Senior Finance Manager – Acute & Community

Overview

As Senior Finance Manager Acute & Community, you will provide expert financial leadership across Acute and Community services within the BBCS ICB. You will steer financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting to support sustainability, service transformation and value for money, collaborating with commissioning, contracting, operations, and clinical teams. You will influence senior stakeholders to drive robust financial decisions and growth, while building trusted finance partnerships with providers and system partners. This is a mission-driven role in a forward-thinking, supportive team offering flexible hybrid working and development opportunities.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hybrid working
• professional development opportunities
• supportive and inclusive workplace

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day financial management for Acute & Community contracts and budgets
• Provide expert financial advice, analysis and challenge to support strategic and operational decisions
• Develop and monitor budgets, financial plans and complex modelling for in-portfolio services
• Ensure compliance with SFIs and NHS guidance; support financial governance and performance monitoring
• Negotiate with providers, support contract management and in-year monitoring
• Produce timely financial information and returns for external bodies; support statutory annual accounts
• Deliver training and development to budget holders; build financial capability within the team
• Lead on strategic financial planning for in-year and horizon scanning; support QIPP and financial sustainability initiatives
• Represent finance in contract negotiations and business cases; participate in project groups and governance structures
• Promote continuous improvement of financial systems, reporting, and internal controls

Key requirements

• Significant NHS financial management experience
• Masters level education or equivalent senior-level experience
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex financial information
• Experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting in a large healthcare setting
• Knowledge of SFIs, NHS guidance, tariff rules and Better Care Fund (BCF) requirements
• Strong analytical, modelling and strategic thinking skills
• Line management experience and ability to develop others
• Proven ability to manage multiple contracts and stakeholder relationships

• Strategic thinking
• Influence and negotiation
• Communication of complex information
• Advanced financial modelling
• Budgeting and variance analysis
• Forecasting and horizon scanning

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