Head of Contract Financial Management

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in shaping contract financial management across NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB. You will be at the heart of how we manage significant provider contracts, strengthen financial oversight and develop payment approaches that deliver better value and outcomes for our population. We are looking for someone who brings strong financial and contract management insight, commercial thinking, sound judgement and the confidence to work collaboratively with senior colleagues and NHS providers. You will join a supportive and ambitious team at an important point in the development of our strategic commissioning and contracting arrangements, with real scope to influence how we work in the future., You will lead the financial planning, monitoring, forecasting and reporting of a complex portfolio of NHS and other provider contracts, providing clear assurance on expenditure, activity, performance, risks and delivery against agreed financial envelopes. You will ensure the NHS Payment Scheme and national contracting guidance are applied consistently; lead financial input to contract negotiations, reconciliations and dispute resolution; and develop robust costing models and payment mechanisms, including fixed, blended, risk-share and outcomes-based arrangements. Working closely with Contracting, Insight and Analytics, Strategic Commissioning and provider colleagues, you will turn complex financial and activity data into practical advice for senior decision-makers. You will also lead and develop the contract finance team, strengthen controls and reporting, and promote collaborative, evidence-based contract management.

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the strategic commissioner of NHS services for a population of 1.7 million people. We plan and arrange services to meet our populations diverse health needs, focusing on improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities and making the best use of available resources. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. Our role is to make sure health services work well and are of high quality. We also work to join up health and care services, improve the health and wellbeing of local people and reduce health inequalities across our area. The ICB adopts a Purposeful Presence model as the default way of working. Subject to any reasonable adjustments that may be required, this means:

• Individual work is undertaken remotely and digitally in almost all Circumstances.
• Collaborative work is predominantly delivered through digital platforms.
• In-person working is reserved for situations where outcomes cannot be achieved effectively through digital means.
Contractual bases are determined by post category. This post is designated as:Agile Post This means the appointed postholder may choose either Health House, Willerby or home as their contractual base (please note that the Purposeful Presence principles still apply if Health House is chosen)