Finance Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the Head of Finance in delivering an effective financial accounting function for NHS Greater Manchester. It involves managing cash and payroll services, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and NHS England requirements. The post holder will also oversee IR35 implications for temporary staff and manage organisational cash flow. A flexible approach is required as business needs may vary.
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration
- CCAB qualified or educated to a masters degree or equivalent
- Significant experience in a finance function of a large / complex organisation, preferably public sector
- Experience of managing a team
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for Executive level meetings
- Highly developed skills in Microsoft office applications.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities to tight deadlines and maintain a high standard of work.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Broad knowledge of the NHS and the local authority agenda and ability to make the links between policy initiatives and direction.
- Knowledge of NHS Finance regime
- Professional Registration
- CCAB qualified or educated to a masters degree or equivalent
- Significant experience in a finance function of a large / complex organisation, preferably public sector
- Experience of managing a team
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for Executive level meetings
- Highly developed skills in Microsoft office applications.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities to tight deadlines and maintain a high standard of work.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Broad knowledge of the NHS and the local authority agenda and ability to make the links between policy initiatives and direction.
- Knowledge of NHS Finance regime
- UK Registration
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
- NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Finance Manager
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
JOB PURPOSE
Greater Manchester Integrated Care is accountable for the quality of care delivered to the residents in Greater Manchester. The Strategic Finance Portfolio within NHS GM is responsible for implementing and monitoring the delivery of the financial systems that underpin high quality healthcare.
The post holder will support the Head of Finance to deliver an effective and efficient financial accounting function to NHS Greater Manchester, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, accounting standards and NHS England requirements. This role will encompass the management of cash and payroll services, ensuring that the organisation has accurate cash forecasts within nationally defined parameters . The focus of work may be varied as business needs dictate, and therefore a flexible approach is required.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities of this role will include:
Be the financial lead for payroll services ensuring timely and accurate pay overs of GP pension contributions / other payroll pay overs, and the review and completion of the GP and staff pension assurance statements, including organisational sign off
To lead on the partnership with East Lancashire Financial Services (ELFS) in respect of payroll queries.
Management of IR
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