Senior Finance manager

Employer
: NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

Salary
: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata)

Closing date
: 16/07/2026

Senior Contract Finance Manager – Band 7 – responsible for providing contract finance support across a wide portfolio of ICB contracts. Must understand the NHS Payment Scheme and monitor performance, hold providers to account, and produce analysis and reports.

• Deliver contract finance management on a wide range of provider contracts ensuring value for money and robust financial control.
• Act as the prime contact and expert authority on a range of provider contracts, reconciling and reporting on the position monthly.
• Identify and raise challenges to providers where activity does not meet contractual or technical requirements.
• Help interpret and implement local and national policies, particularly relating to the NHS Payment Scheme or Standard Contract, and advise on the impact for a range of provider contracts.
• Liaise effectively with contracting and commissioning colleagues, and provider colleagues to ensure information is shared and reported appropriately.

• Knowledge of the NHS Payment Scheme.
• Able to interpret and analyse highly complex financial and statistical data and report and communicate to a wide and diverse audience.
• Knowledge of NHS accounting policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial systems & costing methodologies.
• Knowledge of developing and reporting cost improvement schemes.
• Appreciation of operational issues to enable contribution to discussions with non-financial managers.

• Evidence of finance experience and financial management experience.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant sector.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience of involvement in delivering excellence in financial reporting.

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.