Assistant Director - Financial Planning Delivery Directorate
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Welcome to the NHS Wales Executive, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023
Our key purpose is to…
Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Job Overview
The Financial Planning & Delivery Directorate (“the Directorate”) was established to provide professional support to Welsh Government to respond and deliver on the financial challenges facing NHS Wales. The Directorate operates across Wales and in support of all NHS Wales organisations as required. This includes:
* Monitoring and managing financial risk in NHS Wales, responding at pace where organisations are demonstrating signs of financial concern.
* Support the robust development and delivery of in-year and medium term financial and resource plans.
* Driving forward the Value & Sustainability agenda for NHS Wales, working with NHS Wales organisations to ensure maximum return from efficiency opportunities.
* Promote and embed best practice financial management and use of resources.
* Developing a Centre of Excellence for Financial Information and Intelligence, reflecting costing, benchmarking, resource allocation, and utilisation, to assist in driving improvements on both technical and allocative efficiency across NHS Wales.
* Support the development of Value Based Healthcare within NHS Wales as required.
The Directorate will enable this agenda and deliver these objectives through building effective relationships within and across NHS Wales, and Welsh Government.
Main duties of the job
The role will have significant freedom to act, and as part of the senior team will operate at a strategic level with a number of Directors of Finance, executives from NHS Wales organisations, Welsh Government policy leads, national and international stakeholders, national clinical leads, and other NHS Wales teams including other Directorates within NHS Wales Performance & Improvement. The Financial Planning & Delivery Directorate is passionate about people and professional development, with an ambitious development programme for the overall team and all team members. This role is an ideal opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their skills and experiences across a broad and exciting national agenda.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
* Providing the direct organisational liaison role to a number of NHS Wales organisations;
* Providing support and challenge to specified NHS Wales organisations in line with the Welsh Government Escalation and Intervention Arrangements;
* Providing financial leadership to national committees and programmes examining opportunities to improve value and financial sustainability within the Welsh NHS;
* Leading on behalf of the Directorate the support and development of key areas of national policy and developments;
* Providing the lead finance support role to Welsh Government policy leads on key NHS programme areas; and
* Leading on behalf of the Directorate the relationship management and learning from key external stakeholders.
Working for our organisation
NHS Wales Performance & Improvement works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.
Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.
We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction – enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* CCAB / CIMA Qualified & Member of Professional body.
* Educated to Postgraduate level or equivalent, Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
* Programme / Project Management qualification
* Evidence of personal research into a clinical, managerial, financial area
Experience and Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience, working at a senior level in a large complex organisation, Proven experience of developing and delivering financial management services successfully for a large organisation.
* Minimum of five years experience as a senior finance manager within the NHS
* Record of effective contribution to the development of business strategy, Experience of planning and implementing long-term development programmes.
* Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level, Ability to influence at all levels and a highly strategic thinker
* Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement or successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment, Participation in significant change management projects
* Significant experience of working with staff, their representatives and professional organisations, Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams
Desirable criteria
* Experience of Turnaround & Intervention approaches and delivery, Demonstrates expertise in specific professional areas
* Good knowledge of NHS Wales finance regime, including a thorough understanding of organisations financial duties, responsibilities and governance requirements, Good understanding of the concepts of Value Based Healthcare
Skills And Abilities
Essential criteria
* Ability to analyse and appropriately present often highly complex information, Highly tuned analytical skills, including ability to identify key issues from a range of complex financial data, Able to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative information and provide advice to senior leaders
* Ability to communicate excellently both verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
* Self-motivated and committed to developing self and team members, Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively, Ability to work independently to a specified remit, ensuring agreed deadlines and deliverables are met
* Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen, Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
* Standard keyboard skills
* Sound judgement, decision making, and organisational skills, Able to interpret legislation and guidance as appropriate to the role.
Desirable criteria
* Ability and confidence to constructively challenge and support senior NHS staff and their teams
* Ability and confidence to demonstrate leadership across NHS Wales on driving improvements in financial planning and financial management
Disposition
Essential criteria
* Appropriate attitudes with a high level of professional ethics and integrity, Enthusiastic, Committed, Proactive, and Innovative
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Must be mobile and able to travel locally and nationally, Emotionally Intelligent, Politically astute & high level of intuition, Work collaboratively & build relationships effectively, Resilience & reliability under pressure, Appetite for challenges, with a high level of personal integrity
Desirable criteria
* Ability to communicate in Welsh
For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button below.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Director
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Finance and Sales
* Industries
Accounting
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