Commercial Funding Manager

NHS; City Of London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Commercial Funding Manager to maximize revenue and manage fee reviews for healthcare services. This full-time role involves coordinating with finance, billing, and commercial teams, while ensuring positive client experiences throughout the fee review process. The ideal candidate should have excellent organizational skills and experience in a healthcare setting.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity leave

Discounted gym membership

Employee referral scheme

Free life assurance cover

24-hour free GP support line

Qualifications

• Experience in fee reviews and contract management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience in a healthcare environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate annual Local Authority and NHS fee reviews.
• Manage and update contract pricing schedules.
• Ensure effective information sharing across teams.

Skills

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Negotiation

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a Commercial Funding Manager to join our team at Cygnet. This role is a regional role working remotely with occasional travel to our Millbank Office in central London.

About Cygnet

Cygnet was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care. Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service‑user focused care and rehabilitation.

Job details

• Reference number: VP7B53272D
• Date posted: 24 October 2025
• Location: London and South East, SW1P 3JA
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full‑time
• Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 a year
• Pay scheme: Other

Job description & responsibilities

We are looking for a Commercial Funding Manager (CFM) for healthcare services to join the team, reporting into the Commercial Funding Director. The CFM will play a pivotal role in ensuring revenue is maximised, captured accurately and that fees and uplifts are communicated with our finance and billing team.

The role will work across the various categories of healthcare commissioners who place people within Cygnet’s services. The CFM will oversee communication of uplifts, tracking of agreements / payments and, where required, active chase agreements. The successful applicant will also support our business development team in their work negotiating contract agreements with commissioners.

The role will further develop our healthcare tracking and reporting work and will foster even closer links with the pricing, billing and credit control teams to ensure uplifts are agreed, billed and paid. There is a real opportunity to look at the work we do and develop it so that we are even more effective.

The successful applicant will work closely with our healthcare BRMs and will also link in with various teams across our commercial, finance and commercial finance functions.

In advance of each contract year, the CFM will work with the CFD to develop and deliver the fee uplift project plan.

This role will suit someone who is looking to lead a busy work stream. The successful applicant will be organised, able to multitask, a completer‑finisher who is able to consistently meet deadlines. Enjoying negotiation, contact with customers and colleagues and having a keen eye for detail are traits we are looking to bring into the team.

Responsibilities

• Fee Review Coordination: Work on the annual Local Authority and NHS fee reviews, including direct, frequent interface with customers. Emphasis on residential / SL / nursing home services fee reviews.
• Secure confirmation of agreed fee structures from commissioner once fee review is agreed.
• Work with Cygnet’s Commercial Manager and incumbent Commercial Funding Manager to ensure contract pricing schedules are updated for inclusion within the renewal process.
• Continually develop systems for effective monitoring of these processes.
• Liaise with Finance and Credit Control teams to address delays in payments of residential/supported living/nursing home fees.
• Ensure that Cygnet’s customers consistently have a positive experience of the fee review process.
• Support the healthcare fee review process, where needed, working with the Commercial Manager and Contract Relationship Manager.
• Ensure effective information sharing across Cygnet teams to help ensure agreed uplifts are fully implemented / billed.
• Funding Dispute Coordination: Resolve any funding disputes in direct liaison with funding bodies.
• Lead on the maintenance of an effective system for the coordination of any funding disputes.
• Commercial Data Coordination: Maintain Cygnet’s market fee database, work on projects relating to Commercial Finance matters, provide data to inform future developments, and work with the Commercial Finance team to keep internal Master Funding Documentation up to date.

You will

• Act in accordance with all Cygnet policies.
• Act in a fully confidential manner, safeguarding patient and business confidentiality.
• Attend annual mandatory training.

Why Cygnet? (We offer you)

• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme.
• Expert supervision & support.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Enhanced maternity.
• Free Health Cash plan.
• 24‑hour free GP support line.
• Free life assurance cover.
• Free eye tests.
• Car lease discounts.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Free mortgage broker and insurance cover.
• Pension scheme.
• Employee NHS discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme.
• Smart Health Toolkit – providing fitness programmes, nutrition consultation and health checks.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

• Name: Cygnet Health Care
• Address: London and South East, SW1P 3JA

Employer’s website

https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)