Finance Business Partner and Development Lead
Job Description
Job summary
All roles in the integrated care board (ICB) share a common purpose and responsibility to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICS); to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; to tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; to enhance productivity and value for money and to help the National Health Service (NHS) support broader social and economic development.
The Finance Business Partner and Development Lead will support CIOS ICB and the wider system in delivering a professional Management Accountant finance support function which maintains and develops a financial control and reporting environment actively focussed on ensuring the effective application of resources and achieving financial sustainability.
The Finance Business Partner and Development Lead, through their own endeavours and management of a small finance team, delivers proactive and professional support to CIOS ICB and the wider system, providing intelligence rich performance reporting to challenging deadlines, maintaining and improving a system of operationally appropriate financial controls, and giving expert insight, interpretation and advice.
The Finance Business Partner and Development Lead will lead, manage and develop the local finance team to ensure delivery of complete, accurate, timely and intelligence rich financial performance information, with particular attention to fact driven and critically assessed forecasts.
Main duties of the job
Provide leadership, management and delivery of complete, relevant, accurate and timely monthly financial performance reporting including intelligence based forecasting. Produce comprehensible reports that link financial and operational performance. Enable underlying financial performance and associated risks and benefits to be fully assessed and reported. Ensure financial reporting is properly aligned with other Finance Directorate services e.g. Business Intelligence and Contract Finance. Ensure the timely completion of regular and ad-hoc mandatory and statutory returns, including annual Program Budgeting.
Provide senior finance support to regular accountability meetings within CIOS ICB, including budget and locality managers. Lead and support in depth review of the financial position and key factors affecting performance within all major activity / expenditure areas. Clearly and effectively present financial information and concepts to non-financial staff. Provide advice and support on appropriate mitigations and risk assessed actions as required. Ensure regular feedback of recurrent/non recurrent issues into Operational and Financial Planning.
Expert Advice & Input - Proactively acquire, interpret and disseminate national Finance guidance, agreeing and implementing necessary changes to the financial control and reporting environment in a timely manner.
About us
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
By collaborating as an integrated care system (ICS) our health and care organisations can tackle complex challenges, including:
improving the health of children and young people
supporting people to stay well and independent
acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions
supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues
caring for those with multiple needs as populations age
getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as possible.
Job responsibilities
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Working with us
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment and are always keen to hear from people who would like to work with us. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability or long-term health condition, gender identity or expression, race or ethnicity, faith, sex, sexuality or veteran status.
We are looking for people whose personal values and behaviours align with the NHS values outlined in the NHS Constitution and our own values and behaviours.
You can look forward to excellent benefits including discounts schemes, optional pension and life assurance, flexible working, salary sacrifice vehicles and cycles and much more.
Hybrid working
We offer the flexibility to work from an office (Bodmin or Truro), and from home, depending on the requirements of the team.
Person specification Qualifications, training and professional membershipFull, current membership of a CCAB (inc CIMA) recognised body.
Evidence of post Continuing Professional Development (post qualification).
Personal ValuesDemonstrates alignment with the NHS values, delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan, the NHS People Plan, Nolan principles.
Able to demonstrate compassion in the workplace with a track record of active challenge to support improvements in equality, diversity, inclusion, and/or social justice.
Demonstrates the living values of openness and integrity, contributing to cultures where this thrives.
Committed to continuing professional development, actively developing and supporting a continuous learning culture.
Demonstrates behaviours that support innovation and transformation.
ExperienceSpecialist knowledge of NHS accounting processes and procedures, NHS financial policies, and financial aspects of current and pending NHS legislation
Evidence of planning and delivering programmes, projects and services through individual effort and through teamwork, to challenging deadlines.
Experience of inspiring and leading a team and developing the performance of individuals and the team
Familiarity with a large and complex finance ledger system such as Oracle.
Experience of yearend Financial Accounting and interface with Audit.
Familiarity with NHS contract monitoring and reporting provider contract performance, and the evaluation and interpretation of results.
Skills and knowledgeAdvanced analysis skills, primarily using MS Excel, including the set up and use of pivot tables, and the application of advanced formulae.
Design and implementation of potentially complex but comprehensible reports, combining relevant operational and financial information.
Preparation of simple process maps and recommendation/initiation of fully considered improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
Developed communication skills, both spoken and written, for delivering key messages clearly and comprehensibly to a range of stakeholders at a senior level.
Negotiation skills and the ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
Building collaborative, positive relationships with senior level Finance and non- Finance staff.
Ability to identify and quantify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions, and to resolve problems in relation to service delivery.
Ability to absorb a broad range of information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ and/or no obvious solution is evident.
Ability to work supportively and constructively whilst under pressure to achieve tight deadlines.
Ability to take direction and work on own initiative, solving problems and ensuring service delivery without constant supervision
Person Specification
Shortlist criteria 1: Qualification Knowledge, training and experience (E:10 ) (D:6)
Essential
- Full, current membership of a CCAB (inc CIMA) recognised body. Evidence of post Continuing Professional Development (post qualification). Specialist knowledge of NHS accounting processes and procedures, NHS financial policies, and financial aspects of current and pending NHS legislation. Evidence of planning and delivering programmes, projects and services through individual effort and through teamwork, to challenging deadlines. Experience of inspiring and leading a team and developing the performance of individuals and the team.
Desirable
- Familiarity with a large and complex finance ledger system such as Oracle. Design and implementation of potentially complex but comprehensible reports, combining relevant operational and financial information. Familiarity with NHS contract monitoring and reporting provider contract performance, and the evaluation and interpretation of results
Criteria 2: Skills and abilities (E:20)
Essential
- Advanced analysis skills, primarily using MS Excel, including the set up and use of pivot tables, and the application of advanced formulae. Design and implementation of potentially complex but comprehensible reports, combining relevant operational and financial information. Preparation of simple process maps and recommendation/initiation of fully considered improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Developed communication skills, both spoken and written, for delivering key messages clearly and comprehensibly to a range of stakeholders at a senior level. Negotiation skills and the ability to ...
