Finance Manager - Value & Prevention

Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB are looking for an ambitious and motivated finance business partner to join our team at an exciting time of change as we develop our role as Strategic Commissioner. You will be a key member of the value-based finance function, supporting the ICB to make the best use of resources and improve equity to ensure a marked difference in patient outcomes. You will be:

• CCAB qualified or in the final professional stage
• Confident working with stakeholders and commissioning managers
• Able to provide expert financial analysis and advice to support value-based decision making, Acting as a Finance Business Partner for Value and prevention, the post holder will provide expert financial analysis and advice to support valuebased decisionmaking and outcome improvement., Supporting the modelling and costing of pathways of care to support commissioners and operational and clinical leaders to understand current resource usage and consider transformation opportunities.
• Leading the practical application of value and outcomes frameworks within allocated areas, working with BI and PHM colleagues to interpret utilisation, cost and outcomes data at place and neighbourhood level.
• Undertaking detailed resource utilisation and variation analysis, identifying drivers of cost and outcome differences and supporting the development of evidencebased interventions to improve productivity and value.
• Developing and maintaining financial and ROI models for investments, disinvestments and transformation initiatives, supporting benefits realisation tracking and postinvestment evaluation.
• Supporting benchmarking and productivity reviews across commissioned services, pathways and providers, analysing expenditure and published productivity data to identify improvement and efficiency opportunities.
• Managing and developing complex financial models and analyses, ensuring consistency with national guidance, best practice and local financial frameworks, You will be accountable for
1. Acting as a Finance Business Partner for Value and prevention, providing expert financial analysis and advice to support value based decision making and outcome improvement. 2. Supporting the modelling and costing of pathways of care to support commissioners and operational and clinical leaders to understand current resource usage and consider transformation opportunities. 3. Leading the practical application of value and outcomes frameworks within allocated areas, working with BI and PHM colleagues to interpret utilisation, cost and outcomes data at place and neighbourhood level. 4. Undertaking detailed resource utilisation and variation analysis, identifying drivers of cost and outcome differences and supporting the development of evidence based interventions to improve productivity and value. 5. Developing and maintaining financial and ROI models for investments, disinvestments and transformation initiatives, supporting benefits realisation tracking and post investment evaluation. 6. Operating the agreed value & outcomes measurement framework, assuring ROI/benefits tracking for prevention initiatives. 7. Supporting benchmarking and productivity reviews across commissioned services, pathways and providers, analysing expenditure and published productivity data to identify improvement and efficiency opportunities. 8. Working closely with contracting and procurement teams to provide financial and value based input into market management activities, including: o Assessment of service productivity and financial performance o Identification of opportunities to improve pathway efficiency o Supporting discussions with providers on service improvement. 9. Provision of expert financial advice and analytical input to ICB programmes and working groups, including clear assessment of value for money, affordability, financial sustainability and population impact. 10. Managing and developing complex financial models and analyses, ensuring consistency with national guidance, best practice and local financial frameworks. 11. Building strong working relationships with colleagues across finance, commissioning, strategy and provider organisations, influencing stakeholders to embed value based approaches to planning and investment decisions. 12. Undertake other general finance duties as required, commensurate with the grade of the post, including providing cover and support across the wider finance function to ensure continuity of service delivery.


• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with ICS partners and Providers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Highlight difficult and controversial issues including performance and change to senior managers
• Putting the long term health, social care and well-being needs
• of the population first (system first)
• Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve
• excellence in everything we do in BBCS
• Holding yourself and others to account for delivering better outcomes
• Being inclusive, supportive and empowering at all times
• Engaging and enabling those working towards the aims we have as a collective, Educated to degree level or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• CCAB or CIMA professional qualification or extensive practical experience to an equivalent level
• Evidence of continuing professional development, A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas, You must be open-minded, willing to learn skills and prepared to challenge traditional norms when supporting financial analysis.
• You conduct yourself in a caring and considerate manner at all times.
• You are respectful to others and listen to others
• You operate with openness and honesty and ensure you are approachable in conducting your role
• Professionalism and understanding difference is key, Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Experience of NHS financial management and/or financial analysis, Experience of costing of NHS services or other complex processes
• An understanding of approaches to support the quantification and application of value in decision making
Autonomy,
• Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales, Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales
UK Registration

The Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of 1.26 million people in the Black Country. We manage the NHS budget for Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and are responsible for planning and buying Primary Medical Services (GPs), dental, optometry and pharmacy services. We are part of the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS), known as Healthier Futures, which is a partnership of organisations working together to bring health and social care services closer together for the good of our communities. We support the ICS vision for a healthier place with healthier people and healthier futures. The ICB has five core values that underpin the way we work and help to guide our actions and the decisions we make for local people and communities. These are compassion, inclusivity, integrity, fairness and trust. We are an equal opportunities employer who actively supports and encourages increasing the diversity of our employees, and welcome applications from people with transferable skills gained through experience across the full range of health and social care settings. We are also a bronze award holder under the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The ERS recognises commitment and support from UK employers for defence personnel. Note: the ICB is unable to provide sponsorship to enable an individual to have the right to work in the UK, due to the size of the organisation