Job summary
The Financial Planning & Delivery Directorate ("the Directorate") was established to provide professional support to Welsh Government to respond and deliver on the financial challenges facing NHS Wales. The Directorate operates across Wales and in support of all NHS Wales organisations as required. This includes:
Monitoring and managing financial risk in NHS Wales, responding at pace where organisations are demonstrating signs of financial concern.
Support the robust development and delivery of in-year and medium term financial and resource plans.
Driving forward the Value & Sustainability agenda for NHS Wales, working with NHS Wales organisations to ensure maximum return from efficiency opportunities.
Promote and embed best practice financial management and use of resources.
Developing a Centre of Excellence for Financial Information and Intelligence, reflecting costing, benchmarking, resource allocation, and utilisation, to assist in driving improvements on both technical and allocative efficiency across NHS Wales.
Support the development of Value Based Healthcare within NHS Wales as required.
The Directorate will enable this agenda and deliver these objectives through building effective relationships within and across NHS Wales, and Welsh Government.
Main duties of the job
The role will have significant freedom to act, and as part of the senior team will operate at a strategic level with a number of Directors of Finance, executives from NHS Wales organisations, Welsh Government policy leads, national and international stakeholders, national clinical leads, and other NHS Wales teams including other Directorates within NHS Wales Performance & Improvement. The Financial Planning & Delivery Directorate is passionate about people and professional development, with an ambitious development programme for the overall team and all team members. This role is an ideal opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their skills and experiences across a broad and exciting national agenda.
Your responsibilities will include:
Providing the direct organisational liaison role to a number of NHS Wales organisations;
Providing support and challenge to specified NHS Wales organisations in line with the Welsh Government Escalation and Intervention Arrangements;
Providing financial leadership to national committees and programmes examining opportunities to improve value and financial sustainability within the Welsh NHS;
Leading on behalf of the Directorate the support and development of key areas of national policy and developments;
Providing the lead finance support role to Welsh Government policy leads on key NHS programme areas; and
Leading on behalf of the Directorate the relationship management and learning from key external stakeholders.
About us
NHS Wales Performance & Improvement works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.
Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.
We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction - enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a highly motivated, experienced, and qualified finance professional with a strong demonstrable background in financial management, performance, intelligence, and delivery then we would be keen to hear from you and welcome your application.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a highly motivated, experienced, and qualified finance professional with a strong demonstrable background in financial management, performance, intelligence, and delivery then we would be keen to hear from you and welcome your application.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB / CIMA Qualified & Member of Professional body.
- Educated to Postgraduate level or equivalent, Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Programme / Project Management qualification
- Evidence of personal research into a clinical, managerial, financial area
Experience and Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience, working at a senior level in a large complex organisation, Proven experience of developing and delivering financial management services successfully for a large organisation.
- Minimum of five years experience as a senior finance manager within the NHS
- Record of effective contribution to the development of business strategy, Experience of planning and implementing long-term development programmes.
- Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level, Ability to influence at all levels and a highly strategic thinker
- Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement or successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment, Participation in significant change management projects
- Significant experience of working with staff, their representatives and professional organisations, Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams
Desirable
- Experience of Turnaround & Intervention approaches and delivery, Demonstrates expertise in specific professional areas
- Good knowledge of NHS Wales finance regime, including a thorough understanding of organisations financial duties, responsibilities and governance requirements, Good understanding of the concepts of Value Based Healthcare
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present often highly complex information, Highly tuned analytical skills, including ability to identify key issues from a range of complex financial data, Able to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative information and provide advice to senior leaders
- Ability to communicate excellently both verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Self-motivated and committed to developing self and team members, Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively, Ability to work independently to a specified remit, ensuring agreed deadlines and deliverables are met
- Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen, Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
- Standard keyboard skills
- Sound judgement, decision making, and organisational skills, Able to interpret legislation and guidance as appropriate to the role.
Desirable
- Ability and confidence to constructively challenge and support senior NHS staff and their teams
- Ability and confidence to demonstrate leadership across NHS Wales on driving improvements in financial planning and financial management
Disposition
Essential
- Appropriate attitudes with a high level of professional ethics and integrity, Enthusiastic, Committed, Proactive, and Innovative
Other Requirements
Essential
- Must be mobile and able to travel locally and nationally, Emotionally Intelligent, Politically astute & high level of intuition, Work collaboratively & build relationships effectively, Resilience & reliability under pressure, Appetite for challenges, with a high level of personal integrity
Desirable
- Ability to communicate in Welsh
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB / CIMA Qualified & Member of Professional body.
- Educated to Postgraduate level or equivalent, Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Programme / Project Management qualification
- Evidence of personal research into a clinical, managerial, financial area
Experience and Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience, working at a senior level in a large complex organisation, Proven experience of developing and delivering financial management services successfully for a large organisation.
- Minimum of five years experience as a senior finance manager within the NHS
- Record of effective contribution to the development of business strategy, Experience of planning and implementing long-term development programmes.
- Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level, Ability to influence at all levels and a highly strategic thinker
- Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement or successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment, Participation in significant change management projects
- Significant experience of working with staff, their representatives and professional organisations, Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams
Desirable
- Experience of Turnaround & Intervention approaches and delivery, Demonstrates expertise in specific professional areas
- Good knowledge of NHS Wales finance regime, including a thorough understanding of organisations financial duties, responsibilities and governance requirements, Good understanding of the concepts of Value Based Healthcare
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present often highly complex information, Highly tuned analytical skills, including ability to identify key issues from a range of complex financial data, Able to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative information and provide advice to senior leaders
- Ability to communicate excellently both verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Self-motivated and committed to developing self and team members, Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively, Ability to work independently to a specified remit, ensuring agreed deadlines and deliverables are met
- Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen, Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
- Standard keyboard skills
- Sound judgement, decision making, and organisational skills, Able to interpret legislation and guidance as appropriate to the role.
Desirable
- Ability and confidence to constructively challenge and support senior NHS staff and their teams
- Ability and confidence to demonstrate leadership across NHS Wales on driving improvements in financial planning and financial management
Disposition
Essential
- Appropriate attitudes with a high level of professional ethics and integrity, Enthusiastic, Committed, Proactive, and Innovative
Other Requirements
Essential
- Must be mobile and able to travel locally and nationally, Emotionally Intelligent, Politically astute & high level of intuition, Work collaboratively & build relationships effectively, Resilience & reliability under pressure, Appetite for challenges, with a high level of personal integrity
Desirable
- Ability to communicate in Welsh
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
