations, testing plans for deliverability and ensuring that commissioning and investment decisions are based on sound financial evidence and that service delivery plans are underpinned by robust financial planning and system management. Holding organisations to account for delivering agreed plans, and ensuring corrective / remedial actions and recovery plans were implemented and delivered where necessary. Escalation through legal directions.Promoting improvement and success in leading transformational change and implementing innovative solutions through others.Leading my team through a period of significant challenge, change and organisational restructuring.

Corporate leader and an active visible leader as part of the Senior Management Team. Responsible for the financial and accounting systems for the organisation. Maximizing return on £700m investment. Developing standardized and accurate financial systems. Working with the regulators, board and staff to develop a business strategy and detailed operational plans for delivery. Advising the Board on the effective, efficient and economic use of resources on remaining and delivering required financial targets and duties Day-to-day responsibility for financial matters in the organisation including strategy development, governance and management. Developing and implement a medium-term financial plan in the context of the longer-term health system capital investment; Taking the corporate leadership for performance and contracting within the organisation.Working with the Chief Executive Officer to ensure that the organisation complied with financial, accounting, auditing and information obligations and related duties

Reporting to the the CEO. Board Member, Member of the Executive Management Team and the Clinical Commissioning Group’s shadow Governing Body.Leading the Finance function. Directly responsible for developing and delivering the organisation's financial and commissioning strategy.