Finance Manager - Value & Prevention in Wolverhampton

Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB are looking for an ambitious and motivated finance business partner to join our team at an exciting time of change as we develop our role as Strategic Commissioner. You will be a key member of the value-based finance function, supporting the ICB to make the best use of resources and improve equity to ensure a marked difference in patient outcomes.

You will be:

• CCAB qualified or in the final professional stage
• Confident working with stakeholders and commissioning managers
• Able to provide expert financial analysis and advice to support value-based decision making

Main duties include:

• Acting as a Finance Business Partner for Value and prevention, providing expert financial analysis and advice to support value-based decision making and outcome improvement.
• Supporting the modelling and costing of pathways of care to support commissioners and operational and clinical leaders to understand current resource usage and consider transformation opportunities.
• Leading the practical application of value and outcomes frameworks within allocated areas, working with BI and PHM colleagues to interpret utilisation, cost and outcomes data at place and neighbourhood level.
• Undertaking detailed resource utilisation and variation analysis, identifying drivers of cost and outcome differences and supporting the development of evidence-based interventions to improve productivity and value.
• Developing and maintaining financial and ROI models for investments, disinvestments and transformation initiatives, supporting benefits realisation tracking and post-investment evaluation.
• Supporting benchmarking and productivity reviews across commissioned services, pathways and providers, analysing expenditure and published productivity data to identify improvement and efficiency opportunities.
• Managing and developing complex financial models and analyses, ensuring consistency with national guidance, best practice and local financial frameworks.

The Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of 1.26 million people in the Black Country. We manage the NHS budget for Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and are responsible for planning and buying Primary Medical Services (GPs), dental, optometry and pharmacy services.

We are part of the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS), known as Healthier Futures, which is a partnership of organisations working together to bring health and social care services closer together for the good of our communities. We support the ICS vision for a healthier place with healthier people and healthier futures.

The ICB has five core values that underpin the way we work and help to guide our actions and the decisions we make for local people and communities: compassion, inclusivity, integrity, fairness and trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer who actively supports and encourages increasing the diversity of our employees, and welcome applications from people with transferable skills gained through experience across the full range of health and social care settings.

You will be accountable for:

• Providing expert financial analysis and advice to support value-based decision making and outcome improvement.
• Supporting the modelling and costing of pathways of care.
• Leading the practical application of value and outcomes frameworks.
• Undertaking detailed resource utilisation and variation analysis.
• Developing and maintaining financial and ROI models.
• Operating the value and outcomes measurement framework.
• Supporting benchmarking and productivity reviews.
• Working closely with contracting and procurement teams.
• Providing expert financial advice and analytical input to ICB programmes and working groups.
• Managing and developing complex financial models and analyses.
• Building strong working relationships with colleagues across finance, commissioning, strategy and provider organisations.
• Undertaking other general finance duties as required.

Essential skills and abilities include:

• Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to varied groups.
• Knowledge of Financial Systems.
• Experience of NHS financial management and/or financial analysis.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.