Deputy Finance Manager - Research (Heart, Lung & Critical Care)

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS organization in London is seeking a Deputy Finance Manager for its Heart, Lung & Critical Care finance team. The ideal candidate will have experience in management accounting and a strong understanding of NHS financial regulations. This role requires excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills. The position involves financial reporting, budgeting, and supporting senior colleagues with financial queries.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a management accounting environment.
• Experience with financial duties in NHS organizations.
• Ability to work independently and proactively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate financial reporting to tight deadlines.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Manage financial queries from the Research Directorate.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Team working

IT skills

Education

CCAB Finalist or CCAB part qualified

Job description

Deputy Finance Manager - Research (Heart, Lung & Critical Care)

Recruiter Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Location London, United Kingdom

Salary £56,276 - £63,176 p.a inclusive of HCA (pro rata)

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the Research Deputy Finance Manager role within the Heart, Lung and Critical Care finance team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

This post requires experience in a management accounting environment and for the candidate to have made significant progress towards their CCAB qualification.

It is essential for the post holder to demonstrate strong communication, team working, organisational and IT skills, along with the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders. In addition, the ability to work independently and proactively is required.

** post will mainly be based at, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP **

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the post holder will be responsible for the accurate delivery of financial reporting to a tight monthly deadline.

The post holder will also have key duties around forecasting, costing and budget setting and will need to support senior colleagues within the Research Directorate with grant costings, returns and ad-hoc queries as required.

Working for our organisation

As part of a close-knit team the post holder will report to the Finance Manager for the Research Directorate, the post holder will be responsible for the accurate delivery of financial reporting to a tight monthly deadline.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You'll also support the Trust's productivity and transformation programme.

The post is based at the Royal Brompton hospital in Chelsea, with hybrid working across all our sites. Travel will be required to Harefield Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals.

Person specification

Education & Qualifcations

Essential criteria

• CCAB Finalist or CCAB part qualified with extensive experience.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Extensive knowledge of financial & other duties placed on NHS organisations.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of the budget setting process.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Highly developed analytical skills to solve highly complex financial and non-financial problems.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Flexible working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Documents to download

• JD - Band 7 Deputy Finance Manager (PDF, 146.9KB)
• Person Specification - Deputy Finance Manager Research (PDF, 141.2KB)
• FRF (PDF, 152.2KB)

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