NHS Kent & Medway
Associate Director of Contract Finance

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Role Overview
The postholder will be responsible for contract finance across a diverse portfolio of NHS and non-NHS healthcare providers. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Contracting, they will provide senior leadership and expert technical advice to ensure robust financial control, value for money and delivery of statutory financial targets, while supporting strategic decision-making across the system.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for contract finance management activities across the contract finance team, managing multi-million pound contracts for a diverse range of providers (e.g. NHS acute, independent sector, community, mental health) to ensure value for money, robust financial control, and alignment to ICB objectives.
- Leading support of the long and medium term financial planning activities in respect of the ICB and its contracted healthcare services, including overall operational and longer-term financial plans to ensure the delivery of key financial targets / regulatory requirements.
- Overseeing the contract finance management activities for financial planning, reconciliation, strategy development and costing to support delivery of the in-year financial position and understanding of the longer term financial plan.
- Overseeing and coordinating annual contract planning cycles to ensure robust contract planning in line with provider operational targets, commissioner budgets and contractual guidance and relevant policies.
- Senior lead on interpreting and implementing local and national policies as they apply to their areas of expertise within the contract portfolio and deliver the implementation of relevant policies, including but not limited to the implementation of the NHS Payment Scheme, NHS Standard Contract technical guidance, counting and coding assurance.
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Our Commitment
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.


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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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kristen Cave
- Job title: Contracts team mail box
- Email address: kristen.cave@nhs.net
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