Nhs Finance jobs in Kent

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking a highly experienced senior finance professional to join the organisation as Associate Director – Financial Management (Band 8c)

The Associate Director will provide senior leadership and oversight of all ICB internal and external monthly reporting, ensuring accuracy, transparency and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Lead the ICB financial management function, including allocations, forecasting, reporting and assurance processes.

Act as the primary financial advisor to Directors with responsibility for running costs and transformation programmes.

Support the Director of Finance Commissioning & CFO in managing NHSE relationships and ensuring assurance around submissions.

Lead and develop the management accounting team, ensuring high performance and professional standards.

Support system‑wide financial sustainability and delivery of statutory financial targets.

Provide senior financial leadership across corporate services, CMO and CNO portfolios.

Oversee the ICB allocations process and ensure its alignment with strategic objectives and system priorities.

We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.

Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.

We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.

We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.

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.

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