Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 495-ICB-5904KB-A
- Employer
- NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- KEV11
- Town
- Windsor
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Business Partner Corporate
NHS AfC: Band 8b
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.
The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.
Job overview
The Business Partner Corporate is a pivotal role within the ICB, responsible for providing professional financial expertise in the planning and commissioning of healthcare for the local population and driving transformation to ensure value for money. The post holder will support the Head of Financial Control with financial reporting and planning, acting as the business partner for one or more portfolios within the ICB. This includes providing strategic financial advice, financial analysis to support decision-making, and managing the financial reporting for their portfolio.
Main duties of the job
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The postholder will maintain up-to-date knowledge of developments in Accounting Practice, Finance Systems, and NHS system reform, ensuring accounting and control arrangements are in place for any changes. They will provide financial advice and support to strategic and operational services across the ICB, motivate managers to review commissioned services for value for money, and identify financial risks and mitigations. The role involves leading on the provision of accurate financial information to various stakeholders, supporting the preparation and evaluation of business cases, and managing the work and professional development of team members. |
Working for our organisation
Joining our organisation means becoming part of a team dedicated to improving population health and delivering value through effective financial management and strategic planning. As a Business Partner Corporate, you will play a crucial role in providing financial leadership for the ICB. Operating in a flexible and demanding environment, you will need to confidently engage with stakeholders, build strong, collaborative relationships, and nurture key relationships to maintain networks internally and externally.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will possess a strong background in financial management and extensive advanced knowledge of financial and accounting policies and procedures. They should have detailed knowledge and experience of financial strategic and operational planning, budgetary control, variance analysis, and excellent forecasting and interpretation skills. Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills are essential, along with the ability to navigate complex and potentially contentious situations with colleagues and stakeholders. The candidate should also demonstrate the ability to manage and motivate teams, build a collaborative working environment, and provide expert guidance to staff, directors, and the Board.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- CCAB fully qualified with three years minimum post qualification experience and membership of professional body.
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area, preferably in the NHS
- Extensive advanced knowledge of financial and accounting policies and procedures including accounting standards, techniques, financial management principles and costing methodologies.
- Strong commitment to and evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Detailed knowledge and experience of financial strategic and operational planning.
- A good working knowledge of NHS Finances, and the NHS Financial regime and accounting framework, including the NHS Cash regime
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare and appreciate the implications of this
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between NHS England, Area Teams, monitor and individual provider and commissioning organisations
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- High level of communication skills for delivering key messages (both written and oral) to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, many at very senior level.
- Ability to motivate, encourage, persuade and influence Associate Directors, lead GPs and Service Managers to make difficult financial management decisions with wider service and personnel implications.
- Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts.
- Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others and to secure the co-operation of colleagues at all levels.
- Must be able to explain and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious financial information, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups of non-finance professionals
- Excellent negotiating skills, able to negotiate on difficult controversial issues including performance and change
Analytical
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify financial and other risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to interpret and understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
- Financial system skills, including understanding the interaction of different modules and interpreting financial reports.
- Ability to think strategically and creatively with strong problem solving skills and able to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Planning & Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of planning and delivering complex programmes and projects and services on time.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience and expertise in financial management, strategic and staff leadership roles.
- Experience of NHS finance at a managerial level.
- Experience of staff management and of managing project work.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
Physical & Autonomy
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills. Good financial report writing skills using financial software, e.g. Business Objects (SQL).
- Ability to create spreadsheets and manipulate and analyse complex spreadsheet data, including spreadsheet modeling. Good keyboard skills and an ability to concentrate throughout the working day while using a VDU for prolonged periods of time.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales Interpreting national policy for implementation.
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions with the aim of improving services and compliance to policies. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and managing conflicting deadlines.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ollie White
- Job title
- Director of System Financial Sustainability
- Email address
- [email protected]
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