Finance Manager

Sodexo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health & wellbeing app access

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Salary Finance Platform

Retirement Plan

Death-in-Service

Learning & development tools

Cycle to Work

Volunteering opportunities

Flexible and dynamic work environment

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Sodexo is recruiting a Finance Manager for the Soft Services contract at Homerton University Hospital, leading daily financial management and providing commercial insight to support performance and governance.

You will partner with operational teams and the client on a multi-million revenue contract, driving budgeting, forecasting, risk/opportunity identification and contract variation negotiations.

Qualifications

• Graduate calibre with strong technical finance capability
• Experience with complex service contracts, healthcare environment preferred
• Strong commercial acumen to understand contract mechanisms
• Proven ability to deliver accurate financial reporting, forecasting and analysis
• Confident business partner able to challenge and influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, financial modelling and data translation
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines with accuracy
• Fluent English, written and spoken, to present financial information clearly

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day financial management for the contract
• Business partner with operational management and client on mobilisation
• Support budgeting and quarterly forecasting with site managers
• Deliver weekly management reporting and monthly accounts
• Analyse site performance and provide commentary before results declaration
• Ensure billing aligns with contract mechanisms with back-up documentation
• Maintain robust financial control environment and cost control processes
• Analyze performance trends and support actions to improve margin
• Provide clear financial insight to support decision making

Skills

Graduate calibre

Financial modelling

Commercial acumen

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Analytical ability

Presentation of financial data

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA)

Tools

EProphit

SAP

Job description

• Job Title: Finance Manager


• Location: Homerton University Hospital, London, E9 6SR


• Up to £65,000 + Bonus


• 40 Hours Per Week

Purpose of the role

Act as Finance Manager for the Soft Services contract at Homerton University Hospital, leading day-to-day financial management for the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust contract and providing clear commercial insight to support financial performance, decision making and contract governance.

To business partner with operational management, service leads and the client on a newly mobilised contract generating over £17m revenue per annum, supporting delivery of the budget, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving improved financial performance.

To support contract performance through financial analysis, costings, ad hoc projects and the identification and negotiation of contract variations.

Main Assignments

Act as the finance lead for the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust contract, supporting the Head of Finance, Operational Managers and senior site management team. This will include:

• Leading the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes with senior site managers, providing appropriate challenge and support.


• Supporting a robust forecasting process by identifying risks and opportunities and ensuring action plans are developed to address them.


• Delivering weekly reporting to the management team.


• Working with senior site management to deliver accurate monthly accounts that reflect all contract activity, including variations, rechargeable works and major project activity.


• Reviewing and analysing site performance, providing commentary prior to the declaration of financial results.


• Ensuring billing is completed in line with the contract mechanisms, with accurate invoice back-up documentation provided to the client to support payment in accordance with contractual terms.


• Delivering a robust management review and financial control process with the senior site management team.


• Ensuring the financial control environment is properly implemented, particularly around weekly and monthly trading accounts, stock management and cost control.


• Working with operational teams to analyse performance trends, risks and opportunities, and supporting agreed actions to improve business performance, including subcontractor cost control, rechargeable costs and labour management.


• Supporting decision making through clear financial insight, analysis and challenge.

Person Specification

Essential

• Graduate calibre, with strong technical finance capability and the ability to apply financial insight in a complex operational environment.


• Experience of providing financial support to complex service contracts, ideally within a multi-service, outsourced or healthcare environment.


• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand contract mechanisms, identify risks and opportunities, and support margin improvement.


• Proven ability to deliver accurate financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis and performance insight to support operational and commercial decision making.


• Confident business partner with the ability to challenge, influence and support senior stakeholders, operational managers and non-finance colleagues.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience of financial modelling, costings and translating data into clear actions.


• Ability to manage competing priorities, work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.


• Pragmatic and resilient approach, with the ability to balance day-to-day contract performance with longer-term improvement opportunities.


• Fluent English, written and spoken, with the ability to present financial information clearly to a range of audiences.

Desirable

• Qualified accountant, or working towards a recognised qualification, such as CIMA, ACA or ACCA.


• Knowledge of healthcare contracts, Agenda for Change and the financial dynamics of a hospital services environment.


• Experience of contract mobilisation, change activity or process improvement within a finance or operational environment.


• Knowledge of systems including EProphit and SAP.


• Commercial Acumen - understands contract mechanisms, commercial drivers and operational performance, using this insight to protect margin, identify risks and opportunities, and support financially sound decisions.


• Financial Control and Governance - maintains strong financial discipline through accurate reporting, robust controls, billing integrity, cost control and compliance with contractual requirements.


• Analysis and Decision Making - uses financial data, variance analysis and modelling to identify trends, diagnose issues and recommend practical actions that improve performance.


• Relationship Management - builds effective relationships with operational teams, the Head of Finance, senior site management and client representatives, providing constructive challenge, support and insight.


• Impact and Influence - communicates financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders, influencing decisions and encouraging accountability for financial and operational performance.


• Planning and Organisation - manages competing deadlines across reporting, forecasting, billing, client meetings and ad hoc analysis while maintaining accuracy, quality and attention to detail.


• Resilience and Adaptability - remains effective under pressure, responds positively to changing priorities and supports mobilisation, change activity and continuous improvement.


• Continuous Improvement - identifies opportunities to improve finance processes, reduce administrative burden and strengthen the quality of decision support provided to the business.

What we offer

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.


• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.


• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.


• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.


• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.


• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan


• A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo


• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.


• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.


• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.


• Flexible and dynamic work environment


• Competitive compensation


• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer.We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

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