Senior Finance Manager Hospital Care

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)

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Job summary

The base for this role is to be confirmed and will be located at one of the HNY ICB offices bases.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a CCAB qualified accountant to undertake the role of Senior Finance Manager to work across both the North Yorkshire & York place finance teams. We are seeking a motivated finance professional who adopts a proactive approach to be a key part of the management accounting team. The post holder will be required to work in a fully integrated way with the commissioning leads and various portfolio holders within the ICB. Reporting directly to the Joint Head of Finance this post will manage a team of Assistant Finance Managers to ensure the provision of high-quality financial management and financial reporting information. This is a senior finance role within the team, and we are looking for a suitably experienced individual who will continuously look for improvements we can make as a team. The successful individual will also actively contribute to the development and sharing of knowledge within the finance team across the North Yorkshire and York sub-system and wider ICB. The role for the right candidate will offer the opportunity to thrive and develop within a supportive finance team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a creative and innovative individual who will provide high level specialist knowledge in their respective area and have the ability to act independently and autonomously within broad professional policies. You will be expected to make decisions independently and without reference to others where appropriate.

You will frequently be the first point of contact for queries and advice relating to the budgets of the portfolio areas you support. You will develop a strong relationship with your commissioning leads and have the ability to offer advice and challenge assumptions, identify risk and mitigations.

The successful candidate will ensure robust financial management through the monthly close down process and provide timely financial information and financial forecasts to support internal and external reporting, dealing with highly complex and at times, contentious issues. Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships and work as part of an integrated team are essential.

You will be required to represent both North Yorkshire and York places and lead on the Acute and Mental Health portfolios across the ICB.

The post holder will have management responsibility of staff who support their areas of responsibility.

About us

The ICB welcomes all applicants, however, we must remind applicants that we currently do not hold a Tier 2 sponsorship license (now called Skilled Worker visa sponsorship). Can we politely ask this is considered before applying for this position.

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning and arranging the provision of NHS services to meet the diverse health needs of a population of 1.7 million people. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. The ICB is part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, one of 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) across England to meet health and care needs, coordinate services and plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequality between groups. The Health and Care Partnership comprises of NHS organisations, local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.

Date posted

22 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

D9857-23-203

Job locations

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire

Integrated Care Board

1 Grimbald Crag Court

Knaresborough

HG5 8QB


City Of York Council

Station Rise

York

YO1 6GA


1 Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 8QZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Joint Senior Finance Manager (Hospital Care) will be a key part of the North Yorkshire and York place management accounting and contracting team but will have a specific lead role in working in a fully integrated way with the North Yorkshire and York Place commissioning leads and various portfolio holders within the ICB.

Hospital Care covers Acute Services in both the NHS and Independent Sector, along with Mental Health Services, including monitoring of the Mental Health Investment Standard (MHIS).

North Yorkshire and York places are the portfolio leads for Acute and Mental Health services across the ICB, this post will therefore support the ICB 'Do It Once' agenda for these areas.

They will be responsible for ensuring the management accounting function supports commissioning budget holders in budget planning and management, monthly forecasting and scrutiny of variances to plans, together with budget holders on a monthly basis to ensure that risks to the Place & ICB are minimised. They will work with budget holders to ensure budgets are not exceeded and support the budget holders to take early action to resolve.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting senior budget holders in the delivery of allocated elements of the Place savings/QEP program, by providing financial challenge as well as assisting in developing robust financial deliverables resulting from the QEPP program.

The post holder will be a creative and innovative individual who will provide high level specialist knowledge and have the ability to act independently and autonomously within broad professional policies. They will be expected to make decisions independently and without reference to others where appropriate.

The post holder will play a key role in promoting and maintaining effective financial management and financial governance through the design and review of appropriate financial systems and control.

The management of Hospital Care will be the main focus of the post holder's portfolio which will also include a range of other budgets as agreed with the Joint Head of Finance (Strategy & Reporting). The postholder is expected to be adaptable and flexible in terms of supporting budget holders across Place depending on agreed Place priorities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Joint Senior Finance Manager (Hospital Care) will be a key part of the North Yorkshire and York place management accounting and contracting team but will have a specific lead role in working in a fully integrated way with the North Yorkshire and York Place commissioning leads and various portfolio holders within the ICB.

Hospital Care covers Acute Services in both the NHS and Independent Sector, along with Mental Health Services, including monitoring of the Mental Health Investment Standard (MHIS).

North Yorkshire and York places are the portfolio leads for Acute and Mental Health services across the ICB, this post will therefore support the ICB 'Do It Once' agenda for these areas.

They will be responsible for ensuring the management accounting function supports commissioning budget holders in budget planning and management, monthly forecasting and scrutiny of variances to plans, together with budget holders on a monthly basis to ensure that risks to the Place & ICB are minimised. They will work with budget holders to ensure budgets are not exceeded and support the budget holders to take early action to resolve.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting senior budget holders in the delivery of allocated elements of the Place savings/QEP program, by providing financial challenge as well as assisting in developing robust financial deliverables resulting from the QEPP program.

The post holder will be a creative and innovative individual who will provide high level specialist knowledge and have the ability to act independently and autonomously within broad professional policies. They will be expected to make decisions independently and without reference to others where appropriate.

The post holder will play a key role in promoting and maintaining effective financial management and financial governance through the design and review of appropriate financial systems and control.

The management of Hospital Care will be the main focus of the post holder's portfolio which will also include a range of other budgets as agreed with the Joint Head of Finance (Strategy & Reporting). The postholder is expected to be adaptable and flexible in terms of supporting budget holders across Place depending on agreed Place priorities.

Person Specification

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Able to concentrate and to work under extreme pressure on highly complex matters and continuously meet deadlines.
  • Able to be self-motivated and to motivate and empower others to perform and develop.
  • Ability to use personal judgement and make decisions without reference to others in some circumstances.
  • Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
  • Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
  • Personal commitment, enthusiasm, and professional drive to lead and innovate.
  • Strategic skills, including ability to develop long-term direction and make sense of complex information.
  • Able to employ a range of advanced analytical techniques to interpret highly complex information.
  • Evidence of Partnership and inter-agency working
  • Able to communicate effectively with people of all levels and disciplines.
  • Experienced spread sheet user
  • Expert knowledge of accounting systems
  • Able to travel round the local area as required

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB qualified (i.e. full member of one of the professional accounting institutes - ACCA, ICAI, ICAEW, ICAS, CIMA, CIPFA) qualified accountant equivalent to Masters Degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial relevant experience of NHS Finance
  • Demonstrate an ability to:
  • Manage, motivate, and develop staff and teams effectively.
  • Deal with highly complex issues
  • Deliver to tight timescales with competing priorities.
  • Experience of negotiation and establishment of effective management control procedures
  • Significant Financial / budget management experience
  • Able to develop and utilise effective professional networks.
  • Able to demonstrate active personal development.
  • Knowledge of NHS commissioning including NHS Unit prices, ERF and contracting
  • Negotiation, influencing and persuasion skills. Ability to overcome significant barriers to understanding and acceptance.
  • Strong, robust communication skills using formal and informal networks to discuss contentious, highly complex issues.
  • Building and developing relationships Leadership and staff management skills, including conflict resolution
  • Analysis and interpretation of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and ability to make judgments based on the analysis.
  • Awareness and understanding of ICB/Place strategic plan, QEP Programme etc.
  • Ability to interpret, develop and implement policy on finance, related matters and interpret organisational, regional and national policies.
  • Credible and able to present highly complex information to non-finance managers.
  • Ability to cope with conflicting demands and constraints.
  • Ability to work autonomously.
  • Ability to anticipate problems, appraise risks, consider overall implications, and make effective decisions.
  • Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and policies for NHS Finance and legislative requirements, particularly:
  • NHS finance regime
  • Changes to tariff and its impact
  • Ability to problem solve and formulate solutions.
  • Ability to manage and influence change effectively

Desirable

  • Minimum 3 years relevant experience of NHS Commissioning Finance
Person Specification

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Able to concentrate and to work under extreme pressure on highly complex matters and continuously meet deadlines.
  • Able to be self-motivated and to motivate and empower others to perform and develop.
  • Ability to use personal judgement and make decisions without reference to others in some circumstances.
  • Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
  • Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
  • Personal commitment, enthusiasm, and professional drive to lead and innovate.
  • Strategic skills, including ability to develop long-term direction and make sense of complex information.
  • Able to employ a range of advanced analytical techniques to interpret highly complex information.
  • Evidence of Partnership and inter-agency working
  • Able to communicate effectively with people of all levels and disciplines.
  • Experienced spread sheet user
  • Expert knowledge of accounting systems
  • Able to travel round the local area as required

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB qualified (i.e. full member of one of the professional accounting institutes - ACCA, ICAI, ICAEW, ICAS, CIMA, CIPFA) qualified accountant equivalent to Masters Degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial relevant experience of NHS Finance
  • Demonstrate an ability to:
  • Manage, motivate, and develop staff and teams effectively.
  • Deal with highly complex issues
  • Deliver to tight timescales with competing priorities.
  • Experience of negotiation and establishment of effective management control procedures
  • Significant Financial / budget management experience
  • Able to develop and utilise effective professional networks.
  • Able to demonstrate active personal development.
  • Knowledge of NHS commissioning including NHS Unit prices, ERF and contracting
  • Negotiation, influencing and persuasion skills. Ability to overcome significant barriers to understanding and acceptance.
  • Strong, robust communication skills using formal and informal networks to discuss contentious, highly complex issues.
  • Building and developing relationships Leadership and staff management skills, including conflict resolution
  • Analysis and interpretation of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information and ability to make judgments based on the analysis.
  • Awareness and understanding of ICB/Place strategic plan, QEP Programme etc.
  • Ability to interpret, develop and implement policy on finance, related matters and interpret organisational, regional and national policies.
  • Credible and able to present highly complex information to non-finance managers.
  • Ability to cope with conflicting demands and constraints.
  • Ability to work autonomously.
  • Ability to anticipate problems, appraise risks, consider overall implications, and make effective decisions.
  • Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and policies for NHS Finance and legislative requirements, particularly:
  • NHS finance regime
  • Changes to tariff and its impact
  • Ability to problem solve and formulate solutions.
  • Ability to manage and influence change effectively

Desirable

  • Minimum 3 years relevant experience of NHS Commissioning Finance

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)

Address

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire

Integrated Care Board

1 Grimbald Crag Court

Knaresborough

HG5 8QB


Employer's website

https://humberandnorthyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)

Address

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire

Integrated Care Board

1 Grimbald Crag Court

Knaresborough

HG5 8QB


Employer's website

https://humberandnorthyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Joint Head of Finance North Yorks & York places

Jo Horsfall

Jo.horsfall@nhs.net

07930196080

Date posted

22 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

D9857-23-203

Job locations

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire

Integrated Care Board

1 Grimbald Crag Court

Knaresborough

HG5 8QB


City Of York Council

Station Rise

York

YO1 6GA


1 Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 8QZ


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