Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent: N/A
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 990-CFO-6454188-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington House
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 per annum (exclusive of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Lead, Strategic Finance
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Financial Strategy team in NHS England’s Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for a Senior Strategic Finance Lead.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:
· work closely with government to agree NHS funding
· ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget
· decide how to distribute funding to different NHS services and parts of England
· support innovative programmes improving the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services
· set out financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year
· report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year
· explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money
· look at how spending on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
· consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.
Main duties of the job
The Financial Strategy team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Below are the types of skills and experience we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.
The key aspects of the role include:
· Developing the future financial strategy for the NHS in England incorporating policy changes, investment choices and efficiency expectations
· Leading relationship management with key internal and external stakeholders, including supporting negotiations with DHSC and HM Treasury
· Preparing briefings and presentations to senior leaders that succinctly describe complex financial concepts, including implications for performance and consideration of risks and issues.
· Ensuring alignment of strategic policy development with financial and operational delivery components, including financial modelling, allocations, payments, financial planning and reporting, policy and commissioning.
· Providing leadership and support to specific strategic finance projects
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.
Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do?
Please email Paul Healy ([email protected]) if you would like to discuss.
Please note we are flexible with the location across London and Leeds
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Detailed understanding of NHS finance or broader public sector financial management
- Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to anticipate and resolve problems, and respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Demonstrable experience of delivering results through the development and management of teams to ensure success and use a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Ability to build effective cross functional working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders to drive organisational agenda.
Values
Essential criteria
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Healy
- Job title
- Head of Strategic Finance
- Email address
- [email protected]
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