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• As part of the Divisional Senior Management Team, to be responsible for the delivery of all divisional financial targets and financial objectives, in particular to ensure strong financial governance and to support the long term financial viability of both the division and the Trust as a whole.
• To challenge colleagues constructively when appropriate, maintaining effective working relationships to ensure that work is carried out efficiently and to a high standard. 
• To play a leading role in the Divisional Senior Management Team, contributing to strategic planning in the division and to key decisions which extend beyond solely financial issues. This will require a good understanding of the wider strategic and operational issues facing the
  division and strong relationships with clinicians and budget holders.
• To understand the Trust’s overall financial strategy, in particular the activity, workforce and estates implications, as documented in the Trust’s Integrated Business Plan and Long Term Financial Model. To interpret the implications for the Division and to help the Associate Director to communicate them within the Division and to build them into divisional plans.
• To play a leading role in the development of divisional and service line business plans that are consistent with the Trust’s overall strategy.
  To lead the roll out of service line reporting and to support the roll out of service line management within the division, working with finance staff, budget holders and non financial managers.
• To work with the Associate Director to lead detailed budget setting in the Division within a Trust-wide framework. This should ensure that budgets reflect appropriately phased operational plans
  that meet the Division’s financial targets.
• To monitor all divisional budgets in order to identify and highlight issues which may require operational and financial plans to be revised or performance to be managed.
• To support individual budget holders in the analysis, maintenance and control of budgets ensuring that new appointments/developments are within agreed establishment with recurrent finances identified. To be proactive in investigating budgetary variances and agree  corrective action with the budget holders, clinical leads and the Divisional Senior Management Team.
• To use financial analysis, reviews of operational efficiency metrics and benchmarking techniques to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.
• To ensure that appropriate financial input is incorporated into all business cases and efficiency initiatives at an early stage. To sign off all proposals that the division puts forward, in doing so
  confirming that they are complete and stand up to scrutiny, that the wider financial implications for the division have been considered and that they are consistent with the Trust’s overall financial strategy.
  To lead the financial performance management of all relevant divisional initiatives including efficiency schemes and service developments.
• To take responsibility for capital asset planning and management within the Division. This specifically includes development and maintenance of a ten year capital programme for the
  division. 
• To work with the Financial Accounting team to develop and maintain robust financial systems, financial controls and processes in the Division in support of Trust wide systems, financial
  controls and processes.
• To support divisional and trust wide initiatives to improve data quality.
• To ensure that financial risks and control risks within financial systems are managed and recorded in Datix, the Trust’s risk management system.
• To ensure that divisional managers comply with Trust Standing Financial Instructions, Standing
  Orders and decision rights that have been devolved to the division.
  To support reviews of financial systems, financial controls and processes by the corporate finance team, internal and external audit by co-operating with their investigations and acting on their recommendations.
• To provide support to the commissioning team by supplying relevant and timely financial information to inform contract negotiations with commissioners. To take an active role in negotiating directly with commissioners if appropriate within an approved Trust wide framework.
• To ensure regular reconciliation of the division’s establishment to pay budgets, to monitor the financial implications of vacancies and to work with HR to develop an affordable workforce strategy.
• To lead on the production of reference costs for the division by building on in year service line reports ensuring these are produced within national timescales.
• To lead on the costing and agreement of significant internal and external recharges within Trust guidelines on behalf of the division and where necessary on behalf of the Trust (e.g. private
  patients).
• To manage staff taking responsibility for recruitment, personal development, appraisal, absence recording and disciplinary issues.
• To be part of the Finance Directorate Senior Management Team and to contribute to the development of the Finance function across the Trust and the training of non-financial managers within and outside the division.
• To support and deputise for the Head of Financial Management on an ad hoc basis.
• To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve your professional knowledge and competence.
• To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan and the Trust’s appraisal process.