Assistant Director of FinanceNHS
Job summary
12-18 month secondment / permanent
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is seeking an experienced and ambitious finance leader to join us as our Assistant Director of Finance. This is a pivotal role at a time of significant change across the NHS, as Integrated Care Boards continue to evolve towards becoming strategic commissioners focused on improving population health outcomes, reducing inequalities and securing long-term financial sustainability. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Finance Officer, you will provide senior leadership across the finance function, working with contracting and commissioning colleagues on contracting, pathway redesign, commissioning for outcomes, development of new payment models, supporting developments such as Integrated Health Organisations. You will play a key role in supporting the development and implementation of the ICB's financial strategy, advising senior leaders on the effective use of resources, and leading financial input into major commissioning, transformation and efficiency programmes.
Main duties of the job
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead the continued development of a modern, resilient and professional finance function. You will be responsible for shaping how the team operates, building capability, strengthening financial leadership, and ensuring the organisation has the skills, systems and capacity required to meet future challenges. You will also act as a deputy to the Chief Finance Officer and Deputy Chief Finance Officer as required, providing visible leadership across the organisation and wider South Yorkshire system.
We are looking for a CCAB-qualified finance professional with substantial senior leadership experience within a large, complex organisation. You will bring a strong track record of financial management, strategic planning, transformation delivery and leading high-performing teams through change. Success in this role will require excellent communication and influencing skills, the ability to work across organisational boundaries, and a passion for developing people and building collaborative relationships. In return, you will join an ambitious organisation committed to innovation, partnership working and organisational development, where you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of health and care services across South Yorkshire.
Job description
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire.