Senior Contracts and Finance Manager

NHS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge is seeking a Contracts and Finance Manager to oversee contract management and budget compliance. This role will manage a finance team, ensuring accurate reporting and procurement processes within the BEM department. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and experience in contracts management, with strong communication and financial planning skills. Flexible working hours available.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Flexible working arrangements

Subsidised bus travel and parking

Qualifications

• Experience of contracts management including performance management of contracts.
• Experience of financial management process and reconciliation of contracts expenditure.
• Experience of project planning to achieve deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the management of contracts and budgets.
• Manage a team responsible for budget and transactional activities.
• Ensure BEM stores are stocked and audited as required.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Budgeting and financial planning

Education

Degree in property / estates management, business, contracts, or financial management

Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Management

Job description

Job Summary

As Contracts and Finance Manager, you would professionally and accurately oversee the management of contracts and associated budgets and ensure accurate and timely monitoring and reporting of all expenditures against the contracts and budgets.

You will oversee the update of relevant contracts information and manage the procurement of all the BEM department contracts.

You will manage a team of Finance Administrators, a Stores Supervisor and Stores persons responsible for all budget and transactional activities within the BEM department.

You will ensure the BEM stores are adequately stocked and audited in line with service requirements.

You will work closely with the hospital engineers and their teams and to facilitate robust budget management and provision of accurate and quality data.

You will act as key person in all matters pertaining to management of the BEM budget and contracts and to act as key advisor and point of contact to the Associate Director Estates and Facilities - Buildings, Maintenance and Engineering on these issues.

Main Duties

• Professionally and accurately oversee the management of contracts and associated budgets, and to ensure accurate and timely monitoring and reporting of all expenditures against the contracts and budgets.
• Oversee the update of relevant contracts information and manage the procurement of all the BEM department contracts.
• Manage a team of finance administrators, a stores supervisor and stores persons responsible for all budget and transactional activities within the BEM department.
• Ensure the BEM stores are adequately stocked and audited in line with service requirements.
• Work closely with the hospital engineers and their teams and to facilitate robust budget management and provision of accurate and quality data.
• Act as key person in all matters pertaining to management of the BEM budget and contracts and to act as key advisor and point of contact to the Associate Director Estates and Facilities - Buildings, Maintenance and Engineering on these issues.

About Us

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Details

Date posted: 05 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year p.a. pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 180-F-CVA223

Job locations: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ

Job Requirements

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

The advert will close at midnight on 17 November 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 24 November 2025.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

• Qualifications Essential: Degree in property / estates management, or business, contracts and financial management disciplines or equivalent
• Desirable: Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Management or equivalent

Experience Essential

• Experience of contracts management including performance management of contracts
• Experience of leading, negotiating and delivering robust contracts
• Experience of financial management process and the reconciliation of contracts expenditure accounts
• Experience of developing information resource, and policy and procedures
• Experience of project planning in order to achieve deadlines
• Budget responsibility and management
• Previous contracts management work experience at a management level
• Line management, recruitment and performance management
• Experience of working with staff and management at all levels including senior management

Experience Desirable

• Contracts and budget management within NHS

Knowledge Essential

• A sound understanding of contracts procurement and administration
• Understand and be able to work through the concepts and techniques for: Budgeting and financial planning Projected contract cost and actual expenditure Variance analysis and financial reporting

Knowledge Desirable

• Detailed knowledge of NHS standards and guidance

Skills Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Sound level of knowledge regarding key office software applications including Microsoft office and excel
• Capable of working in a demand driven service
• Presentation skills

Additional Requirements Essential

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit https://www.cuh.nhs.uk.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer Details

Employer name: Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ

Website: https://www.cuh.nhs.uk