Finance Manager

Posting date:	03 March 2026
Salary:	£47,657 to £55,086 per year
Additional salary information:	£47657 - £55086 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 March 2026
Location:	Chichester, PO18 8QB
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	B0425-26-0005

Summary

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Financial Management and Reporting Produce timely and accurate monthly management accounts for the charity and trading company. Lead yearend processes and work with the Director of Finance to prepare statutory accounts in line with the Charity SORP (FRS 102). Liaise with external auditors, ensuring an efficient audit process. Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations Monitor and manage cashflow. Oversee restricted and designated funds accounting. Work with the Director of Finance to prepare financial reports for trustees, committees, and senior leadership. Budgeting & Financial Planning Coordinate the annual departmental budgeting process and support longterm financial planning. Provide analysis and advice on complex financial information to support decisionmaking by budget holders and managers. Monitor departmental performance against budgets and identify risks, variances, and opportunities. Payroll & Pensions Oversee the processing and delivery of monthly payroll. Ensure operational compliance with HMRC, pension regulations, autoenrolment, and internal controls. Support accurate administration of pension schemes and employee benefits through payroll. Financial Controls & Compliance Maintain financial policies, procedures, and internal controls, and provide guidance to other teams on relevant policies procedures and controls, e.g. retail refund process. Ensure departmental compliance with relevant legislation including HMRC, VAT, Gift Aid, and provide guidance to other departments. Lead on VAT reporting, submissions and partial exemption calculations. Lead on Gift Aid claims. Responsible for internal audits for Retail annually and other areas of the organisation as required. Leadership & Team Management Lead, motivate, and develop a team consisting of a Finance Officer, Payroll & Pensions Officer, and two Finance Assistants, plus volunteer support. Foster a collaborative, supportive, and valuesdriven team culture. Ensure training, development, and clear performance objectives are in place. Take an active role in the Operations Leads Group and contribute to cross-functional groups e.g. Data Care, Forum, Job Evaluation. Systems & Process Improvement Oversee the finance systems and champion process improvements. Support digital and operational enhancements to streamline financial and payroll workflows. Ensure timely and accurate data to support organisational decisionmaking. PERSON SPECIFICATION Essential (E) or Desirable (D) Knowledge, qualifications and experience Qualified or partqualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) OR strong equivalent experience Minimum 3 years financial management experience, ideally within the charity sector Minimum 5 years accounting experience Strong technical understanding of accounting, budgeting and financial controls Understanding of payroll to enable correct accounting treatment Line management experience Experience of medium sized accounts package e.g. Sage Line 200c Gift Aid and Charity VAT experience Experience with Charity SORP and trading subsidiaries. Knowledge of VAT partial exemption, Gift Aid, charity taxation and payroll and pensions. Experience of overseeing the running of a payroll Experience of running a department Skills and abilities Proficiency with finance systems within a medium sized organisation. Advanced Excel and proficient user of other Microsoft Office apps. Excellent leadership skills Clear and effective communication, including the ability to explain technical information to a lay audience Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams Skilled in both strategic planning and daily departmental and personal organisation Ability to problem solve, innovate and use initiative Skilled user of Sage Line 200c KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Director of Finance reports to and provides support to. Senior Management Team Analysis and advice on budgets and financial performance. Operations Leads and line managers Analysis and advice on budgets and financial performance. Guidance on financial processes, audit, VAT, Gift Aid etc. Finance team guide, support, develop and line manage HR team collaborate to ensure that pay and pensions are processed accurately. Outside agencies: External Auditors manage relationship to enable the smooth running of external audits. Commercial Bank employees relationships to ensure the smooth running of the banking services and the resolution of any problems. HMRC Working through the HMRC portal to prepare and submit Gift Aid claims and the partial exemption VAT return. Responding to HMRC VAT, PAYE/NI and Gift Aid queries. Accounting software representative and Payroll bureaumanaging contracts, overseeing development work and resolving queries.