Section Head – NHS Capital Spending

5 days ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a Section Head for the NHS Capital Spending team. As a key member of our department, you will play a critical role in leading the monitoring and reporting of NHS provider in-year capital expenditure forecasts, evaluating potential pressures and risks, and summarising for senior management and HM Treasury.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide accurate, definitive, and timely advice and insight on the capital position to inform decision making to ensure the NHS expenditure is contained within agreed spending limits.
  • Lead the financial management of Public Dividend Capital award programmes, including the recording and issuing of financial agreements.
  • Forecasting and monitoring progress of NHS providers' in-year cash requirement.
  • Provide expert technical advice on capital to policy and other finance colleagues, and other stakeholders including the NHS.
  • Contribute to the delivery of the final capital outturn and reporting this in the Department's Annual Report and Accounts.
  • Leading on production of quarterly updates to HMT on the overall NHS capital position.
  • Tracking and reporting progress against HMT capital funding conditions.
  • Analysing and interpreting both current and historical data to support forecast accuracy and intel.
  • Overseeing team's contribution to statutory documents including the Financial Assistance under Section 40 report, NHSE financial directions, and production of Control Resource Limit (CRL) letters.
  • Line management of two SEOs, empowering, motivating, and coaching the team to enable effective delivery.
Requirements
  • Experience of, or an ability to acquire a rapid understanding of, central government finance policies and protocols (for example Managing Public Money, and Consolidated Budgeting Guidance).
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to develop collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders, across internal teams and NHS England colleagues.
  • Good communication and written skills to be able to provide clear briefings to senior leaders. Able to communicate at all levels, with excellent presentation skills.
  • Strong organisational skills with a consistent track record of delivering quality outputs to tight deadlines.
  • Good data analysis skills – able to analyse and handle data for the purposes of producing evidence for advice. Ability to manipulate data and produce good financial reports and analysis.
  • Demonstrate high levels of accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
  • The postholder shall be either a qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant, or an analyst or economist with similar levels of financial experience.
Benefits
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A with an employer contribution of £15,387 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme


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