Finance Business Partner

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester seeks an exceptional Finance Business Partner to provide financial and commercial expertise for health and care innovation. This role involves supporting financial planning, budgeting, and governance, with substantial experience in financial management and commercial acumen being essential. Join a supportive team dedicated to making a real impact on community health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Collaborative working environment

Career development opportunities

Commitment to wellbeing

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in financial management, ideally in public sector.
• Experience of project accounting and financial planning.
• Excellent collaboration and partnership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead HInM’s finance and procurement work.
• Support financial planning, budgeting, and compliance.
• Act as a trusted adviser to Senior Managers.

Skills

Financial management

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Procurement

People management

Job description

Overview

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

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead HInM’s finance and procurement work, reporting to the Director of Finance
• Support financial planning, budgeting, reporting, governance, and compliance
• Ensure the organisation meets statutory duties and operates sustainably, including costing, procurement, commercial contracts, and risk management
• Act as a trusted adviser to Senior Managers and Delivery Teams, supporting programmes and projects
• Engage externally with NHS bodies, universities, local authorities, industry partners, and national funders

Qualifications and experience

• 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. MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn, and we’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. We champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, with a robust infrastructure to facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also embarking on our Green Plan to make 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.

How to apply

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ben Galbraith, Job title: Interim Finance Director, Email address: [e-mail]