Senior Finance Manager

The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join the Financial Oversight and Delivery team as a Senior Finance Manager - Financial Oversight and Delivery (workstream: Financial Planning and Reporting).

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of the NHS. In the Finance and Planning Directorate, we:

• ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget set by Parliament.
• 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.

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will be a key member of NHS England's Financial Oversight and Delivery team and will play an important role in leading or supporting:

• Deployment of matrix working to co-ordinate work across all planning functions. You will plan capacity, monitor progress, and manage challenges arising on a daily basis to ensure work is completed on time.
• The development of policies and approaches to financial planning across the NHS to reflect the financial framework and operational priorities of NHS England.
• The work of the team engaging with a range of relevant stakeholders.
• On the design, build, testing, and publication of financial planning templates, tools, and technical guidance.
• On the design, build, testing, and publication of financial planning reports and tools.
• Detailed plan data analytical reviews.

• Qualified accountant or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialised finance area. You will need an understanding of the NHS financial framework; ideally with experience of working at a senior level within the NHS.
• Responsible for deploying matrix working across planning functions and capacity management. You will require experience managing multi-disciplinary teams, working to evolving timelines. Please evidence how you have been able to flexibly manage your teams to respond to changing demands.
• You will lead the work of the team engaging with a range of stakeholders. This includes responding to queries and issuing national communications to NHS organisations. Please evidence your communication skills and your experience in stakeholder engagement.
• You will lead the work of the team on the design, build, testing, publication of financial planning templates, tools, and technical guidance. All senior leads are required to have EXCEL skills to an advanced level. Please evidence your skills.
• You will lead on the design, build, testing, publication of financial planning reports and tools. To lead detailed plan data analytical reviews. The team currently uses PowerBI and EXCEL for our reporting and analytical work, in conjunction with Alteryx for data transformation. Please evidence your skills in the use of data manipulation/analytical applications.

The NHS England board has set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values, and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit NHS England.

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

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

NHS England holds a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route, you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

You can find further details about the role (job description and assignment brief), a letter from the Deputy CFOs, and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.

Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do? Please email Tom Attridge; Head of Financial Planning and Analytics at tom.attridge@nhs.net.