Director of Operational Finance

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled, experienced and motivated Director of Operational Finance to join our dynamic team in the East of England. This role is both a leadership role within the regional team and across the region supporting the delivery of statutory duties and financial performance. The post holder will report directly to the NHS Regional Director of Finance and deputise for them as required along with leading the rest of the regional finance directorate.

The scope of the role encompasses support for both our systems and our internal regional financial responsibilities. Holding systems to account for delivering effective operational and medium-term financial plans which are integrated with service recovery priorities, workforce, productivity and operational capacity. The role will also support the activities of the regional team and support the finance directorate through the current changes to our operating model.

Both our systems and the region need to deliver agreed financial performance trajectories and strengthen financial sustainability of delivering services within allocated resources across the NHS.

The post-holder will play a pivotal role in steering and supporting ICS delivery within available resources, working in conjunction with finance leads from across the region, within the regional team and nationally to aligning expectations and support delivery.

• Ensure the provision of expert, evidence based financial and business advice to regional and national colleagues.
• Lead financial planning,assurance and oversight, working closely with regional colleagues to help systems/organisations deliver their financial targets and service plans, through the provision of oversight,adviceand support.
• Support the delivery of regional financial targets ensuring that systems/organisations have effective plans, supported by effective cost improvement programmes.
• Lead financial performance management and reporting including revenue,capitaland cash, within national frameworks and policies.
• Lead value for money and efficiency programmes working closely with national and regional colleagues to ensure use of benchmarking, learning and best practice.
• Lead the regional Senior Finance Team, liaising with national and regional colleagues - advising on strategy, planning and performance, provision of expert, evidence based financial and business advice to the regional team ensuring that national reporting and accounting/governance requirements are delivered.
• Support and deputise for the Regional Finance Director producing,implementing and articulating a clear financial strategy for the region, mandate requirements and national financial frameworks, resourceassumptionsand investment priorities.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment…