Senior Finance Manager

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.

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.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alison Leung Job title: Head of Finance - Medicines Value & Access Email address: [email protected]