Senior Finance Manager - Specialised Commissioning | NHS England

As a Senior Finance Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the South West region to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe services in line with national and sub national policy objectives.

The post holder will directly support the Head of Finance in ensuring that there are sound financial systems in place across direct commissioning to evaluate and monitor services.

The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.

Deputise for the Head of Finance as required, expanding on knowledge, skills and experience within personal professional development.

The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate.

The Finance Directorate is a high performing team, flexible in approach and adaptable to change and a key function of the Regional structure.

It oversees the financial performance of the region by:

• Ensuring risk is managed and balanced across organisations, systems and the region


• Managing and actively promoting system working to ensure best value for money


• Ensuring systems and processes are in place to enable sound financial control


• Providing necessary advice, support, challenge to organisations and the system


Work with systems and organisations to develop sustainable financial strategies.

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 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.

Key Functional Responsibilities

Operational

• As a senior lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost effective way.


• To support the identification and sharing of best practice in finance to support service improvement.


• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.


• Support the portfolio of programmes/projects in demonstrating value for money tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.


• Provide specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.


• In depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports


Financial and Physical Resources

• Responsible for budgets/matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources and projects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even, co-ordinating and monitoring expenditure.


• Responsible for supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to support project delivery, acting in accordance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.


• Provide financial reports to Directors and the Board as required.


• Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.


• Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of budgets, and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year


People Management

• Responsible for the day-to-day range of staff management matters, which will include responsibility for supporting appraisals, development of staff, recruitment and where necessary employee relations matters.


• Responsible for an individual's development on the job and team performance.


You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.