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Full job description
Main area
Finance
Grade
Band 8d
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
271-FIN-7964169
Site
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£103,102 – £117,560 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/05/2026 23:59
Job overview
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Finance to join our Finance Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
The purpose of this role is to provide financial leadership to the income and contracts teams using all available informatics to support delivery of a sustainable organisation.
Main duties of the job
The main focus of the Associate Director of Income and Healthcare Contracts are:
To evolve and deliver the Trust’s commissioning strategy including managing the changes required both in the commissioning landscape, function and trust wide resulting from national policy and the annual changes to commissioning terms
Lead the planning process for clinical income both the top-down plan and bottom-up budget setting with services, understanding and applying all developments in the NHS revenue and contracting guidance
Develop the reporting and understanding of income within the organisation, to ensure that there is a good and widespread understanding of activity and income performance against plan, the forecast and actions required to address any variations from plan.
To be the main liaison with the various Trust’s commissioning clusters, Integrated Care Boards, specialist, and consortia Commissioners and be the lead Trust representative at the Integrated Care Board and Commissioner Clinical Review Group
To lead on the annual negotiations with commissioning bodies
To manage the Contracts team and be responsible for all aspects of the contracts process.
Working for our organisation
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex, and difficult-to-treat conditions.
Great Ormond Street Hospital receives nearly 300,000 patient visits (inpatient admissions or outpatient appointments) every year (figures from 2018/19). Most of the children we care for are referred from other hospitals throughout the UK and overseas. There are 60 nationally recognised clinical specialities at GOSH; the UK’s widest range of specialist health services for children on one site. More than half of our patients come from outside London and GOSH is the largest paediatric centre in the UK for services including paediatric intensive care and cardiac surgery.
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent, and free from bias and discrimination.
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. Please view the attachment below.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
Our Always values • Always welcoming • Always helpful • Always expert • Always one team
Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace
Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
CCAB Qualified Accountant and educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Postgraduate degree qualification or evidence of regular attendance at relevant specialist courses
Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
Significant experience of working in a senior management role including leadership at Trust level of the annual negotiations with commissioners and the acknowledged lead for the ongoing contract management processes
Extensive NHS commissioning / contracting experience – significant experience working with NHS funding contracts
Significant experience of negotiating funding contracts
Demonstrable experience in commissioning and funding of specialized services
Experience of managing complex IT /information systems
Extensive experience in building and managing income reporting systems in a large and complex acute NHS organisation
Operation of staff management, appraisal, and development schemes
Delivering board level reports and presentations
Demonstrable experience of Change Management
Significant experience of data analysis
Project management
Extensive knowledge of the NHS funding structures and the commissioning regime
Detailed knowledge of NHS Tariffs, coding and grouping mechanisms gained from working in an acute trust with multiple specialties
Detailed knowledge of the NHS data model and dictionary and the clinical classifications that are used by the English NHS to describe healthcare activity and NHS information centre grouping methodology
Detailed understanding of the NHS standard acute and specialist acute contracts
Knowledge of the commissioning environment and associated policies which should include the clinical outcomes framework and measures for quality improvement
Knowledge of the overseas payment rules and European reciprocal agreements
Desirable criteria
Up to date knowledge of NHS regulations applicable to Foundation Trusts
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
Strategic, analytical, and creative thinking
Being a values led leader who supports, nurtures and develops their team to enable them to be their best
Leadership and Mentoring including helping the teams reporting to you prioritise workloads within a very busy work programme
Advanced written and verbal communication skills including well Developed Presentation Skills – ability to explain complex subject areas to clinicians and non-clinicians
Strong negotiating skills
Advanced skills in the use of spreadsheet and database packages
Ability to organise and prioritise workload using own initiative and under significant time pressures
Highly analytical and with the ability to speedily sift through large volumes of data to focus on critical information
Ability to assess risk and problem solve
Solution orientated and a readiness to challenge the status quo
Demonstrable experience in being an effective communicator
Focused on outcomes and deadlines
Organised and methodical in thinking and application
Demonstrable high standard of honesty and integrity
Personable, builds and maintains constructive relationships based on mutual respect with colleagues, key external contacts and other stakeholders
Please be advised that:
The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.