About this role
Job summary
The ICB Primary Care Finance team is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to cover a 12 month period of maternity leave from August 26 - August 27 on a full time or flexible basis. This Finance Manager post plays a crucial role in managing the financial operations and statutory reporting for Primary Care within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB). This position ensures effective budget planning, financial governance, and compliance with NHS policies to support high-quality healthcare services.The role involves collaboration with various stakeholders and leadership teams to deliver accurate financial reporting and support service redesign initiatives.
The position manages a37.5-hour workweek, reports to the Head of Primary Care - Financial Management, and oversees 2 Finance Officers. Key responsibilities includestatutory reporting, budget preparation, financial planning, prescribing reporting and leadershipin Primary Care commissioning finance. Essential qualifications include being CCAB qualified with at least 2 years NHS finance experience and skills in NHS finance regimes, communication, and financial analysis.
Main duties of the job
o Providing strong professional advice and support both within and across the ICB.
o Ensuring that the ICB commissions cost effective care for its population within the resources available so that value to patients and taxpayers is maximised.
o Responsible for statutory reporting requirements for Primary Care and Prescribing monitoring.
o Ensure that reported information is timely, represents an accurate view of performance, any financial risks understood by financial and non-financial managers.
o The post holder will act as the ICB Prescribing, LES, DES, Premises subject matter expert.
o Prepare the ICB Primary Care annual budget for key deliverables such as the prescribing, enhanced payments, cost pressures, procurement developments and WRP delivery plans.
o To set and communicate annual budgets with budget holders through the preparation of supporting schedules, presentations and approvals as appropriate.
o Provide financial input into primary care business cases for service redesign and cost saving initiatives.
o Monitor and update financial allocations for in year changes.
o Preparation of budget level reporting, commentaries, forecasts and associated supporting schedules.
o Deliver required working papers and month end reported information to the agreed timetable.
o Ensure detailed procedure notes are maintained and regularly reviewed for all areas within your control.
About us
The Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board(ICB) was formally established as a new statutory body on 1 July 2022, replacing the eight clinical commissioning groups across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Our role is to join up health and care services, improve people's health and wellbeing, and to make sure everyone has the same access to services and gets a positive experience from treatment. We also oversee how money and resource is utilised to ensure that funding is spent to ensure health services are effective, consistent and of high standard
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB is a complex organisation serving a population of over 1.8 million people.
The Finance Manager - Primary Care will be responsible for statutory reporting requirements for Primary Care, associated NHS England returns and will meet the Board level reporting requirements. The postholder will assist with developing systems to provide accurate and timely financial reporting.
They will act as finance lead for the Primary Care commissioning function providing sound financial and technical advice to both internal and external stakeholders and partners for contract management and service redesign. They will interpret complex changes in national policy relating to Primary Care and the financial implications for the ICB is a key component of the role.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
The role will be varied and will adapt over time as the ICB develops. However, the postholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions: -
1. Delivery of the ICB Primary Care finance reporting.
2. Preparation of the detailed ICB Primary Care annual budgets in partnership with finance colleagues.
3. Finance lead for the Primary Care commissioning function areas
Key working relationships
The post holder will have regular contact with a wide range of staff at all levels within the ICB, with senior and other representatives of local stakeholders, as well as with patients and their representatives. Some of the key direct relationships include:
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB leadership teams
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB commissioning teams / service managers
Clinical Leaders / GP / PCN Leads
Finance colleagues within the ICB / provider organisations
Colleagues within NHSE/I
Leaders across Lancashire and South Cumbria, NHS, local authorities, other voluntary and independent sector organisations.
Internal and External audit
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of using Integrated Single Financial Environment (ISFE2) for month end and year end processing Experience of working with external and internal audit Experience of interpreting technical financial guidance, and implementing process and policy change Experience of setting annual operating plans and budgets Experience of working with budget holders and preparing operating cost reports Staff management, training, performance appraisal and career development Ability to manage confidential and sensitive situations e.g. when dealing with staff, managers and public issues Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies
Qualifications Essential
CCAB qualified Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills Essential
Understanding of the NHS finance regime including statutory and administrative duties Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to take complex information and present simply and clearly for those without a finance background Numerate with strong analytical and reasoning skills and the ability to identify and solve problems Knowledge of ICB prescribing budgets and monitoring / WRP reporting of these Knowledge of LES / DES enhanced schemes Ability to work well with others in teams, networks and organisations
Desirable
Knowledge of NHS costing information, techniques and processes Knowledge and understanding of local authority, voluntary organisations and other community partnerships and pooled funding processes Knowledge of NHS property scheme financial regulations and relevance to GP premises Involvement and monitoring of of procurements
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)
Address NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB
Fishergate Hill, Level 3 Christ Church Precinct
Preston
PR1 8XB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)