Senior Finance Manager and Business Partner

South Yorkshire Source: WhatJobs

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Job summary

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Finance Manager and Business Partner to join our finance team. This is an important role within the finance directorate, supporting the delivery of robust financial management, budgetary control, financial planning and reporting across a designated portfolio of budgets and contracts as well as system development. Working as part of a professional and supportive team, you will provide high-quality financial advice and analysis to budget holders, commissioning colleagues and contracting leads, helping to ensure resources are used effectively and services are commissioned in line with the ICB's strategic priorities

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Finance Manager and Business Partner,you will lead the production of month-end reporting for your portfolio, includingforecasting, planning and analysis of complex trends. You will support budgetsetting, contribute to annual and medium-term financial planning, and helpprepare information for statutory financial returns, annual accounts, NHSEngland monthly returns, FOIs and other key reporting requirements. The rolewill involve interpreting complex financial information, investigatingvariances, identifying risks and opportunities, and presenting clear and timelyadvice to finance and non-finance colleagues. This is also a business partnering role, workingclosely with colleagues across the ICB in a matrixed environment to supporttransformation, value for money and financial sustainability. Depending onportfolio allocation, the role may include areas such as healthcarecontracting, individual placements and continuing healthcare, primary care andprescribing, corporate budgets, financial services, capital or estates. Youwill have the opportunity to support pathway design, contract monitoring,activity modelling, efficiency planning, forecasting and the development ofimproved financial systems, processes and reporting tools

About us

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees healthand social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on thestrengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our localcommunities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes inpopulation health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experienceand access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHSsupport broader social and economic development. Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broaderhealth, public health, and social care needs of the population across SouthYorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with theIntegrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the SouthYorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and careservices that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GPpractices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals workingacross seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We workalongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSEpartners and other partners to address health inequalities and widerdeterminants of health in South Yorkshire

Job description

Job responsibilities: For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Skills and Competencies

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
Strong numerical and verbal reasoning and leadership skills
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to identify several solutions.
Able to think on their feet when dealing with issues and problems
Plan and organise highly complex activities
Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
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
Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
Plans and organises a broad range of highly complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances

Knowledge and Understanding

Expert knowledge of finance and accounting practices, procedures and policies and legislation pertinent to the NHS
Expert in providing financial advice and support to the relevant budget manager on a regular and timely basis, including the support around proposed and efficiency plans
Leads by example and demonstrates system leadership
Experience of leading and implementing medium- and long-term strategy in own service area.
Significant experience of leading and managing staff in a senior role
An understanding of the governance responsibilities of a statutory organisation.
Significant understanding of NHS and/or public sector finance

Qualifications

CCAB Qualified or significant appropriate experience

Desirable

Educated to masters degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area supported by a professional development.
Management Qualification

Experience

Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development in NHS financial accounts policies
Demonstrate significant experience of monitoring and adherence to budgets across a wide spectrum of services
Evidence of drafting and agreement of highly complex budgets and to review those developed by others in the team and provide a mechanism for accurately monitoring performance against these budgets
Experience of identifying and interpreting highly complex National policy and guidance to ensure successful implementation

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.