Deputy Chief Financial Officer- Operational Finance

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and
• Be accountable for national aggregated reporting of the financial position of the NHS including commissioners, providers, systems and direct commissioning, ensuring a single version of the truth and providing in depth analysis of trends and relevant insights to inform decision making around mitigating actions
• Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives, working closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance. This applies to both capital and
• Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
• Ensure robust processes and policies are in place to ensure timely and accurate consolidation of the NHS England Group and the consolidated provider monthly and annual accounts and reporting to key stakeholders.
• be responsible for the system of internal financial control within NHS England, an effective system for internal budgeting, and overall accountability for liaison with internal and external audit.
• provide guidance to systems and providers on annual accounting and reporting.
• Accountable for financial support to and oversight of NHS investment processes and decisions within the framework agreed with the Department of Health and Social Care.
• Accountable for ensuring that aggregated plans fit within the overall resource envelope and deliver the financial and performance requirements set by Government through the mandate as well as taking forward agreed national strategies and priorities. With the Director of NHS Planning and Performance, ensure that financial planning expectations are wholly coherent and
• Work closely with the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to ensure a coherent insight into the drivers and trends within NHS operational performance across finance, activity, workforce, quality and performance standards
• Work closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance and the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to support the creation of the national NHS operational planning guidance, managing the planning cycle.
• Accountable for developing the Recovery support programme in collaboration with the Chief Operating Officer and National Director of Intensive support.
• Accountable for managing the devolved NHS CDEL and working closely with DHSC to plan and manage the use of non-devolved NHS CDEL including operational and strategic capital
• To understand and manage the cash flow of the NHS, ensuring that the necessary liquidity is in the system so that financial obligations can be met as they fall
• Responsible for supporting the Chief Financial Officer in advising government ministers and senior DHSC officials of the financial state of play of the sector, providing insights and flagging risks and challenges
• Member of the national senior finance team,
• supporting and advising on strategy, planning and performance
• working effectively with other team members to ensure that all can deliver their responsibilities
• taking on national lead roles for particular programmes/projects as appropriate
• Support the Chief Financial Officer in his/her responsibilities around professional leadership of NHS finance staff, building effective relationships and networks to ensure that the national finance direction of travel is relevant, credible, well communicated and bought into by the finance As part of this act as the Deputy Chair of the Finance Leadership Council, and as operational lead for the One NHS Finance programme across the NHS England.

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment

profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description

and other supporting documents

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Excellent academic record at 1st degree (or above) or equivalent experience working at a very senior level.
• CCAB qualified with extensive experience and full up to date membership and continuing professional development
  

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Significant Senior Management level experience (at Board level) within the NHS and the credibility to act as a peer leader to the NHS CFO community. An in-depth awareness of the current commissioner and provider finance landscape and operations across all elements and an ability to navigate the wider health, social care and political landscape.
• Significant experience of shaping and delivering a number of national or other major programmes, being clear on benefits, able to solve complex policy issues as well as practical challenges. Able to assimilate complex and lengthy information and make decisions within an ambiguous and fast-moving environment.
• Work closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance and the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to support the creation of the national NHS operational planning guidance, managing the planning cycle.
  

Financial Planning Skills

Essential Criteria

• Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives. Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
• Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and cash
  

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from discrimination. We support the values and pledges of the NHS Constitution.

We are committed to being a diverse and an inclusive employer and will build a culture where all employees are valued, respected and acknowledged. We strive to ensure that no individual receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, colour, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, transgender status, HIV status, social background, trade union membership or non-membership and is placed at a disadvantage by requirements or conditions that cannot be shown to be justifiable.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently.

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Candidates are reminded that, if you are applying on a secondment basis, you must have agreement with your current manager that if successful you will be released for the period of the secondment.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant Requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 736.5KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 69.8KB)
• Employee Benefits (PDF, 23.5KB)
• Important Information about NHSE and your application (PDF, 126.0KB)
  

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