Head of Finance and Planning Business Partnering

Job summary

The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join us as Head of Finance and Planning Business Partnering (Vaccines)

This is a fantastic opportunity, 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;

consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.

You will work closely with senior finance, operations, commissioning, and policy colleagues nationally, regionally, and at ICBs. You, and the team you work with, will be responsible for supporting these colleagues in our work to deliver high quality, value for money care for patients that is affordable within our budgets. You will gain an in-depth understanding of our vaccines plans and performance, and translate this into a robust financial picture to support accurate and timely decision-making.

Main duties of the job

You will lead a team of four, experienced, finance business partners responsible for ensuring that our monthly and annual reporting across all of vaccines and screening finance is accurate, with the information interpreted in a way that supports internal decision-making from finance and non-finance colleagues.

You will use your understanding and relationships to ensure there is robust and complete financial forecasting and identification of risks and opportunities for these areas, supported by the Head of Finance and Planning Business Partnering (Screening), who is also a part of our team.

You will ensure the robustness of forecasts produced by your team, and other colleagues in our vaccines and screening finance team. You will be responsible for bringing the work of the team together to give the overall financial picture for the directorate we support.

You will be the head finance business partner for assigned areas of vaccines, including COVID, influenza, and childhood immunisations. You will be expected to gain an in-depth understanding of the policy and operational plans for these areas. Buliding strong relationships with colleagues in our vaccines and screening directorate and in DHSC and UKHSA in particular to deliver on this.

You will lead the value for money and affordability of new policy and operational initiatives - forming recommendations to senior finance and policy colleagues on how and whether to best proceed with these initiatives.

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.

NHS England is committed to Equality Diversity and Inclusion. We value workplace diversity and are committed to creating a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where everyone's contributions are fully recognised and valued by all.

Within Finance and Planning, we put the Equality Diversity and Inclusion commitment into practice with our staff led delivery group.

We want to see all parts of our community represented in our own team so we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for jobs with us. Diverse teams are often the highest performing and welcome the range of experience that diversity brings to our teams.

Speak to us about flexible working arrangements - job share, part time or another flexible pattern. We are now working in a hybrid way across home and office locations and support flexible working arrangements. We want to be sure you can work in a way that is best for us, for you and for our patients.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Leeds / London

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Leeds / London

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

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