Deputy Commercial Finance Director

Vita Health Group (VHG) – part of the wider Spire Healthcare Group – has a unique opportunity to join the team as a Deputy Commercial Finance Director. Although employed by Vita Health Group, this role will work across all of Spire Primary Care.

The Deputy Commercial Finance Director supports the Commercial Finance Director in:

• leading the commercial finance function
• driving financial performance
• partnering with senior stakeholders
• improving commercial decision‑making
• ensuring robust financial governance

The role acts as a senior business partner, providing insight, challenge, and strategic support across the organisation.

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Formal accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA) with at least 10 years post-qualified experience
• Experience of working in a dynamic environment in a finance function
• Experience operating in multi-disciplinary teams which require recognition and understanding of business-wide capabilities/priorities
• Leading Commercial Finance teams, coaching and developing team members to high performance
• Understanding of key financial and operational performance metrics

Desirable:

• University degree such as BA (Hons) or BSc
• Experience of working in non-finance teams and communicating externally with customers at a senior level
• Experience leading M&A and/or Finance system integrations
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do. Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of Making People Better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. We are an award-winning employer recently recognised nationally as “Best Company to Work for” at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024. This is also recognised by current employees – our most recent Employee Survey results showed the top 5 reasons to work here as being:

• Supportive team and management
• Positive work environment
• Wellbeing and mental health support
• Trust and respect
• Autonomy and flexibility

We are keen to progress your skills and enable career development and provide regular Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme, apprenticeships and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is seeking to improve the diversity of its workforce. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We are committed to being equitable and supporting the wellbeing of all employees. We are a Mindful Employer and our status as a Disability Confident Leader is dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be considered for interview.

Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme ensures that all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview. Our Gender Matters Scheme ensures that all women applicants for senior roles (£60,000+) that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview.

We encourage applicants to contact HR to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests. Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you need in the application or interview process please contact us and we will facilitate.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months.

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.