Senior Finance Manager

NHS England; Greater London; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is recruiting a Senior Finance Manager to join the Business Partnering Team – Specialised Commissioning in the Finance and Planning Directorate. You will support budgeting and funding decisions for a £7bn+ spend area and work closely with the Head of Finance to ensure month-end, forecasting and year-end processes are completed accurately.

You will engage with government bodies, service leads and stakeholders to optimise resource distribution, maintain budget discipline and deliver

Qualifications

• Experienced finance professional with significant financial management experience in a large/complex organisation.
• Able to identify risks and issues, develop solutions and respond to changing priorities.
• Able to learn quickly and make sound judgements in complex situations.
• Excellent communicator and business partner, able to explain financial information to diverse colleagues and influence stakeholders.
• Collaborative team player with ability to work across boundaries to deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Apply and develop finance skills across a £7bn+ specialised commissioning high-cost drugs spend area.
• Support Head of Finance with month-end, forecasting and year-end activities.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure funding aligns with NHS priorities.
• Contribute to reporting on NHS expenditure and financial performance.

Skills

Risk identification

Problem solving

Adaptability

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

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This creates a unique opportunity for people who want a varied, flexible and challenging career within a world-class culture.

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Anyone working in any part of the NHS should feel part of a team where we bring out the very best in one another – inspiring each and every person and unleashing potential.

Main area Finance Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 5 months (until 31/03/2027. Secondment only for current NHS employees) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 990-FIN-EC5849-E

Site London/Leeds Town London Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.

As part of our commitment to improving patient safety and maintaining safe and trusted services, all successful candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Screening (BPSS), which includes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. By submitting your application, you are confirming your agreement to these checks being undertaken as part of the recruitment process.

Anyone who has received a voluntary or compulsory redundancy payment from NHS England since the start of the 2026/27 financial year is not eligible to apply.

Job overview

The Business Partnering Team – Specialised Commissioning in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for Senior Finance Manager.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:

work closely with government to agree NHS funding;

ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget;

decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;

support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;

set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;

report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;

explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;

look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.

consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will apply and develop your finance skills across a £7bn+ specialised commissioning high-cost drugs spend area, supporting the Head of Finance with month-end, forecasting and year-end.

Main duties of the job

The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.

Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

Experienced finance professional – qualified accountant with significant financial management experience gained in a large and complex organisation, ideally a public sector or healthcare related organisation

Proactive problem solver – able to work independently, identify risks and issues, develop solutions and respond effectively to unexpected demands and changing priorities.

Able to learn and adapt quickly – comfortable getting to grips with complex information quickly, making sound judgements where there may not be an obvious solution, and embracing change.

Excellent communicator and business partner – able to explain complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance colleagues, build strong stakeholder relationships and influence across cross-functional teams.

Collaborative team player – able to work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries, building positive relationships and working with others to deliver shared outcomes.

Working for our organisation

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

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

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and 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 process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Knowledge

• Significant financial management experience gained in a large and complex organisation, ideally a NHS organisation or healthcare related organisation

Skills

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.

Values

• Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.

We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.

We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

We ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. This includes considering reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro‑divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the role. While we appreciate you may have had some support with your application (for example, using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important all the information you provide in it reflects your own knowledge, skills and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.

If you’re applying for this role on a secondment basis, please get agreement from your current line manager before you apply.

We don’t accept applications via recruitment agencies, and we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for processing your application; our privacy can be accessed directly on the application page when you select to apply.

If you are appointed to a post, your information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

If you have a query about your application, please contact the recruitment team: [e-mail] or 0300 330 1369.

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Name Alison Leung Job title Head of Finance - Medicines Value & Access Email address [e-mail]