Senior Finance Manager - Acute and Community

The Birmingham,

Black Country and Solihull (BBCS) ICB Cluster is seeking a Senior Finance

Manager Acute & Community to join our Finance Directorate. Reporting to

the Senior Finance Lead Acute & Community, you will provide expert

financial leadership across a portfolio of Acute and Community services,

supporting financial sustainability, service transformation and high-quality

decision-making.

Working closely with

commissioning, contracting, operational and clinical colleagues, you will lead

financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting, providing insightful

analysis to identify risks, opportunities and drive value for money. You will

build strong relationships with providers and stakeholders, supporting contract

management and the delivery of strategic objectives.

We're looking for a

qualified finance professional with significant NHS financial management

experience, excellent analytical skills and the ability to influence senior

stakeholders. In return, you'll join a supportive, forward-thinking team

offering flexible hybrid working, professional development opportunities and

the chance to make a real difference to the health of our communities.

Main duties of the job

As Senior Finance

Manager Acute & Community, you will lead the day-to-day financial

management of a portfolio of Acute and Community contracts and budgets,

providing expert financial advice, analysis and challenge to support strategic

and operational decision-making across the Birmingham, Black Country and

Solihull ICB Cluster.

Working closely with

commissioning, contracting, operational and clinical colleagues, you will be

responsible for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and

complex financial modelling. You will monitor financial performance, identify

financial risks and opportunities, support contract negotiations and provide

robust financial insight to inform commissioning decisions, service

transformation and delivery of financial sustainability.

You will build and

maintain effective relationships with NHS providers, Local Authorities and

system partners, acting as a trusted finance adviser and supporting contract

management, financial governance and performance monitoring. You will ensure

compliance with statutory financial duties, NHS guidance and Standing Financial

Instructions, while contributing to the development of financial strategies,

business cases and continuous improvement of financial systems, reporting and

controls.

You will also

provide leadership, support and development to colleagues within the Finance

Directorate, promoting collaborative working, high professional standards and

delivery of the Cluster's strategic priorities.

About us

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull

Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary

sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the

healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing

inequalities.

As an employee, you will demonstrate our system

values, champion inclusion and help address health inequalities

so everyone can thrive. In return, the ICB offers a

supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace, with opportunities to develop and work with partners to

deliver meaningful change.

The ICB is committed to a workforce that reflects

the population of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. We promote

sexual orientation.

Employees formally notified that they are at risk

of redundancy within the organisation will receive priority consideration for

this vacancy if they meet the roles

essential requirements. This supports redeployment and helps

minimise compulsory redundancies.

Details

Date posted

15 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

D9118-26-0064

Job locations

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Wolverhampton Civic Centre

St Peter's Square

Wolverhampton

WV1 1SH

United Kingdom

Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board

Alpha Tower

Suffolk Street Queensway

Birmingham

B1 1TT

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The postholder will be accountable for:

• Ensuring

the delivery of financial information and advice to support effective

management control and decision making, enabling the organisation to plan,

monitor, report and use its financial resources in an effective and efficient

manner, and which facilitates the achievement of the ICBs business objectives

and statutory duties.

• Maintaining highly

complex financial models to aid proactive financial planning for the ICBs and

support on the production of Acute and Community Services related financial

returns to external organisations.

• Developing,

implementing and maintaining the ICBs financial management policies, systems

and processes, and to lead in driving through continuous improvement in

internal controls, financial planning, analysis and reporting.

• Closely working with Acute, Community and

ambulance services commissioners and relevant Clinical Executives and Clinical

Leads to develop in year financial strategies necessary to meet the ICBs and

Directorates financial requirements.

• Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious

information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies

to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.

• Being the finance lead on designated Acute

and Community Service contract budgets, as directed by the Associate Director

of Finance/Head of Finance.

• Developing and monitoring budgets and

financial plans for the Acute and Community Services commissioned by the ICBs

in the portfolio, designing and implementing systems to ensure the ICBs meet

all statutory financial duties.

• Providing specialist technical and professional

advice to the ICB, being the financial representative on Acute and Community

Service groups and sub committees

• Deputising for the Head of Finance Acute &

Community as necessary.

• Engaging with key stakeholders and Acute and

Community providers regarding contract discussions and negotiation and in-year

monitoring, ensuring that in-year payments are made in line with national

tariff rules and contractual / activity requirements.

• Supporting on the

completion of Freedom of Information requests that require financial input

relating to ICB Acute and Community Service contracts or Better Care Fund

agreements in accordance with the legislation.

• Supporting the completion of the ICBs Statutory Annual

Accounts ensuring records and working papers are accurate and produced to the

timescales required.

• Building and maintaining structures and reports

extracted from the financial ledger and supporting systems to ensure effective

provision of financial information to budget managers within Acute and

Community Service departments and summarised financial information are

available to various groups, committees and boards of the ICBs.

• Being the main contact between the Acute and

Community providers, Local Authorities and the ICB for any payment or claim related issues.

• Ensuring Acute and Community budget holders and

other relevant staff have the necessary skills to effectively undertake their

financial responsibility. This will be by providing training sessions to staff

groups or individually to ensure an understanding of financial statements, other

supporting reports and relevant financial systems and processes.

• Supporting the Head of Finance on the

financial negotiation of ICBs contracts with Acute and Community providers,

ensuring contract values are within available resources based upon current

guidance and legislation, and in accordance with activity proposals recommended

by commissioning staff.

• Ensuring financial records are accurate, complete and conform

to necessary standards using professional judgement and estimations.

• Being responsible for the day-to-day management of direct reports,

allocating and checking the workload and performance of team members, and

assisting with recruitment and disciplinary issues.

• Providing expert financial advice and professional support to Business

cases and service redesign projects encompassing both financial and

non-financial data, analysis and sophisticated modelling techniques.

• Liaising with senior managers within the Acute and

Community Commissioning managers and BI Analysts to formulate accurate forecast

modelling and horizon scanning that allow for robust financial information to

be used in the production of monthly Financial Management reports for the

portfolio of contracts.

• Supporting the Head of Finance on the monitoring of

Acute and Community activity-based contracts performance including ERF,

attending CQRMs and providing support and relevant challenge to any contractual

obligations / performance issues set out in the healthcare contract to ensure

they are providing an efficient quality service and are delivering against

agreed performance targets.

• Supporting

the Head of Finance and senior finance leads on the development and monitoring

of QIPP plans for the ICBs advising on the economic outlook impacting on

resource assumptions and benefit realisation.

• Being the finance lead on various projects and to

have formal membership of project groups where appropriate.

• Ensuring financial transactions are in accordance

with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs). The post holder is also

responsible for informing the Chief Finance Officer of any breach of SFIs and

reporting incidences of fraud.

• Working within departmental and ICB-wide policies

and procedures, accounting principles, NHS guidelines and regulations, use

professional knowledge and judgement to decide appropriate actions and

responses which will also include highly sensitive or contentious issues.

• Actively

contributing to the local HFMA network

and be an ambassador for future One NHS Finance accreditations.

• Develop and present reports summarising

status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for

senior staff or groups of staff as directed from time to time.

• Ensuring Mandate schedules and IPFs are completed,

approved and uploaded accurately and timely in accordance with governance

processes.

• Constantly striving for value for money and greater

efficiency in the use of Acute and Community budgets and to ensure that they

operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.

• Providing cross cover to

the Financial Management function as necessary.

• Leading on local place-based

activity and capacity modelling in partnership with the local health economy

providers as part of the BCF financial plan.

• Providing operational

finance & contracting leadership to support the ICBs in their role managing

and reviewing the financial aspects of other Healthcare contracts such as

Private providers as directed by the Head of Finance.

• Carrying out contract

negotiations (financial element) with all providers of healthcare services for

the ICBs for the portfolio of contracts in conjunction with the Head of Finance.

• Leading on the detailed financial

arrangements for ICBs partnership arrangements, in particular with the Local

Authorities in relation to the Better Care Fund for the local place, supporting

into the wider governance and ensuring completion of relevant BCF planning and

in-year returns and payments.

• Report on the financial

performance of placed based responsibilities to the relevant commissioning

board and project groups.

• Liaising with colleagues

across other ICBs in support of the management of contracts (whether the ICB is

the contract lead) within the portfolio and provide an assessment of financial

risks to the ICB.

• Supporting the Head of

Finance Acute & Community with the assembly of annual financial contract

offers to designated Trusts and IS providers,

ensuring that the financial interests of other ICBs are maintained and

communicated.

• Working closely with

Planning & Strategic Investment team to identify and articulate the

recurrent and underlying financial position, distinguishing between

nonrecurrent, structural and in year pressures.

• Working

with commissioning leads and contracting to identify and implement mitigating

actions in year to ensure costs are managed within ICB budgets and ensure cost

improvement plans are developed to support financial sustainability of the

cluster.

Job responsibilities

The postholder will be accountable for:

• Ensuring

the delivery of financial information and advice to support effective

management control and decision making, enabling the organisation to plan,

monitor, report and use its financial resources in an effective and efficient

manner, and which facilitates the achievement of the ICBs business objectives

and statutory duties.

• Maintaining highly

complex financial models to aid proactive financial planning for the ICBs and

support on the production of Acute and Community Services related financial

returns to external organisations.

• Developing,

implementing and maintaining the ICBs financial management policies, systems

and processes, and to lead in driving through continuous improvement in

internal controls, financial planning, analysis and reporting.

• Closely working with Acute, Community and

ambulance services commissioners and relevant Clinical Executives and Clinical

Leads to develop in year financial strategies necessary to meet the ICBs and

Directorates financial requirements.

• Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious

information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies

to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.

• Being the finance lead on designated Acute

and Community Service contract budgets, as directed by the Associate Director

of Finance/Head of Finance.

• Developing and monitoring budgets and

financial plans for the Acute and Community Services commissioned by the ICBs

in the portfolio, designing and implementing systems to ensure the ICBs meet

all statutory financial duties.

• Providing specialist technical and professional

advice to the ICB, being the financial representative on Acute and Community

Service groups and sub committees

• Deputising for the Head of Finance Acute &

Community as necessary.

• Engaging with key stakeholders and Acute and

Community providers regarding contract discussions and negotiation and in-year

monitoring, ensuring that in-year payments are made in line with national

tariff rules and contractual / activity requirements.

• Supporting on the

completion of Freedom of Information requests that require financial input

relating to ICB Acute and Community Service contracts or Better Care Fund

agreements in accordance with the legislation.

• Supporting the completion of the ICBs Statutory Annual

Accounts ensuring records and working papers are accurate and produced to the

timescales required.

• Building and maintaining structures and reports

extracted from the financial ledger and supporting systems to ensure effective

provision of financial information to budget managers within Acute and

Community Service departments and summarised financial information are

available to various groups, committees and boards of the ICBs.

• Being the main contact between the Acute and

Community providers, Local Authorities and the ICB for any payment or claim related issues.

• Ensuring Acute and Community budget holders and

other relevant staff have the necessary skills to effectively undertake their

financial responsibility. This will be by providing training sessions to staff

groups or individually to ensure an understanding of financial statements, other

supporting reports and relevant financial systems and processes.

• Supporting the Head of Finance on the

financial negotiation of ICBs contracts with Acute and Community providers,

ensuring contract values are within available resources based upon current

guidance and legislation, and in accordance with activity proposals recommended

by commissioning staff.

• Ensuring financial records are accurate, complete and conform

to necessary standards using professional judgement and estimations.

• Being responsible for the day-to-day management of direct reports,

allocating and checking the workload and performance of team members, and

assisting with recruitment and disciplinary issues.

• Providing expert financial advice and professional support to Business

cases and service redesign projects encompassing both financial and

non-financial data, analysis and sophisticated modelling techniques.

• Liaising with senior managers within the Acute and

Community Commissioning managers and BI Analysts to formulate accurate forecast

modelling and horizon scanning that allow for robust financial information to

be used in the production of monthly Financial Management reports for the

portfolio of contracts.

• Supporting the Head of Finance on the monitoring of

Acute and Community activity-based contracts performance including ERF,

attending CQRMs and providing support and relevant challenge to any contractual

obligations / performance issues set out in the healthcare contract to ensure

they are providing an efficient quality service and are delivering against

agreed performance targets.

• Supporting

the Head of Finance and senior finance leads on the development and monitoring

of QIPP plans for the ICBs advising on the economic outlook impacting on

resource assumptions and benefit realisation.

• Being the finance lead on various projects and to

have formal membership of project groups where appropriate.

• Ensuring financial transactions are in accordance

with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs). The post holder is also

responsible for informing the Chief Finance Officer of any breach of SFIs and

reporting incidences of fraud.

• Working within departmental and ICB-wide policies

and procedures, accounting principles, NHS guidelines and regulations, use

professional knowledge and judgement to decide appropriate actions and

responses which will also include highly sensitive or contentious issues.

• Actively

contributing to the local HFMA network

and be an ambassador for future One NHS Finance accreditations.

• Develop and present reports summarising

status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for

senior staff or groups of staff as directed from time to time.

• Ensuring Mandate schedules and IPFs are completed,

approved and uploaded accurately and timely in accordance with governance

processes.

• Constantly striving for value for money and greater

efficiency in the use of Acute and Community budgets and to ensure that they

operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.

• Providing cross cover to

the Financial Management function as necessary.

• Leading on local place-based

activity and capacity modelling in partnership with the local health economy

providers as part of the BCF financial plan.

• Providing operational

finance & contracting leadership to support the ICBs in their role managing

and reviewing the financial aspects of other Healthcare contracts such as

Private providers as directed by the Head of Finance.

• Carrying out contract

negotiations (financial element) with all providers of healthcare services for

the ICBs for the portfolio of contracts in conjunction with the Head of Finance.

• Leading on the detailed financial

arrangements for ICBs partnership arrangements, in particular with the Local

Authorities in relation to the Better Care Fund for the local place, supporting

into the wider governance and ensuring completion of relevant BCF planning and

in-year returns and payments.

• Report on the financial

performance of placed based responsibilities to the relevant commissioning

board and project groups.

• Liaising with colleagues

across other ICBs in support of the management of contracts (whether the ICB is

the contract lead) within the portfolio and provide an assessment of financial

risks to the ICB.

• Supporting the Head of

Finance Acute & Community with the assembly of annual financial contract

offers to designated Trusts and IS providers,

ensuring that the financial interests of other ICBs are maintained and

communicated.

• Working closely with

Planning & Strategic Investment team to identify and articulate the

recurrent and underlying financial position, distinguishing between

nonrecurrent, structural and in year pressures.

• Working

with commissioning leads and contracting to identify and implement mitigating

actions in year to ensure costs are managed within ICB budgets and ensure cost

improvement plans are developed to support financial sustainability of the

cluster.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Member of relevant professional body

Essential

• Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
• Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act

Mobility

Essential

• Ability to travel across sites as required

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in NHS Financial Management.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual providers and the commissioning organisations
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills with the willingness to embrace technological advancements.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate useful financial information from large volumes of data in accordance with strict timetables.

Desirable

• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• 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

Autonomy

Essential

• Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Member of relevant professional body

Essential

• Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
• Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act

Mobility

Essential

• Ability to travel across sites as required

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in NHS Financial Management.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual providers and the commissioning organisations
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills with the willingness to embrace technological advancements.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate useful financial information from large volumes of data in accordance with strict timetables.

Desirable

• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• 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

Autonomy

Essential

• Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Address

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Wolverhampton Civic Centre

St Peter's Square

Wolverhampton

WV1 1SH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://blackcountry.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Address

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Wolverhampton Civic Centre

St Peter's Square

Wolverhampton

WV1 1SH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://blackcountry.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

The postholder will be accountable for:

• Ensuring

the delivery of financial information and advice to support effective

management control and decision making, enabling the organisation to plan,

monitor, report and use its financial resources in an effective and efficient

manner, and which facilitates the achievement of the ICBs business objectives

and statutory duties.

• Maintaining highly

complex financial models to aid proactive financial planning for the ICBs and

support on the production of Acute and Community Services related financial

returns to external organisations.

• Developing,

implementing and maintaining the ICBs financial management policies, systems

and processes, and to lead in driving through continuous improvement in

internal controls, financial planning, analysis and reporting.

• Closely working with Acute, Community and

ambulance services commissioners and relevant Clinical Executives and Clinical

Leads to develop in year financial strategies necessary to meet the ICBs and

Directorates financial requirements.

• Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious

information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies

to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.

• Being the finance lead on designated Acute

and Community Service contract budgets, as directed by the Associate Director

of Finance/Head of Finance.

• Developing and monitoring budgets and

financial plans for the Acute and Community Services commissioned by the ICBs

in the portfolio, designing and implementing systems to ensure the ICBs meet

all statutory financial duties.

• Providing specialist technical and professional

advice to the ICB, being the financial representative on Acute and Community

Service groups and sub committees

• Deputising for the Head of Finance Acute &

Community as necessary.

• Engaging with key stakeholders and Acute and

Community providers regarding contract discussions and negotiation and in-year

monitoring, ensuring that in-year payments are made in line with national

tariff rules and contractual / activity requirements.

• Supporting on the

completion of Freedom of Information requests that require financial input

relating to ICB Acute and Community Service contracts or Better Care Fund

agreements in accordance with the legislation.

• Supporting the completion of the ICBs Statutory Annual

Accounts ensuring records and working papers are accurate and produced to the

timescales required.

• Building and maintaining structures and reports

extracted from the financial ledger and supporting systems to ensure effective

provision of financial information to budget managers within Acute and

Community Service departments and summarised financial information are

available to various groups, committees and boards of the ICBs.

• Being the main contact between the Acute and

Community providers, Local Authorities and the ICB for any payment or claim related issues.

• Ensuring Acute and Community budget holders and

other relevant staff have the necessary skills to effectively undertake their

financial responsibility. This will be by providing training sessions to staff

groups or individually to ensure an understanding of financial statements, other

supporting reports and relevant financial systems and processes.

• Supporting the Head of Finance on the

financial negotiation of ICBs contracts with Acute and Community providers,

ensuring contract values are within available resources based upon current

guidance and legislation, and in accordance with activity proposals recommended

by commissioning staff.

• Ensuring financial records are accurate, complete and conform

to necessary standards using professional judgement and estimations.

• Being responsible for the day-to-day management of direct reports,

allocating and checking the workload and performance of team members, and

assisting with recruitment and disciplinary issues.

• Providing expert financial advice and professional support to Business

cases and service redesign projects encompassing both financial and

non-financial data, analysis and sophisticated modelling techniques.

• Liaising with senior managers within the Acute and

Community Commissioning managers and BI Analysts to formulate accurate forecast

modelling and horizon scanning that allow for robust financial information to

be used in the production of monthly Financial Management reports for the

portfolio of contracts.

• Supporting the Head of Finance on the monitoring of

Acute and Community activity-based contracts performance including ERF,

attending CQRMs and providing support and relevant challenge to any contractual

obligations / performance issues set out in the healthcare contract to ensure

they are providing an efficient quality service and are delivering against

agreed performance targets.

• Supporting

the Head of Finance and senior finance leads on the development and monitoring

of QIPP plans for the ICBs advising on the economic outlook impacting on

resource assumptions and benefit realisation.

• Being the finance lead on various projects and to

have formal membership of project groups where appropriate.

• Ensuring financial transactions are in accordance

with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs). The post holder is also

responsible for informing the Chief Finance Officer of any breach of SFIs and

reporting incidences of fraud.

• Working within departmental and ICB-wide policies

and procedures, accounting principles, NHS guidelines and regulations, use

professional knowledge and judgement to decide appropriate actions and

responses which will also include highly sensitive or contentious issues.

• Actively

contributing to the local HFMA network

and be an ambassador for future One NHS Finance accreditations.

• Develop and present reports summarising

status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for

senior staff or groups of staff as directed from time to time.

• Ensuring Mandate schedules and IPFs are completed,

approved and uploaded accurately and timely in accordance with governance

processes.

• Constantly striving for value for money and greater

efficiency in the use of Acute and Community budgets and to ensure that they

operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.

• Providing cross cover to

the Financial Management function as necessary.

• Leading on local place-based

activity and capacity modelling in partnership with the local health economy

providers as part of the BCF financial plan.

• Providing operational

finance & contracting leadership to support the ICBs in their role managing

and reviewing the financial aspects of other Healthcare contracts such as

Private providers as directed by the Head of Finance.

• Carrying out contract

negotiations (financial element) with all providers of healthcare services for

the ICBs for the portfolio of contracts in conjunction with the Head of Finance.

• Leading on the detailed financial

arrangements for ICBs partnership arrangements, in particular with the Local

Authorities in relation to the Better Care Fund for the local place, supporting

into the wider governance and ensuring completion of relevant BCF planning and

in-year returns and payments.

• Report on the financial

performance of placed based responsibilities to the relevant commissioning

board and project groups.

• Liaising with colleagues

across other ICBs in support of the management of contracts (whether the ICB is

the contract lead) within the portfolio and provide an assessment of financial

risks to the ICB.

• Supporting the Head of

Finance Acute & Community with the assembly of annual financial contract

offers to designated Trusts and IS providers,

ensuring that the financial interests of other ICBs are maintained and

communicated.

• Working closely with

Planning & Strategic Investment team to identify and articulate the

recurrent and underlying financial position, distinguishing between

nonrecurrent, structural and in year pressures.

• Working

with commissioning leads and contracting to identify and implement mitigating

actions in year to ensure costs are managed within ICB budgets and ensure cost

improvement plans are developed to support financial sustainability of the

cluster.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Member of relevant professional body

Essential

• Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
• Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act

Mobility

Essential

• Ability to travel across sites as required

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in NHS Financial Management.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual providers and the commissioning organisations
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills with the willingness to embrace technological advancements.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and communicate useful financial information from large volumes of data in accordance with strict timetables.

Desirable

• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• 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

Autonomy

Essential

• Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change