The West Midlands CAMHs Provider Collaborative (WMCPC) Commissioning Hub is a delegated function acting on behalf of Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) as they are the Lead Provider for the WMCPC.

The Commissioning Hub has a key purpose of acting with delegated autonomy to ensure there is robust financial monitoring of all providers who are party to the WMCPC or contracted by them, and that the strategic objectives of the WMCPC are realised through an agreed programme of work and an ongoing scheme of investments.

The Deputy Finance Manager role is pivotalin monitoring the financial performance and the financial implications of commissioning intentions and new developments.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Head of Contracts, Finance and Performance in providing all aspects of financial management & advice to the West Midlands CAMHs Provider Collaborative, including lead responsibility and financial specialist for identified services within the Commissioning Hub.

To co-ordinate the work of the finance team, ensuring timely, accurate & relevant income, contractual expenditure & activity reports are available for senior leaders and risk share partners.

To be an integral part of the Divisional management team, deputising for the Head of Contracts, Finance and Performance as required.

To support the Head of Contracts, Finance and Performance in the pro-active running and development of the finance team.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Accountancy [CCAB / CIMA] qualification or passed finalist with demonstrable equivalent experience plus knowledge and actively working towards full qualification

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Highly developed and specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation and finance policies and procedures, including current IFRS and Tax Legislation and its application.
• Significant experience and expertise in financial management
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of financial reporting and control

Desirable

• An understanding of the children and adolescent mental health sector and an awareness of the provider collaborative model
• A wide knowledge of general health service policies and procedures and a knowledge of other public sector finance policies and procedures.

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Experience of being responsible for the day-to-day management of a finance team including the recruitment, development and appraisal
• Demonstrable ability to deal with staff performance and disciplinary issues effectively
• Develops and monitors budgets for external departments/services/programmes, providing comprehensive financial advice to them as required. EssentialA/I
• Proven ability to both set and achieves realistic and measurable objectives within timescales

PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTESESSENTIAL OR DESIREABLEMETHOD OF ASSESSMENT (A/I/T)

Essential

• Proven ability to advise / constrain senior budget holders to a certain course of action
• Demonstrable ability to assimilate and successfully communicate highly complex, sensitive and or conflicting information to often senior non-finance managers and other cohorts of staff.
• Proven ability to give complex financial presentations to large groups of senior non-finance managers conveying financial concepts clearly and persuasively.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital - Printing House Street

One Printing House Street

Birmingham

B4 6DF

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