South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Interim Associate Director of Finance Management
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Associate Director of Financial Management – Band 8c
Are you an experienced senior NHS finance leader looking for your next development opportunity?
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and credible finance professional to join us as Associate Director of Financial Management.
This is an interim opportunity and is ideally suited to an existing NHS employee wishing to undertake an NHS-to-NHS secondment.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates currently employed within the NHS who are able to secure the support of their substantive employer for a secondment. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss and obtain agreement in principle from their current employer before applying.
Interviews
Interviews to take place week commencing 14th September 2026
Role Overview
Reporting to the Deputy Chief Finance Officer, the Associate Director of Financial Management will provide strategic leadership for the Trust’s financial management and business partnering function.
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This is a high-profile senior leadership role with responsibility for ensuring that robust financial planning, performance management, governance and business partnering arrangements support the Trust’s organisational priorities and long-term financial sustainability.
You will act as a senior financial advisor to the Deputy Chief Finance Officer and Chief Finance Officer, providing expert insight and constructive challenge across financial strategy, resource allocation, service transformation, financial recovery and investment decisions.
The role will work across organisational boundaries and with partners across Integrated Care Systems, commissioners and other stakeholders, representing the Trust at senior system, regional and national forums.
Benefits
- Option to join NHS pension scheme
- A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
- Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
- Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
- Access to occupational health and counselling services.
- Award winning wellbeing hub
- Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
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Additional Information
- Base: Nexus House, Crawley, West Sussex, with travel across Trust sites and the wider system as required.
- Band: Agenda for Change Band 8c
- Appointment route: NHS-to-NHS secondment strongly preferred.
Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification carefully before applying. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate how they meet the essential criteria within their application.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Judit Friedl
- Job title: Deputy Chief Finance Officer
- Email address: judit.friedl@secamb.nhs.uk
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