Finance Business Partner CMO/CNO

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support the Deputy Director of Finance (Commissioning). The role focuses on financial reporting, CIP/QIPP initiatives, and forecasting of financial impact across clinical divisions.

You will link with the CMO/CNO directorates and lead management accountancy support to ensure strategic, compliant financial advice and robust reporting for decision making.

Qualifications

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Experience of business case production.
• Experience of partnership working at a senior level.
• Finance experience, including financial management experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• CCAB qualified or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior financial leadership and business partnering to the CMO and CNO divisions.
• Lead financial planning, modelling and forecasting for clinical portfolios.
• Support development of business cases, transformation proposals and cost improvements.
• Collaborate with clinical leaders and teams to reflect financial implications in plans.
• Monitor budgets, activity trends and cost drivers with actionable insights.
• Provide financial expertise to governance and quality committees.
• Coordinate financial elements of system-wide planning and NHSE submissions.

Skills

Financial leadership

Forecasting

Budgeting

Stakeholder engagement

Data interpretation

Education

Degree level or equivalent

CCAB qualified or equivalent

Job description

Employer NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site Gail House Town Maidstone Salary £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 31/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 16/11/2026

Finance Business Partner CMO/CNO

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Supporting the Deputy Director Finance Commissioning in managing relationships and providing oversight on all financial reporting and returns through the production of timely and accurate reports on the financial impact of delivery of QIPP/CIP, risk reporting and modelling and forecasting of impact on financial position.

The post will be a key link with the CMO/CNO divisions and represent the Finance function in the weekly meetings. The role will then be required to liaise with Finance colleagues and direct the work of the management accountants to support the CMO/CNO directorates with financial expertise and advice.

Depending on the role providing the key finance contact with specialist or geographical budget managers to support decision making and reporting to support the achievement of the ICB's strategic vision.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior financial leadership and business partnering to the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, their divisions and associated clinical/quality programmes.
• Lead financial planning, modelling and forecasting for medical, nursing, quality, safeguarding, patient safety and clinical governance portfolios, ensuring alignment with ICB priorities and statutory obligations.
• Support the development and assessment of clinical and quality business cases, transformation proposals, workforce redesign, and service improvement initiatives, providing expert financial challenge and strategic insight.
• Work closely with clinical leaders, operational teams and programme managers to ensure financial implications of quality, safety and performance initiatives are fully understood and reflected in financial plans.
• Monitor and analyse clinical divisional budgets, activity trends, workforce pressures and cost drivers, providing actionable recommendations to maintain financial sustainability and improve value for money.
• Provide financial expertise to patient safety, governance and quality committees, supporting evidence-based decision making on clinical risk, investment and prioritisation.
• Lead and coordinate financial elements of CMO/CNO contributions to system-wide planning, Financial Recovery Plan (FRP), performance assurance and NHSE submissions.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.

Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That's why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.

We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.

We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent qualification or experience
• Experience of Business Case production
• Experience of partnership working at a senior level
• Finance experience, including financial management experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• CCAB qualified or equivalent experience

Skills and Knowledge

• In depth knowledge of NHS accounting policies, procedures
• Able to interpret/analyse highly complex financial and statistical data and report and communicate to a wide and diverse audience
• Effective leadership, interpersonal, influencing and change management skills
• In depth knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial systems & costing methodologies
• Knowledge of developing and reporting cost improvement schemes