Finance Manager

NHS; Fulbourn; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Fulbourn is seeking a Finance Manager to cover maternity leave until September 2026. The role involves financial reporting, budget management, and collaboration with teams to ensure compliance. Candidates must be qualified accountants with strong analytical and communication skills. The job offers a flexible working environment with 40% on-site collaboration.

Qualifications

• Understanding of NHS Finance or broader public sector financial management at an intermediate level for several years.
• Extensive experience in financial management including financial planning and budget setting.
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of financial performance reporting across the East of England Region.
• Work with operational financial team to address performance concerns.
• Liaise with central and regional teams to ensure policy compliance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (CCAB or CIMA qualified)

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen to cover maternity leave for our Finance Manager in the Direct Commissioning team covering Health and Justice and Specialised Commissioning in the East of England region. The role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis until end September 2026 to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for an individual who can operate in a fast paced environment and bring experience as well as diversity in thought and background to an established team.

Main duties of the job

The key elements of the role will include, but are not limited to:

• Support the delivery of timely and accurate reporting of financial performance across the East of England Region.
• Work with the Operational financial team to identify and assist in ensuring performance concerns are addressed.
• Liaise with central and regional teams to develop, understand and interpret policy, disseminate and confirm compliance accordingly.
• Support the team\'s role in the financial planning process.
• Support the provision of analytical financial support.

You will have excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and analytical skills.

About us

Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.

Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We lead the NHS in England by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.

If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

You must be fully qualified AAT or Part Qualified CIPFA/CIMA/ACCA for this role.

Candidates are advised to ensure that your application reflects how you meet the person specifications and although you may not meet all the criteria, we would still like to hear from you if you are interested in the role and are considering applying.

We work flexibly with 40% regular on-site collaboration at our Fulbourn, Cambridge site. Please consider this when applying.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CCAB or CIMA qualified)

Knowledge and Experience

• Understanding of NHS Finance or broader public sector financial management at an intermediate level for a number of years
• Extensive experience in financial management (financial planning, budget setting, financial reporting and monitoring, and forecasting)
• Understanding of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHSE and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development

Skills and Capabilities

• Ability to communicate complex financial and other data to all disciplines
• Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills

Values and Behaviours

• Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationship