Finance Manager

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Senior Finance Manager to support the Head of Finance and lead a team delivering high-quality financial reporting, forecasting, planning and business partnering services.

You will coordinate monthly income and expenditure positions, produce performance reports, and influence managers to take corrective actions where needed. The role requires CCAB or CIMA qualification and strong leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• CCAB or CIMA qualified accountant.
• Strong leadership and analytical skills with ability to engage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of finance professionals.
• Coordinate and validate monthly income and expenditure positions.
• Produce insightful performance reports and influence operational managers.
• Provide expert financial advice on business cases, savings programmes and strategic initiatives.

Skills

Financial reporting

Forecasting

Planning

Business partnering

Education

CCAB or CIMA qualification

Job description

The Senior Finance Manager will support the Head of Finance, Associate Head of Finance and Deputy Head of Finance in delivering all aspects of financial management across their portfolio. The post holder will lead and develop a team of finance professionals, ensuring the provision of high-quality financial reporting, forecasting, planning and business partnering services. They will be responsible for coordinating and validating monthly income and expenditure positions, producing insightful performance reports and influencing operational managers to take corrective action where required.

The role requires an individual who can provide expert financial advice on complex service developments, business cases, savings programmes and strategic initiatives. The post holder will work closely with senior clinicians, operational managers and corporate colleagues to support evidence-based decision making, maximise value for money and ensure robust financial governance. They will also contribute to the development of medium and long-term financial plans, oversee financial aspects of large-scale projects and deputise for senior finance leaders when required.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, ambitious CCAB or CIMA qualified accountant to join our Financial Management team as Senior Finance Manager. We are seeking an individual with strong leadership skills, excellent analytical expertise, and the ability to engage and influence clinical and non-clinical stakeholders across a large, complex organisation.

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain's leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS, with a turnover of approximately £1.5 billion and over 16,000 employees, serving 2.5 million people across East London and beyond. We provide acute, specialist and community services, housing leading UK centres for cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care, including the London Air Ambulance, one of the country's busiest children's hospitals, and a world-class Heart Centre. Our vision is to be a high-performing NHS hospital group, renowned for excellence, innovation, and compassionate care., This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing finance team within one of the most complex and diverse NHS organisations in the country, offering significant opportunities for professional growth, development and career progression.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.