Deputy Chief Finance Officer

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join NHS
South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board at a pivotal moment in the evolution of
integrated care. As Deputy CFO, you will provide strategic financial leadership
across the ICB and system, helping to secure long-term financial sustainability
while supporting the delivery of improved outcomes for our population. Working
closely with the Chief Finance Officer, executive colleagues and colleagues
across the ICB, you will lead the development and drive delivery of a forward-looking
financial strategy that balances statutory responsibilities with
transformation, innovation and value. You will play a key role in shaping how
resources are deployed to reduce health inequalities, improve population health
and ensure the best possible use of public funds.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a key leader across the ICB and will
be responsible for convening partners to deliver financial plans and provide
strategic financial leadership on ICB commissioning decisions. They will also
support the delivery of all ICB statutory functions as appropriate. short-term
goals and the long-term plan of the ICB whist ensuring this reflects and
integrates the strategies of all relevant partner organisations of the ICS.

The postholder will ensure that there are effective
mechanisms in place for anticipating, identifying, and responding to key
financial risks (including risk sharing arrangements, develop new payment
mechanisms) that could impact on the successful delivery of the ICB strategy

Ensure that the integrated care board (ICB) meets the
financial targets set for it by NHS England and NHS Improvement, including
managing financial risks to living within the overall revenue and capital
allocation and the administration costs limit. As a member of the senior
leadership team, support the executive directors of SYICB and provide senior
leadership across the ICB Chief Finance Officer portfolio. The postholder be
responsible for ensuring the delivery of the finance function and developing
the streamlining where appropriate and in keeping with moving to best practice.

Person Specification

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Ability to deal with challenging situations in a formal setting.
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
• Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership.
• High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
• Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions.
• Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent in a relevant area of academic practice with in depth additional expert knowledge in specialist areas/subject matters expertise in a number of relevant disciplines or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band.
• CCAB Qualified accountant with relevant senior financial management experience.
• Additional management qualification or specialist qualification at post graduate level or significant leadership experience at post graduate level in specialist area.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant professional body.

Experience

Essential

• In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in strategy formulation, Leadership, service improvement and resource management.
• Knowledge and experience of good governance practices and providing assurance to board members.
• Proven board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
• Experience of liaising and working with government departments on healthcare issues at a senior level.
• Experience of leading and managing an executive level department in healthcare and / or public sector.
• Extensive knowledge of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciation of the implications of this on engagement.
• An understanding of the relationship between individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.

Desirable

• Commercial expertise.
• Previous experience of having corporate responsibility for major policy and service development incorporating national priorities.

Closing Date: 3 September 2026