Director of Finance

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Innovation Manchester seeks an experienced and strategic Director of Finance to lead financial and commercial expertise, enhancing health outcomes across Greater Manchester. In this critical leadership role, you will oversee all aspects of financial management, governance, and procurement, working closely with various stakeholders to drive innovation in healthcare.

Benefits

Supportive organization with collaboration ethos

Strong commitment to career development

Opportunity to shape future of health innovation

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in strategic financial management across sectors.
• Strong commercial acumen with complex financial planning experience.
• Proven leadership and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance and procurement work at HInM.
• Oversee financial planning, reporting, governance, and compliance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including NHS bodies and universities.

Skills

Strategic financial management

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Project accounting

Resource planning

Education

Qualified finance professional

Job description

At Health Innovation Manchester (HInM), we harness the power of innovation to transform the health and wellbeing of Greater Manchester's 2.8 million citizens. By accelerating innovation into the NHS and wider care system, we improve lives, reduce inequalities, and deliver better health outcomes.

We are seeking an exceptional and strategic Director of Finance to join our senior leadership team. This is a critical leadership position within HInM, providing high-level financial and commercial expertise to support our ambitious programme of transformation across health, care, industry, and academia.

Health Innovation Manchester is hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will lead HInM’s finance and procurement work. You’ll oversee all aspects of financial planning, reporting, governance, and compliance, ensuring the organisation meets its statutory duties and operates sustainably. This includes responsibility for budgeting, financial performance, costing, procurement, commercial contracts, and risk management.

As a visible leader and trusted adviser, you’ll work with the Executive and Delivery Teams, supporting programmes, projects and strategic decisions. You will also collaborate externally with key stakeholders including NHS bodies, universities, local authorities, industry partners, and national funders.

We’re Looking For a Qualified And Experienced Senior Finance Leader Who Thrives In a Fast-paced, Innovative Environment. You Will Bring

Substantial experience in strategic financial management, ideally blending experience across a range of sectors, including public sector

Strong commercial acumen and experience of project accounting, complex financial planning and reporting

Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to partnership working

Experience of procurement, contracting and resource planning in a matrixed environment

Proven leadership and people management skills

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of health and care innovation in one of the UK's most dynamic regions. You’ll join a supportive organisation with a strong collaborative ethos and a commitment to making real impact on people’s lives

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Macconnell Job title: Chief Operating Officer Email address: [e-mail]