Director of Finance and ProductivityNHS

Job summary

Shape the future of Cambridge University Hospitals

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is creating a new Accountable Care Group (ACG) operating model, bringing clinical, operational and professional leadership closer together and creating greater accountability for the performance and development of our services.

We are seeking exceptional Directors of Finance and Productivity to join the senior leadership teams of our new ACGs. These are significant Band 9 leadership roles, each providing senior financial and productivity leadership across a major clinical portfolio with annual income and expenditure of approximately £500m.

As a full member of the ACG Senior Leadership Team, you will work alongside the ACG Managing Director and senior clinical, operational and professional leaders to shape strategy, determine priorities and make choices about how resources are deployed. You will have a central role in developing the ACG's annual and medium-term plans, improving productivity, supporting service transformation and ensuring that financial sustainability and value are integral to decision-making.

This is much more than a traditional senior finance role. You will combine financial leadership with a deep understanding of clinical and operational performance, using data, insight and constructive challenge to help improve productivity and develop services.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

As Director of Finance and Productivity, you will be the senior finance leader for your ACG and a full member of its Senior Leadership Team. You will provide strategic financial leadership, professional advice and constructive challenge, helping the ACG deliver high-quality services within its available resources.

You will lead the development and delivery of the ACG's annual financial plan, budget and medium-term financial trajectory, ensuring that financial plans are aligned with activity, workforce, quality, operational, research, education and strategic priorities. Where performance is off track, you will play a leading role in developing and driving recovery action.

A major focus of the role will be productivity and financial improvement. You will set the strategic direction for the ACG's productivity programme, working with clinical and operational leaders to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce unwarranted variation, optimise income and deliver sustainable improvements.

Job description

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 15th November 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on the 27th November 2026.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.