Head of Financial Management - (AACHC, Mental Health and Acute)

The Head of Financial Management will lead a small team that will report on CHC and acute/sub-acute budgets as well as the finance lead overseeing the Croydon, Kingston and Richmond Places.
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance for Financial Management in ensuring that in-year financial reporting and future financial plans are robust.
This role will be responsible for building on existing relationships between the contracts team and the CHC team and will require active engagement with clinical and non-clinical teams in financial performance management, cost improvement development and delivery and in ensuring that the financial planning process is sound. They will be a key member of the Place management team providing financial support and advice for them and the Departments at Place.
Interview Date: w/c 30/09/2024, South West London ICB is looking to recruit a Head of Financial Management to be a crucial part of the
Financial Management team. This is an exciting role which will lead on financial management issues for
All Age Continuing Healthcare (AACHC), Mental Health and acute/sub-acute budgets as well as the
finance lead overseeing the Croydon, Kingston and Richmond Places.
This role will be responsible for building on existing relationships between the contracts team and the
AACHC team and will require active engagement with clinical and non-clinical teams in financial
performance management, cost improvement development and delivery and in ensuring that the
financial planning process is sound. They will be a key member of the Place management team providing
financial support and advice for them and the Departments at Place.
The post holder will manage the Financial Management team under them; including the specific
responsibility for ensuring the provision of effective business partnering to all departments of the ICB.

Working for our organisation
On 1 July 2022, NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was established. The ICB, as part of
South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to
plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
+ an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
+ an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by
the ICB and local authorities in the area
+ ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
+ to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
+ tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
+ enhance productivity and value for money and; help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money, To provide professional and complex financial and commercial advice and support to managers within the ICB, including business case development.
To provide financial management staff with support and advice on financial and non-financial aspects of the budgets, ensure they are aligned to meet agreed plans and required service standards.
Financial Reporting and Budgetary Performance
Along with the Deputy Director of Finance for Financial Management be accountable for all aspects of the ICB management accounting service, including management of the monthly reporting cycle and delivery of effective financial reports to agreed deadlines. This includes ensuring that all income and expenditure ledger entries balance accurately and timeliness of provision of summary and detail reports as required across the ICB.
Management
Be responsible for the overall management of the Financial Management team responsible for Mental Health, Community, BCF & Hospices, including motivating staff to meet deadlines and targets, recruitment, training, appraisal, implementation of HR policies and dealing with disciplinary/performance issues.

The post holder will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
The post holder will be required to present highly complex and highly sensitive financial information to large audiences of varying experience, disciplines and seniority. This will require highly developed presentation and influencing skills.