Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Associate Director of Finance - Income and Contracts

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Job Overview
The Group Associate Director of Finance – Income & Contracts is a senior strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing income, contracting, and pricing functions across the BSW Hospitals Group, ensuring financial sustainability, maximisation of income, and robust contractual arrangements with commissioners and system partners.
Main duties of the job
The Group Associate Director Of Finance Will
- Lead the Group Income & Contracting function, driving consistency and best practice across all sites
- Act as the senior finance lead for commissioning, contracting, and income optimisation
- Provide expert advice to the Site Director of Finance, Group CFO, and Executive teams on income risks, opportunities, and regulatory frameworks
- Enable a high-performing, data-driven approach to income recovery, contract negotiation, and system working.
The role will own the income inputs, assumptions, drivers for forecasting, linking closely with the Associate Director of Finance – Financial Planning and Analysis.
The Group Associate Director of Finance should expect to attend the different Trust sites to ensure a visible site presence is maintained.
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At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- CCAB Qualified with post qualification experience
- Significant senior finance experience in the NHS or a large complex public sector organisation
- Significant experience in Income and contracting, including NHS financial regime and payment mechanisms
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Strong analytical and financial modelling capability


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Desirable criteria
- Experience managing and developing finance staff and ability to lead and develop high performing teams
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
Applicant requirements
- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
- The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 440.6KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Jennie Wyatt
Job title: Site Finance Director
Email address: jenniewyatt@nhs.net
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