Senior Finance Manager - Acute & Community

Manager Acute & Community, you will lead the day-to-day financial

management of a portfolio of Acute and Community contracts and budgets,

providing expert financial advice, analysis and challenge to support strategic

and operational decision-making across the Birmingham, Black Country and

Solihull ICB Cluster.

Working closely with

commissioning, contracting, operational and clinical colleagues, you will be

responsible for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and

complex financial modelling. You will monitor financial performance, identify

financial risks and opportunities, support contract negotiations and provide

robust financial insight to inform commissioning decisions, service

transformation and delivery of financial sustainability.

You will build and

maintain effective relationships with NHS providers, Local Authorities and

system partners, acting as a trusted finance adviser and supporting contract

management, financial governance and performance monitoring. You will ensure

compliance with statutory financial duties, NHS guidance and Standing Financial

Instructions, while contributing to the development of financial strategies,

business cases and continuous improvement of financial systems, reporting and

controls.

You will also

provide leadership, support and development to colleagues within the Finance

Directorate, promoting collaborative working, high professional standards and

delivery of the Cluster's strategic priorities.

Please refer to the full job description and person specification attached.

the delivery of financial information and advice to support effective

management control and decision making, enabling the organisation to plan,

monitor, report and use its financial resources in an effective and efficient

manner, and which facilitates the achievement of the ICBs business objectives

and statutory duties.

complex financial models to aid proactive financial planning for the ICBs and

support on the production of Acute and Community Services related financial

returns to external organisations.

implementing and maintaining the ICBs financial management policies, systems

and processes, and to lead in driving through continuous improvement in

internal controls, financial planning, analysis and reporting.

ambulance services commissioners and relevant Clinical Executives and Clinical

Leads to develop in year financial strategies necessary to meet the ICBs and

Directorates financial requirements.

information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies

to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.

and Community Service contract budgets, as directed by the Associate Director

of Finance/Head of Finance.

financial plans for the Acute and Community Services commissioned by the ICBs

in the portfolio, designing and implementing systems to ensure the ICBs meet

all statutory financial duties.

advice to the ICB, being the financial representative on Acute and Community

Service groups and sub committees

Community as necessary.

Community providers regarding contract discussions and negotiation and in-year

monitoring, ensuring that in-year payments are made in line with national

tariff rules and contractual / activity requirements.

completion of Freedom of Information requests that require financial input

relating to ICB Acute and Community Service contracts or Better Care Fund

agreements in accordance with the legislation.

Accounts ensuring records and working papers are accurate and produced to the

timescales required.

extracted from the financial ledger and supporting systems to ensure effective

provision of financial information to budget managers within Acute and

Community Service departments and summarised financial information are

available to various groups, committees and boards of the ICBs.

Community providers, Local Authorities and the ICB for any payment or claim related issues.

other relevant staff have the necessary skills to effectively undertake their

financial responsibility. This will be by providing training sessions to staff

groups or individually to ensure an understanding of financial statements, other

supporting reports and relevant financial systems and processes.

financial negotiation of ICBs contracts with Acute and Community providers,

ensuring contract values are within available resources based upon current

guidance and legislation, and in accordance with activity proposals recommended

by commissioning staff.

to necessary standards using professional judgement and estimations.

allocating and checking the workload and performance of team members, and

assisting with recruitment and disciplinary issues.

cases and service redesign projects encompassing both financial and

non-financial data, analysis and sophisticated modelling techniques.

Community Commissioning managers and BI Analysts to formulate accurate forecast

modelling and horizon scanning that allow for robust financial information to

be used in the production of monthly Financial Management reports for the

portfolio of contracts.

Acute and Community activity-based contracts performance including ERF,

attending CQRMs and providing support and relevant challenge to any contractual

obligations / performance issues set out in the healthcare contract to ensure

they are providing an efficient quality service and are delivering against

agreed performance targets.

the Head of Finance and senior finance leads on the development and monitoring

of QIPP plans for the ICBs advising on the economic outlook impacting on

resource assumptions and benefit realisation.

have formal membership of project groups where appropriate.

with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs). The post holder is also

responsible for informing the Chief Finance Officer of any breach of SFIs and

reporting incidences of fraud.

and procedures, accounting principles, NHS guidelines and regulations, use

professional knowledge and judgement to decide appropriate actions and

responses which will also include highly sensitive or contentious issues.

contributing to the local HFMA network

and be an ambassador for future One NHS Finance accreditations.

status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for

senior staff or groups of staff as directed from time to time.

approved and uploaded accurately and timely in accordance with governance

processes.

efficiency in the use of Acute and Community budgets and to ensure that they

operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.

the Financial Management function as necessary.

activity and capacity modelling in partnership with the local health economy

providers as part of the BCF financial plan.

finance & contracting leadership to support the ICBs in their role managing

and reviewing the financial aspects of other Healthcare contracts such as

Private providers as directed by the Head of Finance.

negotiations (financial element) with all providers of healthcare services for

the ICBs for the portfolio of contracts in conjunction with the Head of Finance.

arrangements for ICBs partnership arrangements, in particular with the Local

Authorities in relation to the Better Care Fund for the local place, supporting

into the wider governance and ensuring completion of relevant BCF planning and

in-year returns and payments.

performance of placed based responsibilities to the relevant commissioning

board and project groups.

across other ICBs in support of the management of contracts (whether the ICB is

the contract lead) within the portfolio and provide an assessment of financial

risks to the ICB.

Finance Acute & Community with the assembly of annual financial contract

offers to designated Trusts and IS providers,

ensuring that the financial interests of other ICBs are maintained and

communicated.

Planning & Strategic Investment team to identify and articulate the

recurrent and underlying financial position, distinguishing between

nonrecurrent, structural and in year pressures.

with commissioning leads and contracting to identify and implement mitigating

actions in year to ensure costs are managed within ICB budgets and ensure cost

improvement plans are developed to support financial sustainability of the

cluster.

Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary

sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the

healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing

inequalities.

As an employee, you will demonstrate our system

values, champion inclusion and help address health inequalities

so everyone can thrive. In return, the ICB offers a

supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace, with opportunities to develop and work with partners to

deliver meaningful change.

The ICB is committed to a workforce that reflects

the population of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. We promote

equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from everyone who meets the role criteria, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or

sexual orientation.

The ICB is a registered Disability Confident

Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will shortlist suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Employees formally notified that they are at risk

of redundancy within the organisation will receive priority consideration for

this vacancy if they meet the roles

essential requirements. This supports redeployment and helps

minimise compulsory redundancies.

Qualifications

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential: - Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles; - Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act

Mobility

Essential: - Ability to travel across sites as required

Experience

Desirable: - Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Skills and Abilities

Autonomy

Personal Qualities