Financial Planning Adviser (£7k for CCAB / CIMA or equivalent qualified candidates)

The Finance Directorate is a dynamic function that works across a full range of stakeholders within the health group. We are responsible for enabling an effective and efficient health and care system by ensuring that the department and its Arm's Length Bodies live within their means, by ensuring money is spent in a way that represents the best interests of the patient, public and taxpayer, and by being accountable to Parliament for the use of the money. You will be joining an inclusive and positive team comprising a mix of finance and qualified and non-qualified professionals. We are committed to providing an environment for all to thrive. The team has staff based in Leeds and London and operates a hybrid working policy. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of a financial planning cycle that ensures priorities have the resources they need. By developing a holistic understanding of in-year and future year plans against budget at a departmental level, the post holder will work closely with strategic finance, finance business partners and other stakeholders to implement the outcomes of fiscal events through budget setting. Financial planning will involve significant collaborative working across finance and functional leads to develop strategic relationships. Analysis and scenario modelling will ensure financial plans take account of inherent risk. A strong understanding of cost drivers, efficiency and translating spend across outcomes will support seniors to provide advice to senior decision makers to agree high level financial plans and detailed budget allocations that deliver our priorities. Role responsibilities:

• Delivering departmental financial planning to develop single year budget allocations that are affordable and deliver the right level of resources to strategic priorities;
• Working with the Spending Review team (Strategic Finance) to understand the impact of fiscal event funding requirements on group wide financial planning. Proactively informing in-year and future affordability and prioritisation decisions;
• Working with others on commissions including quarterly reviews to understand evolving spending, workforce, investment and transformation plans and have a robust understanding of cost drivers;
• Driving value for money through planning by analysing efficiency opportunities, tracking planned savings and building scenario modelling to manage risk and support decision making;
• Providing strategic advice and analysis to seniors on financial impact, performance and risk;
• Making full use of available data and analytics tools, to support recommendations to drive efficiency and effectiveness through value added insight and advice and preparing scenario modelling to support decision making;
• Working across finance and other functions to ensure a joined-up approach to planning, budget setting and forecasting principles that enables the department to live within its control totals.
  
  In the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you.
DHSC is responsible for ensuring the system consistently delivers a high standard of care, and secures the best possible value for money from over £160bn of taxpayer's funds allocated by Parliament. DHSC leads the health and care system, working collaboratively with a range of arms-length bodies (ALBs), such as NHS England with group budgets of over £180 billion.