Senior Finance Manager - Financial Improvement

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly formed Group Financial Improvement Team — the first finance function to complete its corporate services transformation and now operating as a single, unified service across the Group. Bringing together the strengths of UHBW and NBT, the team combines finance, programme management and improvement expertise to drive better services, better processes and better value for patients and staff. This is not traditional CIP or simple cost reduction; it is about making things work better.

As a Senior Finance Manager within the Financial Improvement function, you will play a central role in driving the Trust’s Financial Improvement Programme and ongoing Savings Programme. You will lead the development, analysis and reporting of financial performance to PFIG and the Financial Sustainability Board, ensuring robust benefits tracking and supporting the creation of future‑year savings schemes. Using benchmarking and other analytical tools, you will identify opportunities to enhance both clinical and non‑clinical service delivery and financial performance. You will provide high‑quality financial advice to clinicians and managers, shape and evaluate transformation schemes, and take ownership for progressing delivery across Divisional and Corporate areas. Working closely with the Head of Financial Sustainability, you will help embed a culture of continuous improvement and strengthen financial sustainability across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Lead the development, analysis and reporting of financial performance for the Trust’s Financial Improvement and Savings Programmes.

Produce high‑quality financial insight for PFIG, the Financial Sustainability Board and senior stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, clarity and timely reporting.

Develop, maintain and improve benefits tracking models to support robust monitoring of savings schemes and future‑year opportunities.

Use benchmarking, service line reporting and analytical tools to identify opportunities to improve service delivery, efficiency and financial performance.

Provide expert financial advice to clinical and operational leaders, supporting the design, evaluation and delivery of transformation and efficiency schemes.

Take ownership of financial improvement delivery within specific Divisional and Corporate areas, ensuring progress is monitored and issues are addressed proactively.

Support the development and embedding of financial policies, controls and practices that strengthen financial sustainability across the Trust.

Work closely with the Head of Financial Sustainability and Finance Business Partner to provide professional financial support across the organisation.

Build strong relationships with clinical, operational and corporate teams to support collaborative working and successful delivery of improvement initiatives.

Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, promoting innovation, financial discipline and evidence‑based decision‑making.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Ensure accurate production of monthly reports to the Productivity and Financial Improvement Group (PFIG) and Financial Sustainability Board (FSB) this will involve: •    Close working and liaison with divisional and corporate staff with regards to the production of monthly documentation including the provision of advice to Divisions and Corporate Work stream leads on the production of this documentation •    Ensure accurate reconciliation of all reports produced for PFIG including cross referencing all reports and ensuring duplication of savings is avoided •    Prepare additional reports for PFIG / FSB as required by the Head of Financial Sustainability 2.    Development and ongoing maintenance of financial benefits tracking models for Savings / Transformation work streams. This will involve close working with: •    Corporate Directors •    Divisional Financial Managers •    Divisional Directors •    Trust Work stream leads •    NHS Supplies •    Pharmacy •    Transformation Project leads 3.    Leads and manages financial aspects of programmes and projects for specific Transformation / Savings schemes, including: •    Being a full member of Trust wide Work streams / Project Teams;  •    Provision of expert and professional financial advice for all aspects of these schemes; •    Developing programme and project documentation •    Developing robust accurate financial models for these schemes including costing and tracking of financial benefits and reporting outcomes, •    Identifying and supporting achievement of project benefits realisation •    Presentation of complex financial information to large groups of non-finance managers. 4.    Responsible for the production of any ad hoc reports and analysis in support of Savings/ Transformation delivery as may be required by the Head of Financial Sustainability.  5.    Provision of financial support to existing work stream groups as and when required. 6.    Working with the corporate executives and divisional managers support the Trust in developing new savings and efficiency opportunities for the future. 7.    Undertake research into the approach and delivery of Savings and transformation change in other organisations and recommend best practice to be adopted in the Trust. 8.    Work with Trust and Divisional managers to ensure that they are aware of and adequately trained in the reporting requirements for the Savings Programme.  9.    Provide technical financial support and advice to clinicians and managers on the development and evaluation of Savings / transformation schemes. 10.    Using advanced financial management skills and techniques carry out investment appraisal of proposals. 11.    Undertake benchmarking reviews with other similar organisation’s services to identify potential scope to improve service delivery / financial performance.  12.    Undertake studies and report into the efficient / optimal use of facilities and resources within the Trust making use of available information such as that provided by Service Line Reporting.  13.    Provide consultancy support to Divisions and or work streams where there needs to be an   injection of high-level financial expertise. This involves the analysis of complex facts or situations such as service changes, leading to an evaluation and provision of advice on the options under consideration. 14.    Provide professional financial support, analysis and advice to divisions relating to, for example, business case production, and achievement of multiple targets, assessment and management of financial risk, operational and capacity planning and the allocation of resources.  15.    Drive the timely completion and sign off of detailed delivery plans and Quality Equality Impact Assessments for CIP schemes. 16.    Responsible for the introduction, adapting and improvement of financial systems used in the Financial Improvement team.
• Deputise for Finance Business Partner as required.