Assistant Director - Financial Planning Delivery Directorate

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 deliver on this agenda through building effective relationships within and across NHS Executive, NHS Wales, and Welsh Government, enabling delivery of these objectives., 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 the NHS Executive. 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
The NHS Executive 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.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance

If you are a highly motivated, experienced, and qualified finance professional with a strong demonstrable background in financial management, performance, intelligence, and delivery then we would be keen to hear from you and welcome your application.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.