Efficiency Programme Finance Lead

Job overview

The Efficiency Programme Finance Lead will provide financial leadership and support to the Trust-wide Efficiency Programme. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that the Trust’s efficiency, productivity and transformation initiatives are financially robust, accurately quantified and effectively monitored. The role will work closely with operational, finance, PMO, costing and analytical teams to support delivery of sustainable recurrent improvement and strengthen the integration of finance, operational performance, productivity and transformation. The post holder will provide expert financial challenge, assurance and analysis across a complex portfolio of schemes and programmes. The post holder will support development of a data-driven approach to productivity and value improvement, helping to align financial, workforce, activity and operational metrics to support decision making and delivery.

Main duties of the job

• Provide financial leadership to the Trust-wide Efficiency Programme.
• Lead financial planning, monitoring and reporting processes for the programme.
• Ensure efficiency schemes and programmes are appropriately quantified, evidenced and financially robust.
• Develop and maintain financial methodologies, reporting standards and benefits realisation frameworks.
• Support production of monthly programme forecasts, delivery trajectories and financial assessments.
• Monitor delivery against efficiency targets, expenditure reductions and underlying run-rate changes.
• Provide expert financial challenge and assurance across divisional and corporate programmes.
• Work with operational, analytical and costing teams to develop productivity and value metrics.
• Support development of integrated operational-financial reporting and dashboards.
• Support governance arrangements, reporting and committee papers for the Efficiency Programme.
• Promote financial discipline, accountability and transparency across the programme.
• Provide financial advice and support to programme and project leads.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary:

Key Result Areas & Performance:

Work force

The post holder will work with a high degree of autonomy under the direction of the Associate Director of Finance – Efficiency Programme. The role will not initially have direct line management responsibility but will provide professional leadership, challenge and support across multidisciplinary teams including finance, operational, analytical, PMO and transformation colleagues. The post holder will be expected to prioritise competing demands, exercise professional judgement, identify risks and opportunities and independently resolve complex financial and analytical issues. Performance will be reviewed through regular one-to-one meetings, programme governance forums and delivery against agreed objectives.

Financial

The post holder will support financial oversight of the Trust-wide Efficiency Programme, contributing to delivery of multi-million-pound efficiency, productivity and transformation targets. The role will be responsible for assessing, challenging and assuring the financial impact of schemes and programmes across divisional and corporate portfolios and ensuring alignment with the Trust’s financial plan and reporting processes.

Partnerships

• Communications and Relationships

Develop and maintain strong working relationships with divisional finance teams, operational leaders, PMO colleagues, analytical teams, clinicians and corporate services. Communicate complex financial, operational and productivity information to a wide range of audiences including programme leads, senior managers, directors and Trust committees. Provide expert financial advice, challenge and assurance, presenting complex information in a clear and accessible manner.

General

The role requires prolonged periods of concentration when analysing complex financial and operational information and developing reports, forecasts and business cases. The post holder will regularly work to tight deadlines, manage multiple competing priorities and respond to changing organisational requirements. Extensive use of IT systems, spreadsheets, databases and reporting tools is required. The role may involve challenging discussions regarding financial recovery, performance and delivery of organisational objectives.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.