Finance Manager

Key Responsibilities

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Educated to degree level
• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant or qualified by significant relevant experience.
• Relevant accounting qualification or active study towards ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, or equivalent.
• Strong general education, including numeracy and literacy.
• Experience preparing monthly management accounts, budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Experience managing cash flow, working capital, invoicing, credit control, or payment processes.
• Experience supporting budget holders and explaining financial information to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience managing or supervising finance staff.
• Strong experience with Excel, finance systems, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience working to month-end and year-end deadlines.
• Experience improving finance processes and internal controls.

• Fully qualified accountant.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of NHS finance, healthcare finance, commissioner reporting, or contract finance.
• Experience in the NHS, independent healthcare sector, community services, diagnostics, outpatient services, or insourced/outsourced clinical services.
• Experience of NHS contracts, commissioner reporting, activity-based income, or healthcare service costing.
• Experience supporting tenders, business cases, mobilisation of new services, or contract profitability reviews.
• Experience working in a multi-site or fast-moving healthcare environment.

Job Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, in addition to bank holidays (increasing with length of service) 
• Access to NHS Discount Scheme
• A collaborative and inclusive team culture across clinical and technical functions