Finance Manager

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.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

A Band 8a opportunity is now available within the Specialised Commissioning Finance team based in one of the East of England regional offices. This post is offered as a full-time secondment contract. The East of England Specialised Commissioning Finance Team supports the delivery of specialised services across the 6 integrated care boards within the East region and NHS England. The team supports a total budget for delegated and retained services of approx. £2.3bn and operates as part of a multidisciplinary team, working alongside Business Intelligence, Pharmacy, Commissioning and Contract managers and actively promotes system working to ensure best value for money for the East of England population.

Main duties of the job

• Support the delivery of timely and accurate reporting of financial performance across the East Region ICBs and NHSE.
• Support in the provision of high-quality financial information, advice and support to the specialised commissioning team across 6 regional ICBs and NHSE.
• Support or Lead on month-end close process according to agreed timescales.
• Support or lead the development and monitoring of provider contracts for the agreed areas of responsibility.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside Business Intelligence, Pharmacy, Commissioning and Contract managers to support provider contracts and service development.
• Identify and assist in ensuring performance concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
• Support the team’s role in the annual financial planning process.
• Support or Lead on the provision of analytical financial support.
• Support the appraisals of business cases including provision of financial information for the development of business cases and bids.

For further information on the responsibilities and scope of the role and the person specification, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification document.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Qualified Accountant (CCAB or CIMA qualified)
• Desirable criteria: Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential criteria: Understanding of NHS Finance or broader public sector financial management at an intermediate level for a number of years.
• Extensive experience in financial management (financial planning, budget setting, financial reporting and monitoring, and forecasting).
• Understanding of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHSE and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.
• Desirable criteria: Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.

Skills and Capabilities

• Essential criteria: Ability to communicate complex financial and other data to all disciplines.
• Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.

Values and Behaviours

• Essential criteria: Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.

Equality & Diversity

• Essential criteria: Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent. We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. Whilst we appreciate that you may have had support with your application (e.g., using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important that the information contained within your application reflects your own knowledge, skill, and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies. Please note that we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any of our vacancies.

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