Finance Manager

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) seeks an experienced finance leader to oversee the day-to-day finance delivery for the EoE Provider Collaborative. You will drive budgets, forecasts, governance, and financial reporting to support decisions and sustainability.

You will lead financial appraisal of business cases and investment proposals, provide expert financial advice to senior stakeholders, and work with clinical and operational teams across partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Full professional accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA) or equivalent relevant experience.
• Specialist knowledge of financial management, NHS finance policies and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of the Finance function for the EoE Provider Collaborative with governance and control.
• Develop, monitor and report budgets, financial plans and forecasts with timely information for decision-making.
• Produce high-quality financial reports and commentary, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Lead financial appraisal of business cases, service developments and investment proposals with modelling and options analysis.
• Support statutory NHS and internal reporting, ensuring returns are accurate and timely.
• Collaborate with clinical, operational, commissioning and finance colleagues for planning and performance.
• Identify and manage financial risks, opportunities and emerging issues.
• Lead development and improvement of financial systems, processes, and dashboards.
• Provide leadership to Finance Assistant and Finance Business Partner; deputise for Head of Finance.

Skills

Budgeting and forecasting

Financial reporting

Financial analysis

NHS finance knowledge

Governance and controls

Management reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Financial modelling

Education

CCAB or CIMA recognised accountancy qualification

Tools

Excel

Financial systems

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of the Finance function for the EoE Provider Collaborative, ensuring effective financial management, governance and control arrangements.
• Develop, monitor and report budgets, financial plans and forecasts, providing accurate and timely financial information to support decision-making and sustainability.
• Produce high-quality financial reports, analysis and commentary, identifying risks, opportunities and trends, and recommending actions.
• Lead the financial appraisal of business cases, service developments and investment proposals, providing financial modelling, costing and options analysis.
• Support statutory, NHS and internal reporting requirements, ensuring returns and reports are completed accurately and on time.
• Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, commissioning and finance colleagues across partner organisations to support financial planning and performance management.
• Identify and manage financial risks, opportunities and emerging issues, supporting strong financial stewardship.
• Lead the development and improvement of financial systems, processes, reporting tools and controls to enhance efficiency and decision-making.
• Provide leadership and management to the Finance Assistant and Finance Business Partner, supporting performance, development and workload planning.
• Deputise for the Head of Finance and Performance where appropriate and provide expert financial advice to senior stakeholders.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full professional accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA) or equivalent relevant experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Specialist knowledge and practical experience of financial management, accounting concepts, NHS finance policies, procedures and reporting requirements.
• Experience of analysing complex financial information, identifying issues and presenting clear options and recommendations.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the NHS.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to interpret complex financial, activity and contracting information, compare options and make sound recommendations.
• Advanced analytical, spreadsheet and reporting skills, with the ability to maintain clear working papers and audit trails.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to chair meetings, and support discussions with senior stakeholders
• Experience of developing dashboards, integrated reporting or financial performance packs.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, NHS finance policy, financial reporting requirements and relevant governance arrangements.
• Understanding of budget setting, financial planning, forecasting, financial risk management and variance analysis.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of specialised mental health commissioning, Lead Provider arrangements or NHS England delegated budgets.

Management & Operational

Essential criteria

• Ability to line manage a team providing a range of functions: budget setting; financial accounting; contract performance management and business analytics

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visi