Senior Finance Manager - Assurance - #721956

This is an excellent opportunity to join the NHS England North West team as a Senior Finance Manager. Accountable to the Head of Finance, the post holder will be part of a dynamic team working closely with our 3 Integrated Care Systems to ensure that the NHS across North West England is financially sustainable and obtains value for money while delivering safe and effective services.

The Senior Finance Manager will work as part of a team which oversees c. £17bn annual revenue budget and c. £1bn capital, across three of the largest and most complex ICSs in England, some with significant financial challenges.

The post holder will play an important role in ensuring the production and delivery of robust system financial plans. They will provide financial information and analysis to enable the assurance team to work with the systems and providers across the NW. They will also support on the review of significant capital business cases.

The postholder must be a qualified accountant and CCAB member, with significant knowledge of the NHS Financial regime, and able to demonstrate well developed analytical, business and influencing skills specifically but not solely in the areas of investment case development and review, financial planning (both revenue and capital) and cost improvement programmes.

As The Senior Finance Manager, The Postholder Will Work As Part Of a Dynamic Team In Delivering An Effective Service Supporting Managers And Staff Across The North West Region Team By

• Supporting the delivery of regional financial targets through ensuring 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.
• Supporting or leading on development, assurance, performance management and reporting for one or more functions and localities including revenue, capital and cash, within national frameworks and policies as appropriate.
• Working with the Integrated Care Systems (ICS) / NHS Providers to support the development and delivery of a coherent and credible system financial strategy and annual financial plans for the locality.
• Reviewing and evaluating capital and revenue business cases, ensuring they meet relevant requirements, and support the production of reports and analysis to support approval by senior management and / or national teams.
• Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiating with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
  
  

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 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 visit https://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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Steven Smith Job title: Head of Finance Email address: [email protected]