Finance Business Partner

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health innovation organization in Greater Manchester is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead financial and procurement efforts. This role involves supporting financial planning and governance while engaging with key stakeholders in health and industry. Ideal candidates will have substantial financial management experience and a relevant accountancy qualification. The role offers competitive salary and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in financial management, ideally in diverse sectors.
• Experience in project accounting and complex financial planning.
• Capacity to handle multiple projects under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance and procurement work for health innovation.
• Support financial planning, reporting, and governance.
• Engage with key stakeholders including NHS bodies and industry partners.

Skills

Financial management

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Procurement experience

Influencing skills

Education

Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB, CIMA)

MBA or similar

Tools

Integra financial ledger

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 Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team. This is a critical position within HInM, providing 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 Director of Finance, you will lead HInM's finance and procurement work. You'll support financial planning, reporting, governance, and compliance, ensuring the organisation meets its statutory duties and operates sustainably. This includes budgeting, financial performance, costing, procurement, commercial contracts, and risk management.

As a trusted adviser, you'll work with Senior Managers and Delivery Teams, supporting programmes, projects and strategic decisions. You will also work externally with key stakeholders including NHS bodies, universities, local authorities, industry partners, and national funders.

Main duties of the job

We're looking for a qualified and experienced finance leader who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment. You will bring:

• Substantial experience in 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 influencing and people management skills

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to support the development 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

About us

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.

Details

Date posted: 01 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8b

Salary: £64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 349-HIM-7490482-RL4

Job locations: Health Innovation Manchester, 3rd Floor Citylabs 1.0, Nelson Street, Manchester, M13 9WL

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Professional Accountancy qualification (CCAB, CIMA) with current membership registration.
• Demonstrable post qualification development and achievement of CPD.
• ECDL or equivalent IT Skills.

Desirable:

• MBA or similar.

Knowledge

Essential:

• Understanding of the NHS, its infrastructure and partner organisations.
• Ability to understand and interpret Department of Health Guidelines.
• Grant / Project accounting and reporting (e.g. OLS, HIN, PSC). This can be in any public or private sector setting.

Desirable:

• Understanding of the wider NHS Management and Modernisation Agenda.
• Understanding of OLS / HIN / PSC national programmes

Experience

Essential:

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary, complex environment.
• Experience in leading change management regimes in a complex environment.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in the NHS or innovation sector.
• Use of Integra financial ledger.

Communicating

Essential:

• Able to use written communication to present relevant information in a concise format.
• Ability to engage verbally and effectively with disciplines at all levels within the organisation.

Influencing & Negotiating

Essential:

• Negotiating and influencing skills.

Planning, monitoring & controlling

Essential:

• Ability to deliver to tight timescales and under pressure, including the maintenance of good working papers/records.
• Capacity to handle many projects simultaneously.

Analysing information & solving problems

Essential:

• Strong numerical skills with ability to complete complex calculations
• Able to deduce key points from large/complex volumes of numerical and other data.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyse and interpret financial information and consider the wider picture, including future scenario planning

Focusing on business & customers

Essential:

• Capacity to work with staff at all levels to develop a shared vision of service delivery.
• Personal credibility with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others including clinicians, managers and staff and build positive and constructive relationships both internally and externally

Making decisions

Essential:

• Able to make calm, rational decisions in the face of adversity.

Working in & leading teams

Essential:

• Experience of managing staff.
• Inspire others and lead by example.

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].