Job summary Are you ready to take the lead in driving financial excellence and transformative change? In this pivotal role, you will spearhead the financial strategy behind service transformation across Lancashire and South Cumbria, ensuring resources are optimised for maximum impact. As a trusted finance business partner to the PCB, you'll provide expert budgetary guidance, deliver insightful financial reports, and influence key decision-making at the board level. This is a unique opportunity to play a crucial role in fostering collaboration across Trusts and the wider health systemshaping the future of healthcare in the region. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about making a real difference, this is the role for you Main duties of the job In your role, you will drive system-wide financial improvement and transformation programmes, ensuring that efficiency, productivity, and activity align with national benchmarking tools such as Model Health, Getting it Right First Time, and Corporate Benchmarking. You will work closely with finance teams to assess major service changes, conduct cost-benefit analyses, and lead the development of innovative ways of working to improve financial performance. Drawing on your expertise, you will provide guidance on programme management approaches, financial risk management, future operational finance issues, financial planning, and financial assurance mechanisms. Working autonomously, you will establish and refine policies and processes that support wider efficiency programmes, collaborating with SROs to develop plans and implement system-wide financial improvement initiatives. You will take the lead in developing financial improvement reporting to the PCB and ICB, ensuring alignment with transformation programmes. As an integral member of the PCB's Management Team, you will contribute to shaping the organisation's strategic direction, making sure that all financial decisions are in the best interest of the Trust and support its long-term vision. About us The five Acute and Mental Health NHS Trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria have established a collaborative to improve health and healthcareservices. The primary objectives are to reduce health inequalities, enhance services, outcomes, and patient experience through working in partnership with the Integrated Care Board to enable system recovery, transformation and long-term sustainability. Additionally, the collaborative aims to make Lancashire and South Cumbria a great place to live and work. The Provider Collaboration Board, which leads this initiative, comprises of the Chairs and Chief Executives of the five Trusts, who jointly makedecisions to benefit the 1.8 million residents of the area. This collaborative effort is a key component of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System, underscoring the importance of unified healthcare delivery. Collaborative Members:o Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusto East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trusto Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trusto Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusto University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Date posted 11 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8c Salary £74,290 to £85,601 a year per annum, pro rata Contract Secondment Working pattern Full-time Reference number 438-PB2740 Job locations Preston Business Centre Watling Street Road Preston PR2 8DY Job description Job responsibilities Further to the above, duties will include: To actively develop internal and external relationships and workwith Management leads, Continuous Improvement Teams,Executive Directors, senior finance teams and key stakeholders,ensuring full clinical and non-clinical engagement To be responsible for own continual professional developmentand where necessary that of all direct reports. To act be activelyengaged in providing cost benefit analysis training and serviceimprovement methodologies and support to non-finance staff To provide support to the PCBs Finance SRO in advising thePCB on strategic and operational matters relating to all aspectsof finance transformation within the system Effectively maintain a financial planning system to enable theachievement of its financial targets Working closely with Lancashire partnership organisations,within LSC Provider Collaboration Board (PCB) and LSCIntegrated Care Board, seek and share examples of bestpractice from a financial transformation and efficiencyprogramme perspective Working closely with the Divisions and Transformation team toensure a consistent pipeline of financial transformation andefficiency programmes is available Deputise for senior managers as required Job description Job responsibilities Further to the above, duties will include: To actively develop internal and external relationships and workwith Management leads, Continuous Improvement Teams,Executive Directors, senior finance teams and key stakeholders,ensuring full clinical and non-clinical engagement To be responsible for own continual professional developmentand where necessary that of all direct reports. To act be activelyengaged in providing cost benefit analysis training and serviceimprovement methodologies and support to non-finance staff To provide support to the PCBs Finance SRO in advising thePCB on strategic and operational matters relating to all aspectsof finance transformation within the system Effectively maintain a financial planning system to enable theachievement of its financial targets Working closely with Lancashire partnership organisations,within LSC Provider Collaboration Board (PCB) and LSCIntegrated Care Board, seek and share examples of bestpractice from a financial transformation and efficiencyprogramme perspective Working closely with the Divisions and Transformation team toensure a consistent pipeline of financial transformation andefficiency programmes is available Deputise for senior managers as required Person Specification Qualifications and Education Essential CCAB or CIMA full member Evidence of participation in the appropriate Continuing Professional Development Programme Desirable Leadership qualification Knowledge and Experience Essential Proven track record in a senior financial management role in the NHS acute sector Extensive post qualification NHS finance experience Expert knowledge of costing and pricing methodologies Expert knowledge of Financial and Accounting Procedures Extensive experience of working with others to ensure direction and policies are attainable within available resources Desirable Involvement in FSD or staff development initiatives Person Specification Qualifications and Education Essential CCAB or CIMA full member Evidence of participation in the appropriate Continuing Professional Development Programme Desirable Leadership qualification Knowledge and Experience Essential Proven track record in a senior financial management role in the NHS acute sector Extensive post qualification NHS finance experience Expert knowledge of costing and pricing methodologies Expert knowledge of Financial and Accounting Procedures Extensive experience of working with others to ensure direction and policies are attainable within available resources Desirable Involvement in FSD or staff development initiatives Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Address Preston Business Centre Watling Street Road Preston PR2 8DY Employer's website https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)