Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (Until 30th September 2026) (Secondment for Current NHS employees)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-NW-18272-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Regatta Place
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Finance Manager - Specialised Commissioning and Health & Justice
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. 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. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to become a key member of the Specialised Commissioning & Health & Justice Finance Team. As a Finance Manager the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service providing financial expertise for acute and mental health contracts whilst supporting managers and staff across the North West Hub. This post covers the Lancashire & South Cumbria, Cheshire & Merseyside and Greater Manchester systems and is a key role in supporting the financial, commissioning and governance frameworks for the future Integration of Specialised Commissioning within the three systems. In addition, the post holder will gain in-depth experience of the Lead Provider Collaborative process for Mental Health services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be exposed to National and Regional level meetings and be capable of communicating key messages in both directions. In addition to this, the post holder will be required to work with lead commissioners to understand and interpret national policies & guidance and advise on financial priorities and consequences - this will be with the support of the Specialised Commissioning Team, and with oversight from the Senior Finance Manager.
Applicants must be CCAB qualified (please make this clear in the application), able to demonstrate recent experience of managing a team, have working experience of managing deadlines and be able to confidently work with colleagues outside of finance.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key elements of the role include:
- Leading the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project.
- Oversight of the financial reporting and planning, understanding the key issues affecting the position, practical application of management accounting skill, ability to work to deadlines accurately, planning and delivering with the support of the team
- Specialist finance advice and input into papers for scrutiny at internal governance committees
- Responsibility for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
- Contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on the wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Accountant registered with a recognised body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of financial management in a senior role within the NHS. Expertise in the NHS financial regime.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential criteria
- Technically competent with good accounting, financial planning and analytical skills. Able to assist in the preparation and delivery of financial strategies which support the delivery of strategic plans.
- Strong external communications skills. Effective negotiator with well-developed influencing skills to support and facilitate agreements amongst a disparate range of stakeholders.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Analytical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Values and Behaviour
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential criteria
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Evans
- Job title
- Senior Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07730391517
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