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Head of Financial Systems Jobs in London, England, United Kingdom at Barts Health NHS Trust
Title: Head of Financial Systems
Company: Barts Health NHS Trust
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Band 8d | Canary Wharf
Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional 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 ([email protected])
You Will
- 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.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jason Britchford Job title: Head of Financial Systems Email address: [email protected]
