Associate Director of Finance

Associate Director of Contract Finance

The closing date is 22 June 2026

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed by the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Southeast Integrated Care Boards; and current at-risk employees within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts.

The postholder will be responsible for contract finance across a diverse portfolio of NHS and non-NHS healthcare providers. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Contracting, they will provide senior leadership and expert technical advice to ensure robust financial control, value for money and delivery of statutory financial targets, while supporting strategic decision-making across the system.

• Responsible for contract finance management activities across the contract finance team, managing multi-million pound contracts for a diverse range of providers (e.g. NHS acute, independent sector, community, mental health) to ensure value for money, robust financial control, and alignment to ICB objectives.
• Leading support of the long and medium term financial planning activities in respect of the ICB and its contracted healthcare services, including overall operational and longer‑term financial plans to ensure the delivery of key financial targets / regulatory requirements.
• Overseeing the contract finance management activities for financial planning, reconciliation, strategy development and costing to support delivery of the in‑year financial position and understanding of the longer term financial plan.
• Overseeing and coordinating annual contract planning cycles to ensure robust contract planning in line with provider operational targets, commissioner budgets and contractual guidance and relevant policies.
• Senior lead on interpreting and implementing local and national policies as they apply to their areas of expertise within the contract portfolio and deliver the implementation of relevant policies, including but not limited to the implementation of the NHS Payment Scheme, NHS Standard Contract technical guidance, counting and coding assurance.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experienc
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
• Abilities for financial and staff management

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£79,504 to £91,609 a year pro rata, per annum