Deputy Finance Manager - Pathology Business Unit

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Deputy Finance Manager to oversee Pathology financial management. You will partner with various stakeholders to prepare monthly reports, forecasts, and support annual financial planning processes. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication and time-management skills, along with experience in financial business planning within a healthcare context. This role requires liaising with multiple organizations to ensure accurate financial reporting and activity documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management within healthcare or similar environment.
• Ability to explain complex financial information clearly.
• Strong business planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert finance business partnering support to Pathology in financial management.
• Prepare monthly finance reports and forecasts for Pathology.
• Support the financial management of ongoing capital projects.
• Liaise with stakeholders across South East London hospitals.

Skills

Expert finance business partnering support

Designing finance reports

Annual financial planning

Communication with staff at all levels

Time-management skills

Job description

In conjunction with the Deputy Head of Finance and Commercial, the Deputy Finance Manager is the first port of call for all Pathology financial management queries; including preparing month end reports and forecasts, developing business plans and presenting these to stakeholders.

Pathology services are provided by Synnovis, a joint venture organisation. The Pathology Business Unit works across Guy’s & St. Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital. The Deputy Finance Manager therefore works with colleagues across multiple organisations to ensure accurate reporting of pathology expenditure and provision of activity information to both internal and external stakeholders.

The Deputy Finance Manager provides business partnering support to Pathology in all their monthly, annual and ad‑hoc financial performance and planning activities. They are responsible for reviewing the month end positions, the completion of monthly forecasts and consolidation of a directorate monthly performance report, in consultation with stakeholders and the Deputy Head of Finance and Commercial, and presenting these at various meetings. They will support the annual financial planning process and undertake costings of service developments and savings plans.

Role responsibilities

• Provide expert finance business partnering support to Pathology in all regular and ad‑hoc financial management and business planning activities.
• Take responsibility for designing & preparing the monthly finance reports and forecasts for Pathology, including discussing these with relevant stakeholders across the department.
• Support the Senior Finance Manager in the annual financial planning processes for Pathology, taking responsibility for preparing accurate financial plans based on the directorate’s strategies.
• Support the financial management of Pathology’s ongoing capital projects, ensuring that relevant costs are reflected accurately and promptly in capital accounts and preparing projections of future spend, in conjunction with the Capital Finance Team.
• Demonstrate confidence in communicating with staff at all levels and across all professional disciplines, and explain complex financial information to both finance and non‑finance staff in a meaningful way.
• Liaise with colleagues at Synnovis, King’s College Hospital, as well as across South East London hospitals to ensure accurate reporting of pathology expenditure and provision of activity information to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain high quality outputs whilst managing competing commitments, demonstrating strong time‑management skills.

• This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Jan 2026.