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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Post Title: Head of Management Accounts - Acute
Grade: Agenda for Change Band 8B
Salary range: £61,325 - £66,018 per annum
Tenure: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours)
Location: Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Relocation Package where appropriate
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the UK’s largest providers of acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services. With a workforce of around 38,000 staff we deliver healthcare to a population of 1.15 million people plus providing specialist regional and national services to more than half of Scotland’s population. The geographical area covered is diverse; encompassing 6 local authority areas within the West of Scotland.
With an annual revenue budget of c £3.2 billion and a capital budget of £50m this represents c24% of the overall Health spend in Scotland.
It is a very exciting time to be joining the largest NHS Board in Scotland as we implement our transformational healthcare strategy, ‘Moving Forward Together’, which is underway to ensure delivery of better health and healthcare outcomes for the population of Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
We are seeking to appoint a new Head of Management Accounts - Acute who will be responsible for the strategic and operational accountability for the following key role:
The Head of Management Accounts - Acute (HOMAA) will provide leadership and manage the core management accounting service for NHS GGC Acute Services, ensuring appropriate management accounting support for all budget holders and key stakeholders.
You will lead the delivery of robust financial management and reporting, underpinned by effective financial controls, to ensure efficient stewardship of resources in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements. This will include provision of timely financial information that is integral to the achievement of the Division’s financial targets and strategies for the delivery of high quality patient care.
You will be responsible for the timely and accurate completion and interpretation of the monthly and year end NHS financial statements and returns to the appropriate deadlines.
You will lead, and manage the continuous improvement of management accounting processes and outputs, in support of budget holders and other key stakeholders across NHS GGC.
Acute Services revenue budget is £1.6 billion, with an establishment of approx. 22,000 wte.
You will be responsible for full line management of a department of circa 40 wte including Senior Management Accountants, Management Accountants and Assistant Management Accountants.
We are seeking to appoint an engaging and inspiring leader who, can challenge conventional thinking, embrace change and have a genuine desire to continuously improve financial performance. We are looking for a candidate who will bring experience of developing and implementing financial strategy, leading transformation and change, excellent people management skills and the ability to work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
You will be a qualified accountant with a recognised Consultative Committee of Accounting Bodies (CCAB), with demonstrable experience in a Senior Finance Manager role including significant budgetary responsibility and expert in the delivery of a quality finance service with a broad range of practical experience in the provision of a modern financial management service, including performance management, project management and strategic financial planning and staff management
If you are inspired by the challenges that this opportunity presents and believe you have the relevant skills, experience and qualities we are seeking then we look forward to receiving your application which will be given careful consideration.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
If you would like to find out more about the posts before applying, you can contact for a confidential discussion:
Frazer McCulloch, Head of Finance – Management Accounts, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde email: frazer.mcculloch@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
For a Candidate Information Pack and further application information, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk and follow the link to NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, look under Senior Managers
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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