Description
Sopra Steria Recruitment is working in partnership with a major public sector client in the UK. We are currently recruiting a Chief Finance & Corporate Services Officer for an initially 3 months with a possible further 3 months extension based in London.
Experience
- Provide advice and support to the Managing Director and the Board to ensure the CSU delivers the business plan and meets the milestones and trajectories required as part of the plan to support the transition from a hosted body to an autonomous viable business, including taking responsibility for the successful business management of the CSU as an entity
- Be the Accountable Financial Officer for all dealings with until the CSU becomes autonomous, ensuring compliance with the financial regime and all its business/corporate assurance processes
- Lead the provision of financial services and financially based commissioning services to CCGs to establish the Commissioning Support Unit as a market leading provider of commissioning support services
- Facilitate CCGs and other customers to make the best use of resources available and deliver real improvements in health and social care via the provision of appropriate quality support services offering VFM
- Regularly review the performance of the services under your direction, having particular regard service delivery issues areas of under/over performance and take the necessary action to resolve.
- Ensure the provision of reliable and high quality financial systems and processes that consistently meet business and customer needs and that they are aligned with and facilitate continuous quality improvements and efficiency gains across the organisation.
- Utilise market intelligence and performance data including benchmarking and horizon scanning to understand competitor standards and make improvements in service delivery accordingly to remain best in field or appropriate standards to be competitive (not all customers can afford best in field .
- Take responsibility for the effective management of the CSU budgets and the delivery of financial targets and covenants
- Lead the production of an effective risk management strategy and CSU risk register.
- Provide strategic leadership for the CSU and with the Managing Director ensure its continuing development to be a commercially viable, customer focused organisation
- Ensure the CSU has a robust financial strategy based on profitability and growth
- As a Senior Leadership Team member, support the development of the CSU Business Strategy, including the development of an options appraisal for future operating models, to enable the CSS to support the ambition of becoming an autonomous organisation
- Ensure compliance with financial regime and all its business/corporate assurance processes
- Ensure the delivery of high quality financial services in support of clinical commissioning groups, maximising the most effective use of public money to achieve tangible improvements in healthcare
- Provide professional leadership of the CSU Finance function and to ensure the delivery of a continuing professional development of all staff in this function.
- Develop staff and the CSU, ensuring that it has the necessary capacity, capability, systems and processes in place to thrive. This includes responsibility for securing a pool of associates and a network of partner organisations to strengthen capability to meet client needs and create flexibility in the scale of the delivery capability.
- Identify the governance requirements of the organisation and develop a robust Corporate Framework to meet these.
- Ensure the business strategy is formulated, understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
- Proactively manage the key risks and issues associated with the business strategy ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond
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