Job Description

Senior Finance Analyst – Healthcare Financial Recovery PMO
Contractor

Job description

Contract: 6-month Interim (Outside IR35).

Location: North West - Hybrid (On-site attendance required initially)

Rate: Competitive Daily Rate + Expenses

PCD320179

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Finance Analyst to play a key role within our Healthcare clients Financial Recovery Programme Management Office. (FRP) This is a high-profile interim position supporting the development, monitoring and delivery of the organisation’s Financial Recovery Plan.

the organisation will work closely with Project Delivery Managers, Finance Business Partners and clinical and operational leads to ensure robust financial oversight, informed decision-making and accurate progress reporting across a portfolio of recovery initiatives. Acting as the finance lead for assigned departments, the organisation will bridge strategic finance and operational delivery, ensuring robust financial management across all workstreams.

About the organisation

the organisation will bring credibility, analytical rigour and the ability to build strong working relationships across clinical, operational and finance teams.

Essential Skills & Experience
• Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant (e.g. ACA / ACCA / CIMA) in addition to relevant Degree.
• Strong finance analysis skills with the ability to interpret complex financial and operational data.
• Demonstrated experience within healthcare settings, ideally within the NHS.
• Prior involvement in financial recovery programmes, cost reduction, efficiency delivery or PMO reporting would be highly advantageous.
• Comfortable advising senior stakeholders and challenging constructively where required.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills (business intelligence platform experience desirable).

What We Offer
• A strategic and impactful role in a system-level improvement programme with the liklihood of a further extension.
• Full time role with Hybrid working arrangements.
• Competitive daily rate Outside IR35, plus travel expenses directly funded by the client.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain the Financial Tracker for all schemes within the Financial Recovery Programme, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of progress.
• Produce weekly and monthly financial performance reports, dashboards and Board-level reporting packs.
• Maintain and update the Project Milestones & Delivery Tracker and ensure alignment with programme timelines.
• Analyse financial performance data to identify:
• Areas of overspend
• Cost drivers and high-activity areas.
• Opportunities for efficiency, savings and improvement.
• Provide finance analysis and advisory support to Project Delivery Managers, acting as a critical friend to clinical and operational teams.

Work collaboratively with Finance Business Partners and PMO colleagues to ensure recovery schemes are fully costed, risk assessed and deliverable.

Support the creation of business cases, forecasts, performance narratives and PMO assurance documentation.