Head of Financial Reporting and Business Partnering

Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Head of Financial Reporting and Business Partnering, Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation.

The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest.

Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget.

In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do.

If you're passionate about improving lives and want to be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Head of Financial Reporting and Business Partnering is a key senior leadership role within the NWJCC and will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of all issues relating to Financial Reporting and the Business Partner team.

The post holder will manage a team of Finance and Value staff and is responsible for the development and delivery of the organisations Financial reporting, ensuring alignment with the strategic intent of the organisation and integration with all work programmes.

In particular, the post holder will be accountable for the delivery of national and local financial performance targets including the development of action plans to rectify areas of non-compliance ensuring that the organisations strategic objectives are delivered.

The post holder will be responsible for negotiating and managing the delivery of complex SLAs, proactively identifying financial variations to ensure spend is in line with budget and used in a way which maximises organisational objectives and will lead on relative efficiency and benchmarking exercises to ensure value for money.

Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) works on behalf of Wales' seven Health Boards to plan and commission healthcare services that are best delivered nationally. While Health Boards provide services for local populations, some services are so specialist, complex or low volume that they are commissioned once for the whole of Wales. NWJCC works with and on behalf of the Health Boards to ensure these services are planned consistently, delivered safely and equitably across Wales.

With approximately 120 colleagues based in north and south Wales, we are a focused organisation with a national remit, offering a unique opportunity to influence healthcare across Wales and make a real difference. Our vision is to be the Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, bringing together expertise to improve health and care for people in Wales.

Guided by our values of Respecting Each Other, Fostering Collaboration, Striving for Excellence and Building Trust, we provide a supportive and inclusive workplace, reflected in our Diverse Cymru Cultural Competence Certificate (Silver Award with Merit). We offer flexible working, generous annual leave, an excellent NHS pension scheme, staff benefits, and career development opportunities.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Sandra Tallon

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Assistant Director of Finance Email address:

Gwen Kohler, Deputy Director of Finance & Value