Deputy Chief Finance Officer

We are looking for an exceptional finance leader who believes that finance and procurement are not back-office functions. They are enablers of safer, more effective and more sustainable care. This is a role for someone who combines professional grip with humanity, curiosity and the courage to challenge.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is moving forward with ambition and honesty. We are proud of the progress we are making and equally clear that there is more to do.

As Deputy Chief Finance Officer, you will help turn that ambition into consistently excellent delivery. You will lead a talented finance function, bring insight to difficult choices, and ensure every pound supports the best possible outcomes for the people and communities we serve., You will provide senior leadership across the full finance and procurement portfolio, including financial planning and strategy, financial management, financial services and technical accounts, costing, value improvement, procurement, capital and cash management, financial systems and innovation, audit, governance, productivity and finance workforce development.

You will deputise for the Chief Finance Officer as required and support the Trust to make clear, evidence-based decisions in a demanding and changing environment., You will work closely with the Chief Finance Officer, Executive Directors, Non-Executive Directors, operational leaders and clinical teams, gaining exposure across the full strategic, operational and system-facing finance agenda.

We are making progress, but we are not complacent. Our next challenge is to turn those stronger foundations into consistently excellent delivery across the Trust. We want a leader who can recognise progress without overlooking risk, and who will help us sustain improvement rather than simply describe it., Why this role? Why now?

We are one of the largest specialist mental health providers in the country, with approximately 7,500 colleagues, annual income of around £550m, services delivered across a large and diverse Greater Manchester geography spanning the five boroughs of Bolton, Manchester, Trafford, Salford and Wigan.

We have four operational Care Groups and strong partnerships across the Greater Manchester Integrated Care System. That scale gives this role real breadth, visibility and influence.

This is a pivotal time to join GMMH. We have stronger foundations, a clearer five-year direction and real ambition for the next phase of our improvement. Our strategy connects three priorities: delivering care that matters, working together and being fit for the future. Finance sits across all three. The Deputy Chief Finance Officer will make that connection real, every day.