Planning and Forecasting

• Deliver accurate monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts covering income, activity, costs and contribution.
• Contribute to corporate budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning cycles.
• Identify emerging risks, issues and opportunities, recommending appropriate mitigation or action.
• Provide clear, forward-looking insights to support operational and commercial decision-making.

Contracting and Negotiation Support

• Translate complex financial analysis into clear, commercially focused recommendations for negotiations with NHS commissioners and system partners.
• Prepare financial models, assumptions and supporting analysis for contract proposals and business cases.
• Inform pricing strategies, new commercial models and collaborative partnership structures.
• Assess the financial implications of proposed contract terms, identifying risks, opportunities and potential trade-offs.

Market and Strategic Insight

• Develop a strong understanding of NHS commissioning, provider markets and system priorities.
• Deliver proactive analysis to inform organisational strategy and commissioner engagement.
• Monitor relevant policy, regulatory and market developments, assessing their potential impact on performance and growth opportunities.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Work closely with Finance, Product, Operations and Contract Management teams to align financial plans with operational capacity and strategic priorities.
• Provide data-driven insights that improve performance, decision-making and commercial outcomes.
• Promote rigorous financial and commercial discipline across the organisation.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.

Business Performance and Governance

• Support overall business performance, with a focus on sustainable growth, margin and commissioner satisfaction.
• Strengthen Psychiatry UK’s reputation with commissioners by providing credible analysis and supporting the development of successful partnerships.
• Maintain high standards of governance, accuracy and financial control.
• Ensure models, assumptions and recommendations are transparent, clearly documented and suitable for robust review.

Key Requirements

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Significant experience and expertise in commercial and financial modelling within a commercial business and growth-oriented environment
• Comfortable and confident interrogating data sources, validating quality, and challenging assumptions
• Ability to take unstructured inputs and multi-variate scenarios to build commercial models supporting complex decisions
• Experience working with data analytics teams to improve datasets, processes, and modelling.
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining complex financial models from first principles
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to extract meaningful insight from complex data
• Experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain financial concepts to both financial and non-financial audiences
• Demonstrated success working in collaborative, cross-functional environments

Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Experience within the NHS commissioning environment, including contracting frameworks and payment mechanisms
• Experience supporting or participating in NHS contract negotiations
• Exposure to provider-commissioner financial flows, activity forecasting, or service planning
• Experience working in a Private Equity (PE) environment, particularly where growth and value creation were central
• Understanding of health system performance frameworks and market dynamics

Psychiatry UK: Supporting You

We want you to enjoy your work while feeling healthy, happy, and appreciated. That’s why we’ve created a benefits package designed with you in mind. You’ll have access to a range of wellbeing perks, including a Health Cash Plan, Well Hub Subscription, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Annual Volunteering Day, Enhanced Sickness and Family Leave pay, Length of Service Bonus, Work from Home allowance and Pension options.

At Psychiatry UK, we care about what matters to you.

Recruitment Process

At Psychiatry UK, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Our process includes:

• Application
• Profile review
• Screening conversation
• Competency-based interview(s)

If at any point you require any reasonable adjustments—such as additional time, assistive technology, or an alternative format for materials—please let us know. We are happy to accommodate your needs to ensure you have a fair and comfortable experience.

If this opportunity excites you, why not apply today? *We review applications as they come in and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of interest.