Chief Finance Officer
| Posting date: | 29 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Location: | Sheffield, S13FG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | D9133-1089 |
Summary
The Chief Financial Officer will be required to ensure that the integrated care board (ICB) meets the financial targets set for it by NHS England, including living within the overall revenue and capital allocation, and the administration costs limit. The Chief Financial Officer will support the development and delivery of the long-term plan of the ICB and be responsible for ensuring the financial performance of the organisation and the delivery of our agreements and contracts with service providers. As a member of the unitary board (ICB), you are jointly responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems; to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; enhance productivity and value for money and help the NHS support broader social and economic development. The Chief Financial Officer will be responsible for developing the funding strategy for the ICS to support the board in achieving these aims and making use of benchmarking to make sure that funds are deployed as effectively as possible. Key accountabilities The Chief Financial Officer reports directly to the ICB chief executive officer and is professionally accountable to the NHS England regional Finance Director. As the strategic financial lead, the chief financial officer is accountable for all matters, relating to the financial leadership and financial performance of the ICB. The Chief Finance Officer will also be responsible for ensuring that the ICB implements a robust financial strategy and for ensuring that system resources are effectively deployed and used to provide the best possible care for the population. The Chief Finance Officer will also be responsible and accountable for a wider portfolio including, capital planning and corporate functions. The Chief Finance Officer along with other executive members of the ICB will have an influential executive role and shared accountability for the development and delivery of the long-term financial strategy of the ICB, ensuring this reflects and integrates the strategies of all relevant partner organisations within the ICS. The Chief Finance Officer will be responsible for building partnerships and collaborating with wider ICS system leaders including provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local government, voluntary and community sector, other partners and local people to make real transformational differences for the population through the ICBs role as strategic commissioner. As the NHS Payer the Chief Finance Officer will provide financial influence across the ICS to ensure that opportunities to drive improvements in population outcomes, delivery against core national standards and achieving the aims of the 10-year Health Plan. Alongside other members of the ICB, you will ensure that population health management, innovation, and research, supports continuous improvements in health and well-being. You will influence and work collaboratively as part of a wider system to create opportunities to make sustainable long-term improvements to population health with key partners. This may include developing approaches which are non-traditional in nature, ambitious and wide reaching in areas which incorporate the wider determinants that have an impact on improving clinical outcomes, better life outcomes and reducing health inequalities for the population of the ICS. Alongside other members of the ICB you will work to develop digitally enabled transformation including financial outcome focused improvement. The Chief Finance Officer is professionally accountable to the NHS England regional Finance Director and may from time-to-time be formally requested to act on behalf of NHS England on key performance, monitoring and accountability matters. This will include the identification of key financial risks and issues related to robust financial performance and leadership and working with relevant providers and partners to enable solutions. As a qualified accountant, you will be accountable for your own practice and conduct in the role. It will be for the CEO to determine what other specific corporate functions each executive board member is accountable for within the ICB.