Finance Continuous Improvement Manager

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Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Band 7 Finance Continuous Improvement Manager. This is a newly created role in the Finance Continuous Improvement team at the Trust. The responsibility of the role will include CIP monitoring and evaluating as well as supporting the overall PMO and Finance Improvement agenda.
An exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual, showing a willingness to learn and gain new skills and will have a keen eye for detail. This is a role suited to individuals with project management ambition and experience of managing a range of different tasks.
The job description provides further clarity on the role.
Main duties of the job
The Finance Continuous Improvement Manager is an integral part of the Finance Continuous Improvement Team whose key responsibilities will be to support good day-to-day functioning of the Finance and Central Improvement Programme (CIP) and support the Head of Finance to implement the departments developed vision and roadmap.
The post holder will support the full programme/project life cycle including the effective scoping, planning, delivery and benefits realisation of projects to timescale, budget and quality expectations. This includes supporting in the production and maintenance of all relevant plans, controls, management and the day-to-day management of the programme's governance through the Continuous Improvement Steering Group.
Although the post sits in the Financial Planning and Reporting team the post holder will have to work across the whole finance department to identify areas for improvement and set up task groups to work up and implement solutions. The post holder will need to be pro-active and good at building relationships, bringing teams together and driving forward change programmes.
The post holder will ensure good governance is in place, particularly around finance Continuous Improvement (CI) training and central finance transformation programmes.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Qualifications & training
Essential criteria
CCAB qualification or CCAB Finalist
Bachelor's level degree or Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2).
Continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
LEAN trained
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
A proven record of accomplishment of delivery in a PMO environment and business/project planning
Experience of working on process improvement projects within Finance.
Understanding of the changing NHS finance environment and its implications for service delivery
Experience in project governance
Demonstrable knowledge and proficiency in the effective application of various best practice tools and techniques in project, programme and change management, service redesign, facilitation and service improvement
Experience of working with stakeholders and securing their engagement.
Desirable criteria
Understanding of the changing NHS environment and its implications for service delivery.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
Project management skills.
Excellent inter-personal, communications and influencing skills
Good level of analytical skills, including analysis of data using Excel / related tools
IMPORTANT:
We are conducting interviews virtually and face to face. If the interview is virtual we require candidates to have the camera on during the interview.
Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within NWLP such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need.
Please ensure you check your emails regularly throughout the recruitment process.
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
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Job description (PDF, 616.3KB)
Functional Requirement Form ( (PDF, 272.6KB)
Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)
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