Finance Lead Approvals
Job Description
Job summary
Are you an experienced finance professional ready to shape the future of healthcare transformation? Join NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated CareBoard (ICB) as an Approvals Finance Lead and take the lead in delivering strategic financial innovation across our Integrated Care System (ICS).
About UsNHS BOB ICB is dedicated to improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities for our 1.7 million residents. Working closely with partners across local government, the NHS, and community organizations, were focused on delivering sustainable, high-quality care. Guided by our valuesRespectful, Impactful, Integrity, Leadership, Collaborativewe are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
Main duties of the job
As the Approvals Finance Lead, youll work with senior leaders, including the Chief Finance Officer and ICS Directors, to drive financial strategy, planning, and transformation across the system. You Will:
Lead Business Case Development: Oversee the creation of robust business cases, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and compliance with governance standards.
Drive Financial Transformation: Develop an ICS-wide financial framework to support resource allocation, productivity, and efficiency, delivering better value and outcomes.
Promote Health Equity: Use Population Health Management data to inform decisions, address inequalities, and improve outcomes for the BOB population.
Champion Innovation: Support Green Plan initiatives, drive system-wide reconfigurations, and lead on financial benefits realization and impact modelling for transformation programs.
Collaborate and Influence: Build strong relationships with stakeholders to align efforts, foster innovation, and deliver integrated, high-value care.
What Were Looking For
We are seeking a forward-thinking leader with:
- Proven experience in strategic finance within the NHS or a similar complex environment.
- Expertise in business case development, financial frameworks, and transformation.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills to navigate complex, multidisciplinary systems.
About us
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
We work collaboratively with partner organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).
Our key priorities are to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7 million people who live in our communities.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Our Values are:
- Respectful we are inclusive
- Impactful we make a difference
- Integrity we are kind and fair
- Leadership we encourage leadership
- Collaborative we work together in a positive way
Apply Now
Ready to lead the way in financial transformation? Join NHS BOB ICB and help us deliver better health and care for all. Apply today!
Job responsibilities
Please find attached the detail job description for further information on the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- - Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- - Fully qualified and full Member of relevant professional body
Experience
Essential
- - Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- - Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- - Experience of contracting and performance management
- - Expert knowledge of NHS National tariff payment system, and associated financial and information flows
- - Experience of working within a complex and challenging environment, and managing demanding relationships with multiple stakeholders
- - Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
- - Evidence of planning and delivering programmes, projects and services on time using established project management techniques
- - Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes and achieving financial target
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB
Address
Berkshire Health Authority
Bath Road
Reading
RG30 2BA
Employer's website
https://www.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
