Chief Finance Officer

Purpose and Scope of the Role

The purpose of this post is to provide strong strategic, operational & professional leadership to CHI covering all aspects of finance and procurement.

Reporting to the Chief Executive (CEO), the Chief Finance Officer is a key member of the Executive Management Team and will provide Commercial and Financial expertise and advice to the Board, CEO and senior management to ensure the immediate and long-term financial viability of the organisation.

The Chief Finance Officer works closely with the CEO by contributing to the development of the organisation’s strategy across all areas, challenging assumptions, and decision-making as appropriate, and providing financial/commercial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets, and business drivers. Responsible for ensuring that regulatory requirements are met, and act as key interface with both internal and external audit.

Provide financial and strategic leadership for the new children’s hospital programme, working closely with the CHI Chief Transformation Officer in relation to business cases, commissioning budgets, workforce plans etc.

Lead the transformation of the Finance and Procurement functions to ensure they fully optimise the digital investment in the new Children’s Hospital.

Essential Criteria:

• A minimum level 8 NFQ (or international equivalent) qualification in Finance
• Hold membership of a recognised or prescribed accountancy body such as ACCA, CPA, ACMA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent
• Minimum of 10 years’ post graduate experience in a relevant role
• Minimum of 7 Years’ experience in senior or executive management in health or social care organisations or in other public or private sector large complex organisation, the role holder will be attuned to the demands of regulation and of public scrutiny and will bring a demonstrable track record of high level achievement against challenging performance targets.

Applicants will be shortlisted based on information supplied in the CV and covering letter submitted.

Applications for this post must be accompanied by a covering letter, setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met. The criteria for short listing are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and/or the knowledge, skills and competencies section of this job specification.

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries regarding this Executive role, please contact Chief Executive Officer Lucy Nugent via email: CEO@Childrenshealthireland.ie

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Jenny Campbell, Head of Talent, Learning & Development via email: Jenny.Campbell@Childrenshealthireland.ie