About the team Our Finance team plays a critical role at the NMC, ensuring strong financial stewardship, transparency and value for money across an organisation with significant public impact. We work collaboratively across directorates, supporting decision-making, maintaining robust financial controls and continuously improving how we operate. You’ll join a supportive, forward-thinking team that is focused on delivering high-quality financial insight, strengthening systems and processes, and enabling the organisation to perform at its best. Your role and impact As Finance Manager, you’ll be at the heart of delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial information that supports organisational performance and accountability. You’ll lead on month-end processes and management reporting, ensuring high-quality outputs that inform senior decision-making. Working closely with the Financial Controller and Head of FP&A, you’ll contribute to business planning, budgeting and financial analysis, helping identify risks, opportunities and efficiencies. You’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving financial controls, supporting audits and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. From overseeing payroll to managing capital accounting and supporting treasury activities, your work will ensure the organisation’s finances are well managed and future-ready. This role offers real scope to drive improvement—enhancing systems, strengthening processes and influencing how finance supports the wider organisation. What you’ll bring Experience Delivery of statutory financial reporting and successful management of external audits. Oversight of month-end processes, payroll and financial controls within a medium-sized organisation. Experience of capital accounting and fixed asset management. Skills Strong numerical and analytical capability. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines. Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly. If you’re a proactive, results-driven finance professional looking to make a meaningful impact in a purpose-led organisation, we’d love to hear from you. Salary Details London - £61,633 - £68,481 Edinburgh - £57,317- £63,686 Please note that this is a fixed-term opportunity ending on 15 March 2027. Benefits 30 days annual leave Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions Life Insurance – 4 x current salary Hybrid working Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to Work Scheme Perkbox membership Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office Season ticket loans Additional Information The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post. Hybrid Working Policy We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working. Our Pay Policy It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request. For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy. Reasonable adjustments We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us. Screening and vetting All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.