Regional Director of Finance

NHS ENGLAND; Hartford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organisation in the UK seeks a Regional Director of Finance to lead financial strategy and manage performance across health systems. The role requires significant experience in senior finance positions, overseeing complex service redesign and ensuring value for money in public healthcare. Key responsibilities include developing financial strategies supporting long-term NHS plans, engaging with stakeholders, and delivering financial targets to enhance healthcare standards in the region. Strong leadership and expertise in financial planning are essential for this position.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Supportive work environment

Potential for career advancement

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior finance roles within the NHS or similar organisations.
• Expertise in delivering financial strategies and managing performance.
• Ability to work collaboratively across various health systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Financial Officer in national finance strategy development.
• Produce and implement financial strategies aligned with long-term plans.
• Lead financial planning and service redesign for complex projects.
• Manage value for money and efficiency programmes regionally.
• Ensure effective financial performance across health organisations.

Skills

Financial strategy development

Leadership and team management

Financial planning and appraisal

Value for money analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant financial qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA)

Job description

Reporting directly to the NHS Regional Director, with professional accountability to the NHS Chief Financial Officer, the Regional Director of Finance is a senior member of the Regional Leadership Team, supporting the Regional Director in delivering national and regional priorities for health and care in the East of England region. Working with an expert team and providing expert advice to the rest of the Regional Leadership Team, the Regional Director of Finance is accountable for delivering regional financial targets and value for money through ensuring that health systems and organisations have effective strategies and plans to achieve financial sustainability of services and deliver their financial performance trajectories, supported by effective waste reduction programmes. A thought leader, both regionally and nationally, the role provides professional financial leadership of the NHS for all health systems and organisations in the region, building effective relationships and networks to ensure that the national finance direction of travel is relevant, credible, well communicated and 'bought' into by the finance community, whilst making a significant contribution to developing national finance strategy and policy. The role is frequently expected to work beyond finance, developing and implementing strategies to deliver the region's health and care priorities and leading on non-finance areas as required.

• Support the Chief Financial officer in the development and implementation of the national finance regime i.e. financial strategy and performance.
• Produce, implement and articulate a clear financial strategy for the regions consistent with the long‑term plan, mandate requirements and national financial frameworks, resource assumptions and investment priorities.
• Oversee and assure the financial planning and redesign of services, particularly large scale and complex service reconfigurations, ensuring business cases are subject to rigorous financial appraisal, are financially viable and provide value for money.
• Lead value for money and efficiency programmes within the region, working closely with national and regional colleagues to ensure use of benchmarking, learning and best practice.
• Ensure that appropriate advice is provided to organisations and systems on national approaches to financial planning and performance for both capital and revenue (e.g. transformation funding, use of private finance for capital etc).
• Deliver regional financial targets (both capital and revenue) through ensuring that organisations and systems have effective plans and systems to achieve financial sustainability of services and deliver their financial performance trajectories, supported by effective waste reduction programmes.

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.
• Delivering value for money.

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.