Chief Financial Officer

Posted Tuesday 28 July 2026 at 00:00 | Expires Tuesday 11 August 2026 at 23:59

Function: Chief Executive Office

Location: Mobile Worker – must be willing to travel UK wide as needed, in line with business needs and requirements

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: Offered on a starting annual salary of £191,681 with a competitive bonus scheme and reward package

Closing Date: Tuesday, 11 th August 2026

This is a rare opportunity to join NHS Supply Chain as Chief Financial Officer, a pivotal Executive leadership role at the heart of an organisation that plays a critical role in supporting patient care across England and Wales. Working in close partnership with the CEO and as a key member of the Executive Team, you will help shape the future direction of NHS Supply Chain, ensuring we continue to deliver outstanding value, performance and innovation for the NHS.

Leading a broad and influential portfolio encompassing Finance, Data & Technology, Business Performance and Risk, you will provide strategic leadership that enables informed decision‑making, organisational resilience and sustainable growth. You will provide executive leadership across Finance, Data & Technology, Business Performance and Risk, ensuring the organisation has the capabilities, controls and assurance frameworks required to deliver its strategic objectives. As a member of the Executive Team, you will champion transformation, innovation and continuous improvement, while providing leadership and oversight of information governance, cyber security and enterprise risk management as the organisation's Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)

As a trusted adviser to the CEO, Board and Executive Team, you will bring commercial insight, strategic thinking and constructive challenge, helping NHS Supply Chain navigate an increasingly complex healthcare, political and economic landscape. You will build strong relationships with government departments, NHS partners, regulators and industry stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for the organisation and championing our commitment to delivering better outcomes for the NHS and the patients it serves.

Most importantly, you will be an authentic and inspiring leader who embodies our values of Trust, Community and Authenticity. You will foster a culture where people feel empowered to perform at their best, encouraging collaboration, innovation and accountability while ensuring NHS Supply Chain remains a trusted, high‑performing and future‑focused partner to the NHS.

Every day you will …

• Partner with the Chief Executive Officer, Board and Executive Team to shape and deliver the organisation's strategic direction, ensuring the capabilities and resources are in place to achieve long‑term objectives.
• Act as a visible and credible ambassador for NHS Supply Chain, building influential relationships across government, the NHS, regulators and wider industry stakeholders.
• Lead organisational transformation and innovation, identifying opportunities to enhance performance, improve outcomes and future‑proof the organisation.
• Inspire and develop high‑performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic leadership of organisational performance, implementing integrated planning, reporting and performance management frameworks that enable effective governance, informed decision‑making and the delivery of long‑term organisational objectives.
• Champion efficiency and value for money, ensuring resources are deployed effectively to maximise benefits for patients, customers and the wider NHS.
• Provide executive leadership across Finance, Data & Technology Business Performance and Risk, ensuring an integrated and high‑performing corporate services function.
• Deliver excellence in risk and assurance, embedding effective frameworks that enable confident decision‑making, protect organisational interests and drive sustainable success.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in‑house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well‑being offering 1 day of paid well‑being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• A proven track record of executive‑level financial leadership within a large, complex organisation, with a recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), enabling you to shape strategy, drive performance and deliver sustainable outcomes.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with Boards, government departments, regulators, auditors and senior stakeholders, providing influence, insight and credibility at the highest levels.
• Extensive experience of corporate governance, assurance and risk management, with the expertise to ensure robust controls, regulatory compliance and effective organisational decision‑making.
• Strong experience leading organisational transformation, performance management and continuous improvement programmes, using data and insight to drive accountability, innovation and operational excellence.
• A strong understanding of data, technology, information governance and cyber risk, with the credibility to oversee digital capabilities and support the organisation's responsibilities as a Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO).

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist.

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.

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