Deputy Director, Finance Business Partnering

This role leads the Finance and Planning Business Partnering team which provides dedicated support to the National Director & Director General for Technology, Digital, and Data and their associated leadership team to manage the financial performance of the directorate.

This includes planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting and the effective and efficient delivery, management and governance of new and existing transformational programmes and live services.

The team operates in a flexible, matrix structure to ensure the appropriate skills and resources are appropriately deployed as dictated by business need.

Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for external candidates.

Essential: - Must hold a CCAB or CIMA professional accountancy qualification and have extensive relevant post-qualifying experience

Essential: - A clear understanding of how finance adds value to the wider organisation and how your role contributes to that; - Financial performance management and value for money at a strategic level; - Management methodologies and techniques to maximise personal and team impact and influence strategic decision making; - Financial analysis, modelling and presentation techniques and its strategic impact

Essential: - Leading on the development of new policy in partnership with programmes across NHSE and wider stakeholders - identifying financial risks, and opportunities and advising senior finance and programme colleagues on how best to enact financial process and funding to ensure value for money; - Ability to lead on or significantly influence negotiation with government stakeholders such as DHSC, HMT, DLUHC, wider groups like the LGA and charities and professional bodies such as the GPC, PSNC, ADASS and Royal Colleges; - Demonstrable ability to use autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation; - Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal, written and numerical

Essential: - Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do; - Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others