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About
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
Contact
- Address
- Wellington House
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8UG
- Contact Number
- 0300 330 1369
Finance Officer - Specialist Commissioning and Health & Justice
Accepting applications until: 19-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 19-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Regatta Place
- Address
- Summers Road, Brunswick Business Park
- Town
- Liverpool
- Postcode
- L3 4BL
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 16 months (until 31st March 2027 - Secondment only for current NHS employees)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Finance
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
Finance Officer - Specialised Commissioning and Health & Justice
- Band 6
- Hours: 37.5 Full Time (1.0 WTE)
- Fixed Term until 31st March 2027
- Hiring Manager – Mrs K Evans
- Base – Regatta Place, Liverpool (flexibility around virtual / home working will be considered).
We are inviting applications for the above post in the NHS England (NHSE) North West Regional Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to become a key member of the Specialised Commissioning Finance Team. As a Finance Officer in Specialised Commissioning, 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.
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The successful individual should have experience of practical application of management accounting skills, Oracle utilisation, managing deadlines and be able to confidently work with colleagues outside of finance both internally and externally.
Experience in Specialised Commissioning finance is not essential.
You will also be required to support the delivery of day-to-day activities and projects, support a portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend and provide in depth analysis, interpretation, and production of multiple reports. Also, any additional ad hoc duties as required.
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
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and as such we are keen to explore how we operate in a virtual way that supports flexible working and a positive work-life balance. As part of your onboarding journey, we will look to establish your individual support package comprising of reasonable adjustments and additional IT equipment that can make your enrolment to NHSE as smooth as possible.
Key elements of the role include:
- Undertaking all areas of day-to-day management accounting tasks, including month end, year end processes, and completion of the Agreement of Balances (AoB) exercises.
- Support the monitoring of financial flows attributed to contracts to deliver a month end position.
- Undertake data analysis to determine reasons for variances, develop well informed forecasts and partake in contract meetings.
- Act as the Finance lead for several Specialised Commissioning Independent Sector contracts working closely with Supplier Managers, Pharmacists, Service Specialists to provide financial expertise and support.
- Working closely with key stakeholders such as Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and providers where required, to support service developments that will improve outcome for patients.
- Support of the financial reporting and planning, practical application of management accounting skills, ability to work to deadlines accurately, planning and delivering with the support of the team.
- Responsibility for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
- Work towards the implementation of population-based reporting
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.
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. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. 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 have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of 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 to us how you meet the requirements of the role. Whilst we appreciate that you may have had support with your application (e.g., using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important that the information contained within your application reflects your own knowledge, skill, and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.
If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.
The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.
If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected] or 0300 330 1369. You can view our Privacy Notice here.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
Desirable criteria
- Undertaking training towards CCAB qualification
- Further training or significant experience in financial management.
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Comprehensive knowledge of management accounting and SBS Oracle usage.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Microsoft Excel.
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of stakeholder communication and management.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
Skills and capabilities
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills both written and verbal.
- Ability to translate often complex financial information into an easily understandable format.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Analytical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Skills for manipulating complex information.
- Intermediate keyboard skills.
Planning skills
Essential criteria
- Skills for supporting financial management planning.
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
Essential criteria
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
Values and behaviours
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.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and seeks out innovation.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential criteria
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Other
Essential criteria
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
Documents
- Job description and person specification (PDF, 440.6KB)
- Occupational Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 69.8KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Evans
- Job title
- Senior Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07730391517
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