Finance Manager – Finance and Planning Business Partnering Team
The Finance and Planning Business Partnering Team – Secondary Care, Primary Care, Community Services, Vaccines and Screening - in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for a Finance Manager.
This is a fantastic opportunity to support the NHS.
Key responsibilities
- Work closely with government to agree NHS funding.
- Decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England.
- Support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services.
- Set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year.
- Report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year.
- Explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money.
- Look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
- Consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.
- Reporting on financial progress in-year across admin, programme and SDF budgets.
- Planning future years’ spend, supporting the setting of detailed budgets.
- Producing financial modelling and supporting negotiations.
About the team
The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Qualifications and skills
- Hold a professional accountancy qualification at Masters level such as CCAB/CIMA and have extensive relevant post-qualifying experience.
- Have excellent finance business partnering techniques.
- Have a proven track record in producing timely and accurate reporting and forecasting.
- Have strong financial analysis skills, including modelling and presentation techniques.
- Understand the clinical and operational priorities, risks and opportunities associated with one or more areas of the NHS.
Employment details
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only; agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
If you currently work within NHS and are successful at interview, an Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) will be initiated.
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.
Contact
Please email Sam Ward, Head of Finance and Planning Business Partnering, sam.ward3@nhs.net
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Apr 2026
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