Key Working Relationship Operate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment and proactively engage with stakeholders, building excellent working relationships, providing information and advice to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of complex business sensitive issues, in informal and formal settings. Lead as an expert; integrating systems and managing effective working relationships with the appropriate stakeholders. Deal with complex and conflicting subject matter problems or in day-to-day workload in workshops, meetings, one to one communications and other events, comprising various parts of the business. Employ effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to enable stakeholder relationships to deliver objectives internally and with wider external stakeholders. Functional Responsibilities Operational o Act as the Risk Lead for business services, lead on updating and developing the HSSIB operational risk register. o Develop financial strategy and plans with appropriate Managers/Directors. Work with the Governance lead to ensure appropriate governance structures are in place to support. o Manage the appropriate programme controls ensuring monitoring and control activities and performance targets are on track. o Support the risk manager and IT lead to manage system risks ensuring they are appropriately identified, and detailed on operational and strategic risk registers, and ensuring controls and/or mitigation is in place, escalating as appropriate. Financial and Physical Resources Budget setting and managing related activity, liaising with HSSIB colleagues to ensure appropriate costings. Responsible for ensuring adherence to the HSSIB budget, ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensuring the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny. Responsible for providing guidance and management on the procurement of identified products, equipment, services and facilities for assigned Directorate to execute required services from defining requirements, developing specification, developing bid evaluation methodology, project managing procurement including, achieving stakeholder buy-in, sign off for bid documentation, overseeing bid evaluation, award recommendation and sign off of final deliverables/products as required ensuring they meet the defined levels of quality and value for money. Act in a way that is compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of budget management responsibilities. Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of these budgets and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year. Staff Management Lead and manage the Finance and Business Services team, ensuring an effective and supportive working environment, and an inclusive, collaborative and innovative culture. Responsible for the motivation, engagement and effective management of direct reports, including undertaking annual appraisals, regular 1;1s, and supporting their personal and professional development Support the business services leads (IG, risk management, HR, IT etc) to agree prioritisation of work and related resource allocation to ensure high priority work/dependencies are completed in a timely manner. Information Management Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, involving a wide range of stakeholders in formal settings. Establish and manage risk management, change control and issue resolution process. Responsible for the management of and reporting of information to relevant internal and external stakeholders, including executive sponsors and non-executive authorities. Act as an Information Asset Owner for finance assets and ensure compliance with local and national guidance on data security. Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information and reporting to enhance decision making processes. Responsible for the management and development of national financial planning information and benchmarking systems across HSSIB Planning and Organisation Responsible for the overall planning and delivery of the financial strategy and for providing vision and strategic direction to the team. Chair or attend as appropriate, meetings with varied internal and external key stakeholders to facilitate the delivery of the strategic objectives. Ensuring that the delivery of the business plan and financial strategy is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget Policy and Service Development Ensure that all staff within the Directorate are aware of relevant policy and procedures and that communication is developed and deployed appropriately. Propose changes to and making recommendations for service improvements as appropriate.