Head of Finance - Mental Health & Community - Band 8C

The Head of Finance – Mental Health & Community will report to the Deputy Director of Finance Mental Health & Community (Out of Hospital) and focus es on business partnering, providing expert advice to Executive Directors, budget managers and programme leads. The role will support robust financial planning, management and reporting working very closely with contracting and procurement teams and a range of internal and external stakeholders.

The postholder will operate with a matrix of portfolio responsibilities and will spend their time predominantly on the following areas:

• Develop annual financial plans; aligned to ICB medium-term plans.
• Leadership for the ICB’s in-year financial management , ensuring delivery of annual financial plans and statutory duties; inc. budgeting, efficiency, performance and risk
• Produce high-quality, integrated monthly finance reports; focussing on assured delivery and risk management.
• Provide expert advice and financial inputs to contract development, management and performance reporting
• Adjust allocations and spending plans to remain within control totals.
• Support joint commissioning and pooled budgets with local authorities (e.g. Better Care Fund).
• Provide high-quality financial advice to the CFO, Executive Directors, and programme leads on in-year budgetary issues and cost pressures.
• Support development and delivery of efficiency and cost-improvement programmes
• Ensure compliance with relevant NHS England requirements relating to in-year financial monitoring
• Support the development of new financial frameworks for emerging models such as neighbourhoods, alliances and collaboratives.
• The post holder may be required to carry out other duties as required , in line with their skills and experience.

The Integrated Care Board (ICB) has the responsibility to decide what health services are needed in Surrey and Sussex and set out how they'll be provided, making sure hospitals, primary care, and other services work together, rather than in silos, for the benefit of everyone in the community. NHS Surrey Heartlands and Sussex ICB achieve this by working in partnership with local health and care organisations, staff, patients, carers, families and the public, to support three million people across Surrey and Sussex to live healthier lives .

Please see Job Description.

This role profile and person specification is a broad reflection of current duties, but it is not exhaustive.

It will be regularly reviewed to reflect priorities and developments during the on-going appraisal and performance review process.

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.

• Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Must have an…