Head of programme finance - Oriel

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eye care institution in Greater London is seeking a finance lead for a maternity coverage role. The position involves financial reporting, budgeting, and engagement with various stakeholders across a major joint venture project. The ideal candidate must be a qualified accountant with substantial experience in the NHS environment and demonstrate excellence in financial management and stakeholder communication. This role presents a unique opportunity to be part of a transformative initiative in eye care.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience providing financial reports to boards and stakeholders.
• Proactive and resilient with strong interpersonal skills.
• Firsthand experience in the NHS regulatory environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting.
• Advise on governance and cost control.
• Engage stakeholders across partner organizations.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Stakeholder engagement

Financial forecasting

Problem solving

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Together, Moorfields Eye Hospital (Moorfields), University College London (UCL) and Moorfields Eye Charity (MEC) are creating a purpose‑built centre of excellence for eye care, research and education. The business case has been approved, setting a project budget of over £500m, and construction has begun. The construction is managed by a joint venture between UCL and the Trust, which has been set up as a separate legal entity.

This role is the finance lead across the whole joint programme to cover maternity leave of the existing incumbent – this means acting as finance lead for the joint venture as well as for wider aspects of the programme as they relate to Moorfields and UCL individually, and transactions that are required between UCL/Moorfields and the joint venture.

This role reports to the Chief Financial Officer of Moorfields and to the Oriel Finance lead for UCL, who are also executive directors of the joint venture and reporting to this role is a full time Band 8A Project Accountant whose role is focused on financial management, systems and administration.

This is an exciting time to join the Oriel team and play a key role in their vision for the future, developing this dynamic new venture that will impact generations of patients.

Responsibilities

• Financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, financial administration and controls.
• Advising on the financial elements of change control, governance and cost control.
• Financial reporting to the project committees including Oriel Executive Board, Moorfields management executive and UCL Oriel Project Board, and attendance at the Oriel Executive Board.
• Joint venture cash flow, treasury management, tax advice and financial reporting.
• Monitoring of business case and approvals from higher bodies.
• Stakeholder engagement across a number of partner organisations and external bodies.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of developing, delivering and monitoring business cases and capital projects. You will have extensive experience of providing financial reports to board members, directors and a variety of internal and external stakeholders as well as firsthand experience of the NHS regulatory environment and compliance processes. Proactive, resilient and interpersonally strong, you will be adept at presenting highly complex financial information across a wide audience and problem solving at a high level. You will have a professional attitude, sound judgement and the credibility and drive to make an impact in a high‑profile major project such as this.

At Moorfields, people’s sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible.

For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence.

We’re also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work. Whether it’s pioneering research through our partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre or training the next generation of global eye care leaders, we’re united by one mission—delivering world‑class eye health, sustainably and at scale.

Construction is well underway on our groundbreaking new centre in Camden – Project Oriel – a joint initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity. This modern, flexible facility will bring together eye care, research, and education under one roof—enabling transformative innovation and collaboration like never before.

Could you be part of this future? Make us more.

Contact

Name: Nicola Brooks

Job title: Recruitment Partner

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07860737740