Executive Director of Finance | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | VSM Salary |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2025 |
| Location: | Warrington, WA1 1QY |
| Company: | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7230880/493-ICB-7230880 |
Summary
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is seeking a dynamic and strategicExecutive Director of Financeto lead financial strategy and transformation at the heart of one of the largest and most complex Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in the country.
With asystem budget exceeding £7 billion, aworkforce of over 80,000, and apopulation of 2.7 millionacross nine boroughs, this is a rare opportunity to shape the financial future of health and care at real scale. The ICB’s strong footprint and place-based structure provide astable platform for strategic transformation—a distinct advantage as other systems face wider reconfigurations.
We are entering a period of critical financial recovery and reform. With a 2025/26 in-year savings requirement of £150m, we need a finance leader who can deliver cost improvement and transformation while maintaining our commitment toequity, sustainability, and system-wide collaboration.
If you are motivated by driving high-value, outcome-focused investment, and you want to make a profound and lasting impact across population health and public service integration, we would be delighted to hear from you.
As Executive Director of Finance, you will:
• Lead the ICB’s financial strategy, ensuring stewardship, sustainability, and delivery of statutory duties.
• Drive financial recovery and transformation across the system in alignment with our Joint Forward Plan and Annual Delivery Plan.
• Oversee planning, performance, estates, and contracting portfolios, and embed a strong governance and assurance culture.
• Act as a strategic leader in data and digital investment, ensuring financial intelligence drives decision-making.
• Work in partnership across NHS, local authorities, VCFSE, and provider collaboratives to co-design and implement population-based financial frameworks.
• Represent the ICB nationally and regionally, influencing the finance agenda and contributing to NHS system leadership.
You will report directly to the Chief Executive and be professionally accountable to the NHS England North West Regional Finance Director.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB is responsible for planning, allocating, and assuring NHS services across nine boroughs: Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington and Wirral.
We are proud to be aMarmot Communityand anAnchor Institution, committed to tackling the wider determinants of health and improving the lives of the poorest fastest. Our current focus includes:
• Delivering system-wide recovery in urgent and emergency care
• Accelerating access to diagnostics and planned care
• Scaling digital transformation and population health analytics
• Embedding equity and prevention into financial strategy
Our Values and Culture
We are building a culture of compassion, inclusion, and mutual accountability across our system. Our leadership culture is rooted in theNHS Constitution, theNolan Principles, and a strong commitment topublic value.
We support flexible and hybrid working, value diverse leadership, and particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups in NHS executive roles.
Key Responsibilities
The Executive Director of Finance will lead the design and implementation of the ICB’s financial strategy, ensuring it support health equity, long-term sustainability and the broader objectives of the system. They will also lead on resource allocation, financial recovery, investment prioritisation, audit and assurance.
In addition, the postholder will oversee the system’s planning and performance functions and estates strategy. They will support the digital and analytics agenda by embedding financial intelligence tools and leading on value-based investment.
The Executive Director will work in partnership with provider collaboratives, Place-based partnerships, local authorities, primary care and the VCFSE sector to develop integrated financial frameworks that support shared outcomes and population-based commissioning.
Full Job Description & Person Specification
Refer to the Job Description and Person Specification in Appendix A of the attached Candidate Pack for full responsibilities, criteria and key relationships. The post requires full CCAB qualification and significant experience of leading financial strategy and transformation at system scale.
This advert closes on Monday 9 Jun 2025