Senior Manager – Finance and Planning Business Partnering

NHS England

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Job summary

The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join the Primary Care, Community Services, Vaccines and Screening Finance and Planning Business Partnering team as Senior Manager, Finance and Planning Business Partnering (Primary Care)

Across the directorate we:

work closely with government to agree NHS funding;
ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget set by Parliament;
decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;
support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;
set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;
report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;
explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;
look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.

As a Senior Manager, Finance and Planning Business Partnering (Primary Care), you will be the key financial support for the delivery of the dental reform plan, working to further develop our dental ringfence financial analysis and reporting, and providing the finance support for development of new dental policy including for any spending reviews.

Main duties of the job

The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.

Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

Must hold aCCAB or CIMA professional accountancy qualification andhave extensive relevant post-qualifying experience with strong analytical and technical skills. (This criterion is essential).
Be able to provide expertise and advice on costing, pricing, financial mechanisms, allocations, controls and reporting options for funds which are distributed to the system - specific expertise in this area in relation to dental budgets would be a benefit for this role
Have experience of leading on value for money assessments of policy initiatives and be comfortable forming judgements of value based on sometimes partial information
Be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information; negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
Have knowledge and understanding of the clinical and operational priorities, risks and opportunities associated with dentistry in the NHS or be able to quickly adapt your NHS knowledge to this area

About us

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 agreat 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.

Date posted

26 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-S3-COR-2-N-1233

Job locations

London /Leeds

London / Leeds

SE1 8UG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.

Interviews for this post will take place w/c 15 April 2024

If you would like to discus the role please contact Duncan Watson, duncanwatson@nhs.net, Deputy Director Finance Business Partnering Primary Care, Community Services, Vaccines and Screening or Joe Belsham Harris, Head of Finance Business Partnering, Primary Care joseph.belsham-harris@nhs.net from 1 April.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Interviews for this post will take place w/c 15 April 2024

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Must hold a CCAB or CIMA professional accountancy qualification and have extensive relevant post-qualifying experience.

Knowledge

Essential

Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes

Skills

Essential

Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/ individuals to ensure success.
Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams and individuals.

Values

Essential

Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Must hold a CCAB or CIMA professional accountancy qualification and have extensive relevant post-qualifying experience.

Knowledge

Essential

Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes

Skills

Essential

Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/ individuals to ensure success.
Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams and individuals.

Values

Essential

Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values

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.