Senior Lead, Finance and Planning Business Partnering

Job overview

The Secondary Care, Primary Care, Community Services, Vaccinations and Screening Finance and Planning Business Partnering team in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for a Senior Finance Lead

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS.

• work closely with government to agree NHS funding
• ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget
• 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
• support internal decision-making and prioritisation

As a Senior Finance Lead, you will work as the bridge between NHS England’s directorates and the specialist finance teams to produce high-quality financial reporting and advice that drives value for money and improves patient care.

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.

As a Senior Finance Lead you will play a pivotal role in:

• building strong relationships with senior leaders across the organisation;
• building and leading a diverse, inclusive and high-performing team; and
• using your own and your team’s financial and planning expertise and knowledge to support delivery of the directorate and programmes’ objectives.

You will be expected to work in a matrix fashion across the SPCVS team, with specific duties and responsibilities reflecting team priorities. You should expect to have a significant part of your role focusing on supporting the Chief Operating Officer Directorate (with sub-teams including Corporate Estates, Legal, Governance & Inquiries and People & Organisational Development), the Medical Directorate and Performance & Delivery Directorate. so will need to have or build a knowledge of the operations and policy objectives of these areas, with a focus on those that you will directly support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role.

Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do?

Please email Neil Lester on neillester@nhs.net or Duncan Watson on duncanwatson@nhs.net you would like to discuss.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.