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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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.
Person specification
General
Essential
- 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
- Experience managing and developing finance staff and ability to lead and develop high performing teams
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This advert is for Head of Finance - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust with Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in Salisbury, England. It is listed as a Band 8 role. The advertised salary is £94,356 - £108,814 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Aug 2026.
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