Finance Manager - Capital & Fixed Assets

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in London seeks a Capital Finance Manager to oversee capital financial operations and lead a team. Key responsibilities include managing the fixed asset register, leading month-end processes, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates will have a CCAB accreditation, extensive accounting experience, and leadership skills. This role offers career development opportunities within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CCAB) with hands-on experience in fixed asset accounting systems.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards and relevant legislation.
• Proven experience in managing capital accounting processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and enhance the Trust's capital financial operations.
• Lead the month-end capital finance process, preparing reports.
• Safeguard the integrity of the Trust's capital financial systems.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication

Accounting

Education

Qualified Accountant (CCAB)

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) is looking for a talented and forward-thinking Capital Finance Manager to join its high-performing Finance Directorate. With a turnover of £1.5 billion, ICHT delivers world-class specialist and acute care to over a million people across North West London and beyond.

As Finance Manager for Capital and Fixed Assets, you will play a central role in managing and enhancing the Trust's capital financial operations-bringing rigour, insight, and leadership to a critical area of our finance function.

You'll take responsibility for maintaining the fixed asset register, ensuring the accurate recording, classification, and reporting of all assets-including depreciation, disposals, and lease management. You will bring solid hands-on experience with fixed asset accounting systems and a thorough understanding of capital financial controls.

You'll lead capital month-end processes, provide expert technical advice on capitalisation practices, and drive excellence in both internal and external reporting. Your analytical skills will enable you to extract insights from complex data, identify key trends, and support strategic decision-making on capital investment.

You will also lead and inspire a dedicated team of three, ensuring that reporting is delivered accurately and on time, and that the team continuously develops its strengths.

Main duties of the job
• Safeguard the integrity of the Trust's capital financial systems, developing and refining financial policies, and working closely with internal and external audit and counter-fraud teams.
• Lead the month-end capital finance process, including preparing reports for external bodies, contributing to the Trust's Annual Accounts, and managing the capital audit process.
• Take ownership of capital accounting-maintaining an accurate asset register, tracking expenditure across all capital schemes, managing depreciation journals, and reconciling assets regularly.
• Act as the Trust's VAT expert on capital projects, ensuring full compliance with VAT and HMRC regulations.
• Support the Head of Capital Finance in ensuring that all financial systems and controls meet statutory requirements, through robust policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified Accountant (CCAB)
• Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial reporting standards, and financial & other aspects of relevant legislation, gained through Professional Accountancy Qualifications (CCAB) and have great demonstratable financial accounting experience.
• Knowledge of complex accounting areas including VAT, Inventory, Cash
• Knowledge of Capital accounting

Desirable criteria

• Further relevant specialist training in technical skills and NHS financial management

Experience

Essential criteria

• Have experience in the preparation of the statutory annual accounts process.
• Providing quality accounting services and financial advice to senior financial staff
• Proven experience of resolving complex financial accounting issues and communicating these at all levels
• Managing capital accounting processes, planning, monitoring, reporting using asset management systems
• Managing month and year end financial processes in a timely and accurate way
• Experience of working on capital projects
• Managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships, including negotiating outcomes to problems

Desirable criteria

• Significant experience of working within the NHS
• Capital Aset Register System (CARS) experience.
• Co-ordinating annual asset valuation exercise.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Technically competent with good accounting and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of current accounting issues and a detailed understanding of the regulatory framework
• User of relevant financial systems and advanced skills in Excel
• Able to solve complex, multi-dimensional issues, requiring concentration for long periods of time and analysis of complex data.
• Evidence of planning and delivering deadlines and service on time for self and teams.

Desirable criteria

• Specific experience of using eFinancials, Business Objects, Qlikview and other specific ICHT financial systems

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

• Advises and persuades senior budget holders on financial issues

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 672.3KB)
• Functional Requirement form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)