Financial Transformation Lead; Adults Commissioning

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Financial Transformation Lead (Adults Commissioning) for our client a local government organisation based in Walsall.

The successful post holder will lead a focused programme of financial recovery and transformation across adult social care commissioning services.

The role will take ownership of developing and implementing a system-wide approach to financial management improvement, debt recovery and operational transformation, whilst strengthening relationships with health partners and internal stakeholders.

The post holder will play a key role in driving sustainable change, improving financial performance and embedding robust systems and processes to support long-term service resilience.

This role is a temporary contract with an initial contract length of 6 months with the possibility to extend. This role is hybrid working.

• Lead and deliver a programme of financial recovery and transformation across adult social care commissioning services.
• Develop and implement the overall policy, framework and approach to financial recovery and financial management within commissioning.
• Design, review and embed operational systems, processes and infrastructure to strengthen financial control and performance.
• Lead debt recovery activity relating to commissioned services delivered on behalf of health partners.
• Work collaboratively with Integrated Care Boards and wider health partners to reconcile and recover outstanding funding.
• Establish clear delivery plans, milestones and performance measures to ensure progress is achieved within agreed timescales.
• Provide assurance, updates and reporting to senior leadership, auditors and key stakeholders.
• Identify and address underlying system and process issues contributing to financial pressures and outstanding debt.
• Lead transformation initiatives aimed at improving operational efficiency, accountability and service performance.
• Build strong working relationships across operational teams, commissioning services and external partners to support collaborative delivery.
• Influence stakeholders across organisational boundaries to secure engagement, ownership and alignment.
• Support the development of sustainable financial management practices to minimise future financial risk.
• Analyse operational and financial information to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement and support the implementation of new ways of working across commissioning services.
• Work independently to shape solutions, manage priorities and deliver outcomes at pace.

• Significant experience leading commissioning-led transformation programmes within local government or a comparable public sector environment.
• Proven track record of delivering financial recovery, service transformation and performance improvement initiatives.
• Experience designing and embedding systems, processes and operational frameworks to support effective financial management.
• Strong experience working across organisational boundaries, particularly with health partners and integrated care systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to lead complex change programmes independently and deliver against challenging timescales.
• Strong understanding of adult social care commissioning and associated operational challenges.
• Experience managing relationships with senior leaders, operational teams, auditors and external partners.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret financial and operational data.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly to a range of audiences.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and drive collective ownership of transformation activity.
• Experience of delivering sustainable organisational change and embedding continuous improvement.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work streams effectively.

Monday - Friday

£550.00 - £650.00 per day

Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.