Finance Manager

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a Finance Manager to provide financial management support to the Theatres & Anaesthesia Division. The role involves overseeing a significant budget and requires strong financial acumen and communication skills. The successful candidate will work in a hybrid environment, balancing office and remote work, and will manage an Assistant Management Accountant.

Qualifications

• Provide financial management support to Theatres & Anaesthesia Division.
• Deliver financial support and advice in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of the financial position.
• Lead budget holder meetings and respond to queries.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Job description

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), located in the West End of London, is one of the UK's largest NHS trusts, offering first-class acute and specialist services both locally and to patients nationwide and internationally.

We are seeking a Finance Manager to join the Surgery & Cancer Board.

The successful candidate will provide financial management support to the Theatres & Anaesthesia Division, which includes theatres & anaesthesia, medical physics, and sterile services, with a combined direct expenditure budget of approximately £76m and 760 WTE. The role also involves managing the Surgery & Cancer Board Division.

This position requires delivering financial support and advice to meet operational service needs and corporate deadlines in a fast-paced environment. The candidate should possess excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills (both written and verbal) to build rapport with managers and clinicians, facilitating engagement and understanding of the financial position.

The post-holder will have line management responsibility for an Assistant Management Accountant and will report to the Senior Finance Manager.

This role involves hybrid working arrangements, including a requirement to work in the office two days per week.

Main Duties

1. Provide comprehensive financial management support to the division.
2. Ensure accurate and timely reporting of the financial position.
3. Conduct detailed variance analysis, including underlying analysis.
4. Lead budget holder meetings to promote engagement and understanding, interpreting and explaining complex financial information to non-finance staff.
5. Respond promptly and accurately to budget holder queries.
6. Maintain budgeted and actual establishments.
7. Ensure accurate and timely recovery of income.
8. Line management responsibility for the Assistant Management Accountant.
9. Perform any other ad-hoc duties as directed by the Senior Finance Manager, which may include tasks across the Surgery & Cancer Board.

UCLH provides a wide range of complex services across eight sites, including:

• University College Hospital (including the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are committed to excellence in patient care, education, and research. UCLH specializes in women’s health, cancer, infection, neurology, gastrointestinal, and oral diseases, supported by world-class services such as critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine, and pathology.

UCLH is dedicated to sustainability, aiming to become a carbon net-zero health service by 2031 for direct emissions and 2040 for indirect emissions.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

Name: Pui Kwok
Job Title: Senior Finance Manager
Email: [e-mail]