Head of Contract Financial Management

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857); Willerby; A distancia; GBP 90.000 - 125.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857) seeks a Head of Contract Financial Management to oversee planning, reporting and costing for a portfolio of NHS contracts. The role leads the contract finance team and ensures payments align with national guidance and value-for-money objectives.

The post involves senior-level collaboration with Contracting, Analytics, and Strategic Commissioning to deliver outcome-based and fixed-sum payment models across a large population.

Formación

• Significant demonstrable experience managing large, complex healthcare contracts.
• Proven leadership and team management experience across contracting functions.
• Professional accounting qualification and membership of a recognised body.
• Experience with NHS contracting, national payment mechanisms and outcomes-based models.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the planning, monitoring and reporting of NHS provider contracts and outcomes-based models.
• Ensure correct application of NHSPayment Scheme rules and national tariff guidance.
• Develop costing models and innovative payment mechanisms including risk-sharing.
• Lead and develop the contract finance team and maintain governance and audit readiness.
• Collaborate with Contracting, Insight & Analytics, and Strategic Commissioning to inform decisions.

Conocimientos

Financial modelling

Contract management

NHS contracting

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Negotiation

Data interpretation

Educación

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/CIPFA/ICAEW)

Herramientas

Excel

Contract finance systems

BI tools

Descripción del empleo

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)

Head of Contract Financial Management

The closing date is 25 November 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in shaping contract financial management across NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB. You will be at the heart of how we manage significant provider contracts, strengthen financial oversight and develop payment approaches that deliver better value and outcomes for our population. We are looking for someone who brings strong financial and contract management insight, commercial thinking, sound judgement and the confidence to work collaboratively with senior colleagues and NHS providers. You will join a supportive and ambitious team at an important point in the development of our strategic commissioning and contracting arrangements, with real scope to influence how we work in the future.

Main duties of the job

You will lead the financial planning, monitoring, forecasting and reporting of a complex portfolio of NHS and other provider contracts, providing clear assurance on expenditure, activity, performance, risks and delivery against agreed financial envelopes. You will ensure the NHS Payment Scheme and national contracting guidance are applied consistently; lead financial input to contract negotiations, reconciliations and dispute resolution; and develop robust costing models and payment mechanisms, including fixed, blended, risk-share and outcomes-based arrangements. Working closely with Contracting, Insight and Analytics, Strategic Commissioning and provider colleagues, you will turn complex financial and activity data into practical advice for senior decision-makers. You will also lead and develop the contract finance team, strengthen controls and reporting, and promote collaborative, evidence-based contract management.

About us

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the strategic commissioner of NHS services for a population of 1.7 million people. We plan and arrange services to meet our populations diverse health needs, focusing on improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities and making the best use of available resources. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

Our role is to make sure health services work well and are of high quality. We also work to join up health and care services, improve the health and wellbeing of local people and reduce health inequalities across our area.

The ICB adopts a Purposeful Presence model as the default way of working. Subject to any reasonable adjustments that may be required, this means:

Individual work is undertaken remotely and digitally in almost all Circumstances.

Collaborative work is predominantly delivered through digital platforms.

In-person working is reserved for situations where outcomes cannot be achieved effectively through digital means.

Contractual bases are determined by post category. This post is designated as:Agile Post

This means the appointed postholder may choose either Health House, Willerby or home as their contractual base (please note that the Purposeful Presence principles still apply if Health House is chosen)

Job responsibilities

This role is pivotal in ensuring thefinancial integrity and sustainability of provider contracts, supporting theICBs transition to a value-based, outcomes-driven commissioning model as setout in the Model ICB Blueprint. It ensures financial planning, reporting,contract monitoring, and costing are robust, transparent, and grounded indetailed analytical insight aligned to population health needs and strategicgoals.

The Headof Contract Financial Management leads the financial oversight, monitoring, andassurance of the ICBs provider contracts, working in close partnership withContracting colleagues, Insight and Analytics teams, and StrategicCommissioning. The role ensures contracts are financially robust, support thetransition to fixed sum payments, blended and outcomes-based contracts, and arefully aligned with national policy, the commissioning cycle, and populationhealth priorities.

Thepostholder drives the application of national payment guidance, developsadvanced contract costing and financial models, and collaborates with Analyticsand Contracting teams to ensure contract values and payment mechanisms reflectactivity, need, and value for money. This is integral to supporting the ICBsfunction as an intelligent healthcare payer, able to commission effectivelythrough evidence-based and analytically driven decision-making.

Thepostholder works autonomously, leading the team, through the guidance ofnational policies and financial frameworks. The postholder will applyinterpretation of these to service delivery to ensure the ICB has a strong andeffective contracting service that supports strategic commissioningnegotiations and enactment of contracts.

KeyRelationships

To deliver these key responsibilities the postholder will need to developed effective relationship with the following businessunit teams, stakeholders and organisations:

Assistant Director of Finance - ContractFinancial Management

Director of Finance

Strategic Commissioning Teams

Contracting and Performance teams

Insight and Analytics teams

Provider Contract and Finance Leads

NHS England Payment and Finance Teams

Clinical Leadership and Programme Leads

Budget Holders and ICB Senior Leadership

Internal and External Auditors

CoreFunctions

Lead the planning, monitoring and reporting ofall NHS provider contracts, including expenditure and ensuring robust alignmentwith fixed sums, blended payments, outcomes-based models, and local populationhealth needs.

Produce high-quality, detailed financialreports, including planning, forecasts, variance analysis, and contractperformance reports that support contract decision-making and governance.

Ensure consistent, correct application of NHSPayment Scheme rules, national tariff guidance, and financial policies withinall contracts.

Work proactively and collaboratively withContracting, Insight and Analytics, and Strategic Commissioning teams to ensurecontract values are based on accurate activity modelling, demand forecasting,and costed population need.

Develop, test, and oversee innovative paymentmechanisms (e.g., risk-sharing, gainshare, outcome-based contracts), includingfull costing models and financial risk arrangements.

Champion the use of advanced analyticalapproaches and costing methodologies to inform contract negotiations, renewals,and performance management.

Take the lead finance role in negotiating andmanaging NHS contracts with colleagues, working with the Contracting andProcurement Team for the ICB

The role will require contract negotiation andpersuasive skills and the ability to develop relationships with other NHS providerorganisations.

Lead the financial input into contractgovernance, compliance, and assurance processes, ensuring robust stewardship,audit readiness, and accountability.

Lead, manage, and develop a team of contractfinance staff, fostering high performance, analytical rigour, and collaborativeworking across functions.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant demonstrable experience managing large, complex healthcare contracts, including fixed sum and outcomes-based models.
• Substantial hands-on experience of contract monitoring and financial performance management across complex, high-value contracts
• Proven ability to take ownership of a complex contract portfolio and operate effectively and independently from the outset
• Demonstrable experience of identifying, analysing and resolving complex contractual, financial and performance issues including managing associated risks.
• Extensive experience in financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, and advanced costing.
• Proven experience in collaborative working with Contracting colleagues to negotiate, design, and manage payment mechanisms.
• Significant experience working with Analytics or Business Intelligence teams to interpret data, demand forecasts, and population health insights for financial planning.
• Experience leading financial negotiations and resolving disputes.
• Proven leadership and team management experience
• Experience designing or managing innovative payment models such as risk-sharing, gainshare, or outcome-based incentives.
• Experience working across integrated commissioning environments (e.g., NHS and Local Authority).

Skills and competencies

• Highly advanced financial modelling, costing, and analytical skills, including use of Excel and contract finance systems.
• Ability to interpret complex activity, cost, and demand data to inform contract financial models.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with both finance and non-finance audiences, including Contracting, Analytics, and Provider colleagues.
• Skilled in negotiation and influencing at senior levels to achieve shared goals.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional working with Contracting and Analytics teams to deliver integrated commissioning outcomes.
• Workshop facilitation, change management, or service improvement capabilities.
• Experience developing training or coaching materials to build costing and analytical capability within teams.

Qualifications

• Recent expert knowledge of NHS contracting, financial management, national payment mechanisms, and outcomes-based models.
• Strong understanding of costing methodologies, should-cost modelling, and advanced payment design.
• Detailed knowledge of the commissioning cycle, population health principles, and health inequalities.
• Professionally Qualified Accountant and current member of professional body (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAEW)
• Training in Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of value-based healthcare models and integrated care principles.

Employer name

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)