Chief Finance Officer

NHS National Services Scotland; Stirling; On-site; GBP 91,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health service in Scotland is seeking an exceptional Chief Finance Officer to shape the financial future of the Clackmannanshire & Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership. This role involves leading the financial strategy, ensuring compliance with regulations, and collaborating with senior leaders to deliver high-quality services. Candidates should have experience in health and social care financial governance and a commitment to improving community outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Commitment to learning and growth

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic leadership roles within health and social care.
• Strong understanding of statutory financial regulations.
• Ability to collaborate with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial strategy and annual budgets.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations.
• Provide financial advice to the Chief Officer.
• Drive transformation to meet strategic priorities.
• Manage financial risks and audit processes.
• Collaborate with partner organisations.

Skills

Financial strategy development

Financial governance

Transformation programmes

Risk management

Job description

Clackmannanshire Council Salary CO34 - £102,630

Stirling Council Salary Grade G17 £91,863 - £98,027 per annum

NHS Forth Valley Salary - Band 8D: £103,764 – £108,206

We are seeking an exceptional strategic leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as Chief Finance Officer. This pivotal role will shape the financial future of the Clackmannanshire & Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership, working across NHS Forth Valley, Stirling Council, and Clackmannanshire Council.

As Section 95 Officer for the Integration Joint Board (IJB), you will lead financial strategy, governance, and transformation programmes that support integrated health and social care services. You’ll be instrumental in delivering sustainable, high-quality services that improve outcomes for our communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of the IJB’s financial strategy, annual budgets, and performance reporting.
• Ensure compliance with statutory financial regulations and governance frameworks.
• Provide expert financial advice to the Chief Officer and IJB.
• Drive transformation and service redesign to meet strategic priorities.
• Manage financial risk, audit processes, and performance forecasting.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across partner organisations.

Just a 30-minute drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and Stirling is easily accessible with beautiful environments to promote wellbeing.

We offer the flexible benefits and working arrangements, along with a culture, which is committed to learning, improving and growing.

Ability and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential for this post.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to complete a Level 2 Disclosure Scotland check.

If this challenge is something you can deliver on, we would be interested to hear from you.

For informal discussion about this post, please contact Joanna Macdonald –

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Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.