An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled, experienced and motivated Deputy Director of Finance to join our dynamic team in the East of England to lead all aspects of productivity and efficiency support for systems in the region. As a Band 9 Deputy Director of Finance – Productivity and Efficiency, you will play a crucial role in supporting the region and systems in the delivery of their productivity and efficiency ambitions to recover core productivity and achieve financial sustainability. The role holder will work collaboratively with senior subject matter experts across systems and within the regional team and will deputise for other members of the regional Senior Finance Team as required.
• Key responsibilities:
Ensure the provision of expert, evidence based financial and business advice to regional and national colleagues.
• Hold the primary financial relationship with systems and organisations and establish effective operating models working in a matrix way with the wider team to provide the appropriate level of support and escalation when needed.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for work assigned to the wider Financial Oversight and Delivery team. Working via a direct line management or matrix approach as required.
• Lead financial planning, performance management, assurance and oversight for a number of systems – across revenue, capital and cash.
• Working closely with regional subject matter expert colleagues to help systems and organisations to deliver their financial targets and service plans, through the provision of oversight, advice and support and in accordance with national frameworks and policies.
• Ensure all national reporting requirements are complied with to support month end and year end processes.
• Ensure that appropriate advice is provided to systems / organisations on national approaches to financial planning and performance for both capital and revenue.
• Ensure rigorous appraisal of system and organisational financial plans to ensure viability and that financial risks have been soundly evaluated and mitigated.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Main duties continued:
• Support the delivery of regional financial targets ensuring that systems and organisations deliver value for money, financially sustainable and efficient plans, supported by effective cost improvement programmes utilising regional benchmarking, learning and best practice.
• Ensure robust processes are in place to monitor financial performance to maintain a clear and up-to-date view of the financial position.
• Provide robust forecasts, risk predictions and mitigations.
• Ensure that systems, processes and information flows provide effective early warnings of potential failures in service quality, financial management, partnerships and performance. Take a risk based approach, in line with national frameworks to intervene, anticipate and avoid such failures.
• Play a key role with regional colleagues and work with them to tackle performance risks and issues, ensuring that support to improve is provided early.
• Provide expert advice to inform formal regulatory interactions and/or interventions where necessary. Lead financial intervention processes in the event of material concerns about financial performance and financial risk within national frameworks.
• Support national teams on planning, reviewing and agreeing cash requirements with systems and organisations within national policy.
• Oversee and assure the financial planning and redesign of services within the region, particularly large scale and complex service reconfigurations, ensuring business cases are subject to rigorous financial appraisal, are financially viable and provide value for money.
• Represent NHS England and its interests at national/public meetings/events as required, acting independently, decisively and effectively in sensitive and political situations. At times this involves delivering difficult messages and contentious information to high level audiences potentially in a difficult environment.
• Promote the highest standards of finance professionalism within the region including the development and implementation of new initiatives.
• Live the NHS values, lead with compassion and promote and foster these values in the wider team. Support the priorities of the Finance
• Directorate adopting a flexible approach to ensure all priorities can be delivered from within available resources.
These responsibilities require a qualified finance professional with a minimum of 8 years of post-qualification experience. The role is part of the East of England region Senior Finance Team and therefore the role holder will be required to engage with and drive wider regional finance initiatives and support staff development. The role holder should also have excellent interpersonal, communication and analytical skills, be comfortable dealing with uncertainty and the have the ability to handle conflict in a positive and professional manner.
You must meet this criteria to apply for this role:
• CCAB Qualified Accountant with minimum 8 years post qualification experience
• Proven senior leadership skills with strong evidence to demonstrate gravitas, influencing and strategic thinking at a senior level
• Evidence of leading and delivering key business processes across multiple systems/organisation/matrix teams to ensure delivery of key regional targets that are critical to support the overall financial position of the region
• Experience of robust stakeholder management to ensure acceptance of regional proposals across our systems including examples where differing views have been represented
• Evidence of line management experience to ensure a team perform at a high level to meet the exacting challenges required.
“We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability or learning difference, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
The definition of a disability is a condition that lasts long than 12 months and has a significant impact on day to day living, so this could include; neurodiversity, long term conditions, mental health, menopause and sensory impairments, however, this is not an exhaustive list.
We will honour the transfer of workplace passports from previous employers if the application is successful.
We welcome informal enquiries, please contact sarah.griffiths45@nhs.netto discuss any questions you may have about the role or to hear more about our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.”
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jul 2024
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