Senior Contracts and Finance Manager

Health Jobs UK; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare recruitment service is looking for a property/estates management professional to manage contracts and ensure compliance with NHS standards. Key responsibilities include overseeing performance, financial management, and negotiating contracts. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant degree and experience in contract management, along with excellent communication skills. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Reduced cost bus travel

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Degree in property/estates management or relevant discipline required.
• Experience in contracts management with performance management required.
• Budget management and reconciliation skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee performance of contracts.
• Negotiate and deliver robust contracts.
• Develop and manage information resources and policies.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Presentation skills

Education

Degree in property/estates management or related field

Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 café, 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 criteria

• Degree in property / estates management, or business, contracts and financial management disciplines or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Management or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Contracts and budget management within NHS

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Detailed knowledge of NHS standards and guidance

Skills

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

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

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Documents to download

• Applicant Information Pack ( PDF , 432.4 KB )
• Information for Applicants - Completing your Application ( PDF , 222.9 KB )