Job vacancy: Finance Manager - Non Acute, NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board, Kettering

Job summary

Main area: Finance
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Cover for Long Term Sickness)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 086-6865243

Employer: NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Haylock House
Town: Kettering
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Finance Manager - Non Acute

NHS AfC: Band 7

Our vision for the future of Northamptonshire’s health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.

Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Northamptonshire to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.

Each day our values will help to guide our decisions and what is most important to us:

Our patients and our local population come first
We work together in an open and accountable way
We trust, challenge and support each other
We do what we say we will do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the detailed Job Description which can be found in the documents section. The JD includes the main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

Desirable criteria

Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent
Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
Experience of managing risks and reporting
Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at Senior Management Team level
Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures

Knowledge and understanding

Essential criteria

Highly established, specialist knowledge acquired in a similar role
Knowledge of financial and accounting policies and processes with the ability to provide advice and guidance as required
Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement

Skill and abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Used to working in a busy environment
Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
Professional, calm and efficient manner
Effective organizer, influencer and networker
Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
Completer/Finisher

Please note, there is an requirement for all positions at Bands 8b and above to be part of a On Call rota.

All new entrants to the ICB for a permanent position will be subject to a 6 month probationary period. For new entrants appointed on a fixed-term basis, the probationary period is between 1 and 6 months.

We are an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be welcomed and considered regardless of a person’s age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates and those applicants need only meet the essential criteria to be invited to interview. We will also make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, including the Job Description and Person Specification, to enable you to pursue your application, providing that you inform us of any special requirements.

Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.

If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation.