Head of Financial Systems

Head of Financial Systems

Band 8d Canary Wharf

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a senior leader to join our Finance Directorate as Head of Financial Systems, leading a multi Trust Oracle Financial Systems consortium. This is a strategic leadership role with full accountability for system integrity, data governance, reporting excellence and service performance across a complex NHS environment.

Informal Enquiries: Jason Britchford, Head of Financial Systems ()

Main duties of the job

• Lead and develop the Oracle E-Business Suite (12.2.14+) platform.
• Ensure financial system integrity, audit compliance and data quality.
• Oversee Qlik/BI/XML reporting for Divisional and Board level decision making.
• Manage system interfaces, disaster recovery and infrastructure.
• Lead supplier relationships and SLAs.
• Hold full budget responsibility ( £2.5m).
• Drive continuous service improvement.
• Lead and develop a specialist system team.

We are looking for a technically credible and strategically focused leader with:

• Extensive Oracle Financials expertise.
• Strong financial reporting and BI capability.
• Proven delivery of large scale system upgrades or transformation.
• Experience managing complex stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Strong governance and audit background.
• Ability to operate confidently at senior executive level.

This is a high impact opportunity to shape the future of financial systems within one of the largest NHS provider groups in the country.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level of experience within a customer facing/business environment.
• Oracle Core Financial Courses.
• ECDL or Equivalent.
• Oracle CERTAT or OCP (professionally recognised Oracle examinations).

Experience

• Highly competent in one or more of the Oracle financial reporting tools - BI/XML/Qlik Sense.
• Highly experienced in call to ticket resolution utilising a help desk escalation platform.
• Experience of working under pressure to strict deadlines and prioritising workload.
• Experience in communicating information using a variety of methods, i.e., verbal, written, graphic presentation to stakeholders and users.
• Experience or qualification in management/financial accounting theories. AAT/ACCA/CIMA, any stage a plus.

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of the Oracle E Business Suite version 12.2.14+ System Administration Functions.
• Extensive knowledge of Qlik Sense reporting tool & BI Reporting.
• Understanding of the full project lifecycle from pre project activities through to closure and post project review.
• Knowledge of implementing information reporting and data quality solutions using finance data.
• Knowledge of Helpdesk Procedures.

Skills

• Outstanding organisational skills, especially communicating and monitoring key issues through the full life cycle.
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to do so at all levels.
• Working in a highly pressured environment and the ability to prioritise.
• Highly competent analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve a range of problems, e.g. Oracle system errors, bugs, etc.
• Delivery of Oracle functional 12.2.14+ training to all levels.
• Ability to lead Business Analysts in all aspects of that predefined role.
• Ability to train the Business Analysts in report writing tools and how to analyse the users' requirements.
• Working flexibly and under pressure, adapting roadmaps and plans as necessary to cope with changing priorities or new information for both team and user needs.
• Ability to influence people at all levels of the business.
• Decision making skills including the ability to delegate and make recommendations based on an analysis of options.
• Advanced problem solving through known methodologies.
• Proven ability to establish and retain effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Other

• Motivated and enthusiastic.
• Able to initiate and support change within the department.
• Committed to ongoing personal development.
• Adaptable & flexible person.
• Dedicated to providing a quality service and assign value.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to remain focused under pressure.
• Confident individual person and a team player.
• Able to keep to procedures and attention to detail.
• Able to resolve problems through effective liaison with staff, patients and suppliers.
• Assertive with good interpersonal skills.
• Able to communicate at all levels both within the trust and externally.
• The post holder will be required to work shifts, between 08:00 - 17:00 on a shift pattern.
• Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£103,102 to £117,560 a year per annum inc