Lead Financial Strategist

3 weeks ago

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board Full time

Position Overview

We appreciate your interest in the role of Lead Financial Strategist at NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

We seek a proactive CCAB qualified accountant who is committed to excellence, enjoys spearheading enhancements, and is dedicated to collaborating within a team to advance the finance department. Our focus is on leveraging financial expertise to ensure optimal value for money within our available resources. As a Lead Financial Strategist, you will guarantee that we maintain strong financial controls throughout the organization, a uniform framework for decision-making, and provide essential advice and guidance.

We take great pride in the camaraderie and support within our finance division. Following our achievement of the Future Focused Finance (FFF) Level 1 Accreditation, we prioritize personal and departmental development to uphold the highest standards of financial support for the ICB and the patients of our commissioned services.

Key Responsibilities

In this dynamic new position, you will have the freedom to utilize your initiative to enhance financial controls, formulate financial governance policies, execute audit recommendations, and lead the execution of significant financial projects.

This role will oversee the Financial Control team, managing Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury Management, and ensuring the integrity of the ICB's ledger. You will have numerous opportunities to manage projects, including leading the preparation of the Annual Accounts and Inter-NHS balances.

About Us

At NHS, we are constantly reminded of the significance of life. As a flexible working-friendly organization, we aim to ensure that you can work in a manner that best suits you, our patients, and the organization. We encourage discussions about potential flexible working arrangements, whether that involves job sharing, part-time work, or other adaptable patterns. If it aligns with the service, we will strive to accommodate your needs.

The ICB operates under a hybrid home and office policy.

Job Responsibilities

The comprehensive job description and person specification can be found as part of this advertisement.

If you are interested in joining our team during this exciting transitional phase, please feel free to reach out for further discussion regarding any aspect of the role.

Person Specification

Core Values

Essential

  • Exhibited behaviors that reflect the ICB's core value of 'One Team'

Knowledge

Essential

  • CCAB, ACCA, CIMA-qualified Accountant - member of a recognized Accountancy Body
  • Extensive understanding of budgeting, financial management, and accounting processes, including in-depth specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial aspects of NHS legislation, and NHS finance policies;
  • Evidence of post-qualification and ongoing professional development
  • Experience in negotiating high-value complex healthcare contracts;
  • Understanding of the background and objectives of current healthcare policy and its implications for engagement;

Communication Skills

Essential

  • Ability to convey and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on challenging and controversial matters, and present intricate and sensitive information to large and influential groups;
  • Negotiate on challenging and controversial issues, including performance and change

Analytical Skills

Essential

  • Problem-solving abilities and capacity to respond to sudden unexpected demands;
  • Strategic thinking - capability to foresee and resolve issues before they arise.
  • Ability to analyze complex facts and situations and develop a range of options;
  • Make decisions on challenging and contentious issues where multiple courses of action may exist;

Planning Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrated ability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly;

Desirable

  • Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques, and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

Management Skills

Essential

  • Ability to prioritize personal workload effectively and direct the activities of others. Experience in managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual performance.

Autonomy

Essential

  • Ability to use initiative to determine relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/Manager, aiming to enhance deliverables and compliance with policies;
  • Experience in identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience in researching best practices (globally, in both private and public sectors), interpreting its relevance and processes/practices that could be successfully implemented to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
  • Capacity to make autonomous decisions when necessary on challenging issues, working to tight and often changing timelines;

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