Head of Financial Management

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that there are effective monitoring and reporting processes in place for controlling the companys income and expenditure. Information needs to be presented in a format appropriate to the intended audience, e.g. service managers, the Executive Team and the Board. The post holder will: Provide wider business support to the Executive Team and Service Managers in terms of the costing and pricing of existing and new services, and in the preparation of tenders for new healthcare contracts. Ensure that effective procurement processes are in place across the company to achieve the optimum balance of economy and efficiency in the goods and services received by First Community Health & Care (FCHC). Be required to ensure that effective contract monitoring processes are in place for healthcare contracts held by the company, ensuring that we meet our contractual obligations and achieve our financial targets. Support corporate business development through the
identification of publicly advertised business opportunities and the co-ordination of responses to these and other formal tender processes. Critical to the position are strong interpersonal skills, and effective communication both verbal and written. The ability to lead a small team to achieve department and business finance demands is fundamental as is understanding protocol when interacting with management together with maintaining a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality. The ability to plan and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines is fundamental too, so is effective time management of workflow to meet deadlines. The ability to work without Management direction, use initiative and possess a positive attitude towards teamwork.