Job summary
The Senior Finance Manager will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the patch on Mental Health services.
The postholder will provide financial support and leadership to the Mental Health senior management team, provide financial leadership for the Mental Health Provider Collaborative initiative,
support the wider delegation of Direct Commissioning to ICBs and work with other teams within NHS England as required.
Main duties of the job
The postholder must be a qualified accountant and full CCAB or CIMA member. They should be able to demonstrate experience of working at a senior level in large complex organisations, and have an understanding of NHS finance.
The post holder will lead the provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional and well co-ordinated finance support service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Manage all necessary business returns, including planning and workforce returns.
- Develop and implement systems to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, Directorate and the wider NHS organisations as appropriate.
- Support ongoing training and development across the Department or Directorate.
- Oversight and management of all aspects of the Department or Directorate Mental Health budgets.
About us
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 visithttps://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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a key member of the wider Direct Commissioning Finance team.
The post holder will:
- Ensure the NHS England financial strategy and technical guidance around Mental Health Provider Collaboratives is understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
- Work directly with Mental Health providers to support the Provider collaboratives, including liaison with NHS England national and other regional teams to agree changes.
- Support ongoing negotiation of contracts with Mental Health providers..
- Provide proactive local financial leadership and support for the wider delegation of Direct Commissioning to emerging ICS/Bs.
- Ensure linkages with other national programmes are understood, with financial aspects communicated and implemented.
- Ensure appropriate systems and processes are in place to provide timely reporting and briefings.
- Manage and actively promote effective relationships with key stakeholders and other departments both internally and externally, with particular reference to stakeholders within the Locality/System for which they have responsibility.
- Be required to be mobile within the patch and work productively to manage the demands of the role.
- Deputise for the Heads of Finance as required
- Any other tasks as appropriate for the role.
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
The post holder will be a key member of the wider Direct Commissioning Finance team.
The post holder will:
- Ensure the NHS England financial strategy and technical guidance around Mental Health Provider Collaboratives is understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
- Work directly with Mental Health providers to support the Provider collaboratives, including liaison with NHS England national and other regional teams to agree changes.
- Support ongoing negotiation of contracts with Mental Health providers..
- Provide proactive local financial leadership and support for the wider delegation of Direct Commissioning to emerging ICS/Bs.
- Ensure linkages with other national programmes are understood, with financial aspects communicated and implemented.
- Ensure appropriate systems and processes are in place to provide timely reporting and briefings.
- Manage and actively promote effective relationships with key stakeholders and other departments both internally and externally, with particular reference to stakeholders within the Locality/System for which they have responsibility.
- Be required to be mobile within the patch and work productively to manage the demands of the role.
- Deputise for the Heads of Finance as required
- Any other tasks as appropriate for the role.
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
- The postholder must be a qualified accountant and CCAB member
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
- Management of staff/ functions
- Member of relevant professional body
Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
- Demonstrable ability to deliver at pace in complex environment
- Ability to build effective cross functional working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders to drive organisational agenda
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The postholder must be a qualified accountant and CCAB member
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
- Management of staff/ functions
- Member of relevant professional body
Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
- Demonstrable ability to deliver at pace in complex environment
- Ability to build effective cross functional working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders to drive organisational agenda
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
