Description
The Business Partnering Team - Specialised Commissioning in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for Senior Finance Manager.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. As a Senior Finance Manager, you will apply and develop your finance skills across a £7bn+ specialised commissioning high-cost drugs spend area, supporting the Head of Finance with month-end, forecasting and year-end.
The team offers high-profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigour and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Main duties of the job
- Experienced finance professional - qualified accountant with significant financial management experience gained in a large and complex organisation, ideally a public sector or healthcare-related organisation
- Proactive problem solver - able to work independently, identify risks and issues, develop solutions and respond effectively to unexpected demands and changing priorities
- Able to learn and adapt quickly - comfortable getting to grips with complex information quickly, making sound judgements where there may not be an obvious solution, and embracing change
- Excellent communicator and business partner - able to explain complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance colleagues, build strong stakeholder relationships and influence across cross-functional teams
- Collaborative team player - able to work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries, building positive relationships and working with others to deliver shared outcomes
About us
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high-quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Benefits
- Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices
- Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band
Job details
- Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
- Band: Band 8b
- Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 5 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working