Chief Finance Officer

Our future CFO will be a role model for our workforce and will play a key role in creating a culture that promotes inclusion, equity and development. We are seeking a financial leader who will be committed to providing outstanding experiences for our patients and creating an environment that supports staff and their well-being, is an outstanding place to work, and that patient and staff experience and outcomes are at the forefront of all strategic development and improvement. The CFO will be dedicated to ensuring that ASPH develops and implements the Trust’s financial strategy in support of its overall financial and business strategies and achievement of the Trust's annual budget.

If you are enthusiastic and passionate about the challenges this opportunity offers and believe you have the experience and ambition to play a key role in delivering our vision, values, and strategic objectives, then we would welcome an application from you. We are keen to hear from female, global majority candidates, or those with lived experience of a disability, to strengthen the diversity of our Board so that it is representative of our team and the local population we serve.

Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 22nd February, 2025.
Interviews will be held on site at St. Peter’s Hospital on Friday, 28th March, 2025.

As a full member of the ASPH Trust Board, the CFO will lead strategic planning programmes and will play a central part in the effective commercial and operational management of the Trust’s corporate financial functions. You will be joining the Trust, and NHS, at a significant time of financial challenge and your role will be pivotal in negotiating the complexities and opportunities of a large Acute Trust, therefore you will be a fully qualified accountant (CCAB) with significant experience of working within a complex environment at Board level and will be able to use this experience to inspire, influence and advise senior stakeholders, both within the Trust and with a range of key external stakeholders.

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. We have a turnover of £430m and employ around 4,600 dedicated and hardworking colleagues. Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and outcome for patients and the team. To enable our vision we have a mission to ensure the provision of high quality, sustainable healthcare services to the community we serve.

In October, 2024, the boards of Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey NHS FT agreed to establish a group model. The group will be a collaboration between the two existing Trusts; each of which will remain separate organisations and maintain dedicated executive teams, boards and council of governors. This decision is not a merger of the Trusts but a fantastic opportunity to move to a group model in the longer term. ASPH and Royal Surrey are natural partners; sharing similar geography and an overlap in the populations served. Both Trusts’ similar in size and have complementary services and expertise. The group model will enable the trusts to find new and effective ways to deliver the best possible care and experiences for patients and staff. As the group develops there will be potential for executive roles to work across both organisations.

Responsibilities

• This wide-ranging strategic finance role will decisively influence and drive the strategic development of the trust. Reporting to the Group Chief Executive and working closely with the Board and the Executive Directors, the Chief Finance Officer will help to formulate strategic planning and decision-making; will be pivotal to the successful achievement of the trust’s strategic objectives and annual budget; and will play a central part in the effective commercial and operational management of the trust’s corporate financial functions.
• The post holder will contribute fully to all aspects of trust business. They are responsible for the trust’s financial management and regulation, and for providing financial advice to the Board of Directors, Group Chief Executive and Trust Executive Board.
• The role may be amended to incorporate other duties or respond to changes in organisational need.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company pension

Work Location: In person