Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Priestley Wharf Town Birmingham Salary £64,455 - £74,896 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/09/2025 23:59
Band 8b Divisional Finance Manager
Band 8b
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Finance Department, the post is that of a Divisional Finance Manager (DFM) within the Dental Services Directorate with key management and staff responsibilities.
The role would suit someone who thrives in a dynamic and sometimes fast-paced environment, as quick and accurate response to internal and external requests for information is often required.
The successful candidate will be a CCAB qualified accountant (or equivalent), with advanced knowledge of Excel and the ability to produce high-quality finance analysis, as well as being able to communicate complex information to senior staff, including those without a finance background.
The post will provide the successful applicant with a high profile within the organisation, working directly with the CFO and his deputies, as well as other senior managers across the trust and colleagues working across the Birmingham and Solihull ICB.
Main duties of the job
* To ensure that the division has efficient and effective finance systems and processes in place and that the management information produced supports the division’s responsibilities for budgetary control, healthcare contracting and business planning.
* To provide expert financial advice to the division’s managers, through the identification and recommendation of required actions, to maintain an income and expenditure balance against plan. This will include the need to ensure the division achieves its annual Cost Improvement / CRES savings target, through the identification of genuine efficiencies that result in cost reductions in pay and/or non-pay expenditure.
* To ensure that the division has effective systems in place to identify and recover sufficient income to cover full cost of service delivery via Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Contracts and other partner arrangements.
* To oversee the production of monthly finance reports, monitor and predict financial trends, recommending actions to address any concerns; and to present finance reports to senior divisional meetings (supported by DA / Senior DAs as necessary).
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and person specification for further information for the Role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Accountant (CCAB or equivalent or qualified by significant NHS senior financial post experience within a highly complex environment).
* CPD registered
Experience
* High level of previous Financial Management experience at a senior level
* Previous Business Management experience at a senior level
* Previous experience working in a complex organisation
Skillls/Knowledge
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Able to produce accurate information within tight deadlines
* Aware of organisations strategic direction
* Ability to use own initiative and demonstrates delegation skills
* IT skills (including Excel and financial ledger systems)
* Knowledge of strategic policies within the health economy
* Ability to communicate complex and specialist information to DMT members and managers from a non-finance background
* Ability to demonstrate excellent and effective communication skills within and across teams
* Ability to encourage personal development through constructive feedback, coaching and training opportunities
* Ability to work well with others in pursuit of department goals
Other Job requirements
* Ability to travel across the Trust
In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 7 - 9) that meet the prescribed skill level (RQF 6) and salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.
The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As part of our ongoing commitment to being a Great Place to Work, we actively foster and support a workplace culture that is inclusive and equitable for all staff, patients and service users.
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with diverse abilities, experiences, and perspectives.
We are also dedicated to supporting the career progression of colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds into this role and more senior roles within the Division and the wider organisation.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees
* Flexible working where possible
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