The Finance Manager / Financial Controller is a permanent role. The individual will be responsible for the management of the outsourced function, as well as being a key partner of the Leadership Team.

The role will be responsible for:

• Day-to-day finance processes with the support of the outsourced bookkeepers
• Budgeting
• Supporting the CFO with various short-term projects that need financial input.

Specific responsibilities

• Accountable for the day-to-day finance function and internal controls (AP, AR, payroll, treasury, cash management, tax, budgeting, FP&A).
• Own the month end process and prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, tax regulations, and financial policies.
• Be the first point of contact for the external auditors and support delivery of the annual audit in a timely manner.
• Lead on the annual budget process, working with key stakeholders and departments to support PHINs strategic objectives.
• Implement and maintain robust financial controls and policies to ensure the function operates effectively, efficiently and accurately.
• Responsible for procurement, supplier management and all commercial contracting.
• Responsible for insurance, rents, rates and other corporate overheads.
• Support the CFO on financial queries, discussions and negotiations with stakeholders on funding business cases.
• Support the CFO with Board, Audit & Risk Committee and external stakeholder reporting
• Support the CFO and PHIN departments with the production of the Annual Report.
• Providing any other ad hoc support to the business as required.

Key deliverables

• Design and implement a purchase order process
• Improve the debt collection process
• Support the CFO in building resource/capacity modelling
• Support the CFO with a review of treasury functions
• Automation and improvement of processes to enhance the scalability of the organisation

Essential skills and experience

• Relevant experience of owning transactional finance functions
• Relevant experience of the management and control of budgets and working within a finance function
• Financial modelling experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills for a wide range of settings and contexts
• IT competence in MS Office (Excel/Word/Outlook/PowerPoint)
• Demonstrates confidence in working with people from a range of backgrounds
• Strategic, analytical and creative thinker
• Demonstrates a clear communication style
• Understanding of confidentiality
•  Outcome orientated and solutions focused
• Has a high degree of personal integrity

Desirable skills

• Educated to degree level (Bachelor’s or Master’s) or equivalent
• Chartered Accountant
• Understanding of working within an organisation guided by certified information standards and information sharing protocols.
• Knowledge of a range of public and/or private sector procurement processes and contract management
• Knowledge of the UK healthcare sector
• Experience of budgeting and FP&A
• Experience of using Xero accounting software

A full job description will be provided during the recruitment process

Closing date for applications: 23:59 on Sunday 1 June 2025

If you would like to apply for this role, please send your CV to recruitment@phin.org.uk or simply let us know if you have any questions.

Note for recruitment agencies: To control our costs, PHIN directly recruits candidates wherever possible. We work with selected agency partners for some hard to fill roles and we value these relationships. You are welcome to send the details of your areas of specialisation to us at recruitment@phin.org.uk for future reference. Due to our ISO 27001 obligations, it is strictly against policy to email candidate details to anyone in PHIN unless explicitly asked to do so by HR. We can only work with agencies that understand and respect these obligations.