Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Operational in Manchester inManchester PUBLISHED FRI 28 MAR 2025 Jump to job information section

Lead Operational Finance at the UK's Largest NHS Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is looking for a dynamic and experienced Deputy Chief Finance Officer (Operational) to join our senior leadership team. This is a rare opportunity to take on a high-profile role within one of the most complex and ambitious NHS organisations in the country.

As the UK's largest NHS Trust, MFT serves a diverse population of over 750,000 people across ten hospitals and community services. With an annual budget exceeding £2 billion, we operate at scale, delivering world-class care while driving financial sustainability. Our finance function plays a crucial role in ensuring we meet the challenges of today's NHS, and we are looking for an outstanding leader to drive this agenda forward.

We are seeking a senior finance leader to take on the role of Deputy Chief Finance Officer (Operational) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Reporting to Claire Wilson, Group Chief Finance Officer, you will provide operational leadership across a £2bn organisation, ensuring robust financial planning, reporting and governance.

You'll oversee all aspects of financial performance, while working closely with operational and clinical leaders to support effective decision-making and deliver high-quality, sustainable healthcare. A key part of your role will be driving cost improvement and transformation programmes, helping us deliver best value for the communities we serve.

You will engage regularly with national partners, including NHS England, ICBs and regulators, representing MFT at system level. The ability to influence, collaborate and lead in a complex environment will be critical.

We are looking for someone with strong NHS finance experience, ideally at Director or Deputy Director level, with a track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering financial improvement at scale.

This is a career-defining opportunity to shape the financial future of the UK's largest NHS Trust. If you are a strategic, ambitious and values-led leader, we would love to hear from you.

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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at looking forward to hearing from you!