Job summary
SOUTH EAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Key Relationships (External)
- The South East CFO leadership community (ICB and Provider Level)
- Wider leadership community in ICB's and Providers
- Government office and other national/regional bodies (e.g. DHSC, NHS Property Services, CSU's)
- Regional Finance Academy leads
Key Relationships (Internal)
- The South East Regional Leadership Team
- Chief Finance Officer (professional accountability)
- National and Regional Finance Directors as part of senior national finance team
- Regional Delivery Director (Estates)
- Wider Regional Teams (Performance, Strategy etc)
Numbers and types of staff managed
- Direct line management of two executive posts (ESM1) and two Band 9 posts plus supporting teams. Core finance team of c25 WTE plus commissioning finance team (c29 WTE).
Main duties of the job
The focus will be on guiding and managing the delivery of services working with and through the 6 ICBs in the South East Region.
- Member of the regional leadership team, supporting the Regional Director in delivering national and regional priorities for health and care in the region, including driving continuous improvement in quality of care and health outcomes, improvements in performance against NHS Constitution standards and ensuring that local health systems live within their combined financial budgets.
- Ensure the provision of expert, evidence based financial and business advice to the regional team, liaising with national colleagues
- Deliver regional financial targets through ensuring that organisations and systems have effective plans and systems to achieve financial sustainability of services and deliver their control totals, supported by effective cost improvement programmes
- Lead financial planning, performance management and reporting for the region for revenue, capital and cash, within national frameworks and policies
- Lead value for money and efficiency programmes within the region, working closely with national and regional colleagues to ensure use of benchmarking, learning and best practice
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new 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 agreat 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 visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS England are transforming how we work together to more effectively and efficiently support local health systems and the patients and public they serve.
Our new operating model will be focused on providing a single system view, single messaging and shared leadership to support and enable integrated care. We are creating integrated regional teams and new regional geographies, and aligning our corporate functions. The management groups of NHS England are being reshaped to form a new shared group the NHS Executive Group chaired by our Chief Executives.
- Support the Regional Director and Regional Executive Team in the oversight and management of system and provider finances.
- Deliver regional financial targets (both capital and revenue) through ensuring that organisations and systems have effective plans and systems to achieve financial sustainability of services and deliver their financial performance trajectories, supported by effective waste reduction programmes
- Support the Chief Financial officer in the development and implementation of the national finance regime i.e. financial strategy and performance
- Produce, implement and articulate a clear financial strategy for the region consistent with the long-term plan, mandate requirements and national financial frameworks, resource assumptions and investment priorities
- Lead value for money and efficiency programmes within the region, working closely with national and regional colleagues to ensure use of benchmarking, learning and best practice.
- Ensure rigorous appraisal of organisation and system financial plans to ensure they are viable and that financial risks have been soundly evaluated and mitigated
- Overall responsibility for capital planning, delivery and assurance for the region including estates, digital and equipment.
- Provide professional leadership of the NHS for all organisations in the region, building effective relationships and networks to ensure that the national finance direction of travel is relevant, credible, well communicated and bought into by the finance community
- Promulgate the highest standards of finance professionalism within the region including the development of new initiatives through One NHS Finance and Future Focussed Finance
- Lead the regional finance team ensuring effective, flexible working through the matrix structure across the region and national teams
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out
Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS England are transforming how we work together to more effectively and efficiently support local health systems and the patients and public they serve.
Our new operating model will be focused on providing a single system view, single messaging and shared leadership to support and enable integrated care. We are creating integrated regional teams and new regional geographies, and aligning our corporate functions. The management groups of NHS England are being reshaped to form a new shared group the NHS Executive Group chaired by our Chief Executives.
- Support the Regional Director and Regional Executive Team in the oversight and management of system and provider finances.
- Deliver regional financial targets (both capital and revenue) through ensuring that organisations and systems have effective plans and systems to achieve financial sustainability of services and deliver their financial performance trajectories, supported by effective waste reduction programmes
- Support the Chief Financial officer in the development and implementation of the national finance regime i.e. financial strategy and performance
- Produce, implement and articulate a clear financial strategy for the region consistent with the long-term plan, mandate requirements and national financial frameworks, resource assumptions and investment priorities
- Lead value for money and efficiency programmes within the region, working closely with national and regional colleagues to ensure use of benchmarking, learning and best practice.
- Ensure rigorous appraisal of organisation and system financial plans to ensure they are viable and that financial risks have been soundly evaluated and mitigated
- Overall responsibility for capital planning, delivery and assurance for the region including estates, digital and equipment.
- Provide professional leadership of the NHS for all organisations in the region, building effective relationships and networks to ensure that the national finance direction of travel is relevant, credible, well communicated and bought into by the finance community
- Promulgate the highest standards of finance professionalism within the region including the development of new initiatives through One NHS Finance and Future Focussed Finance
- Lead the regional finance team ensuring effective, flexible working through the matrix structure across the region and national teams
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB qualified with extensive experience and full up to date membership and continuing professional development
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience at Board level or equivalent in a large complex organisation including leading a financial function
- Significant experience at Director of Finance or equivalent level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
- Extensive knowledge and experience of current NHS financial frameworks, targets and regimes - provider and commissioner.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of all aspects of financial governance such as internal audit, counter fraud and internal control and risk management systems
- Track record of providing appropriate advice, support, judgements and decision making
- Significant experience of large scale short, medium and long -term planning and performance management processes - supporting both organisations which are succeeding and those which are failing Experience of prioritising and managing significant resources including budgets in a way which delivers value for money
- An effective people manager, who sets high standards, motivates and develops staff and stakeholders and promotes personal, organisational and cultural development.
- Experience of planning and delivering large scale efficiency programmes
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential
- Values diversity and difference operating with integrity and openness
Skills and capabilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence and manage difficult and sensitive issues and challenge constructively
- Excellent leadership skills which positively motivate, empower and engage staff with a clear vision and shared goals
- Ability to analyse complex problems qualitatively and quantitatively to facilitate the development of plans and processes which are shared and delivered across multiple teams
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB qualified with extensive experience and full up to date membership and continuing professional development
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience at Board level or equivalent in a large complex organisation including leading a financial function
- Significant experience at Director of Finance or equivalent level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
- Extensive knowledge and experience of current NHS financial frameworks, targets and regimes - provider and commissioner.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of all aspects of financial governance such as internal audit, counter fraud and internal control and risk management systems
- Track record of providing appropriate advice, support, judgements and decision making
- Significant experience of large scale short, medium and long -term planning and performance management processes - supporting both organisations which are succeeding and those which are failing Experience of prioritising and managing significant resources including budgets in a way which delivers value for money
- An effective people manager, who sets high standards, motivates and develops staff and stakeholders and promotes personal, organisational and cultural development.
- Experience of planning and delivering large scale efficiency programmes
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential
- Values diversity and difference operating with integrity and openness
Skills and capabilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence and manage difficult and sensitive issues and challenge constructively
- Excellent leadership skills which positively motivate, empower and engage staff with a clear vision and shared goals
- Ability to analyse complex problems qualitatively and quantitatively to facilitate the development of plans and processes which are shared and delivered across multiple teams
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
