Senior Finance Manager

Role Overview

The post holder will support the Head of Finance (HoF) and Deputy Head of Finance (DHOF) to deliver all aspects of the service area (hospital site, clinical support services or corporate areas) financial management.

He/she will manage a team of accountants to provide day-to-day support in all aspects of the service area's financial performance and business partnering while maintaining an excellent team ethic.

The post holder will be a senior member of the Financial Management and business unit teams, demonstrating expert accounting and business knowledge, analytical support and clear presentation of highly complex or contentious financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.

It is expected that the post holder will constructively and positively challenge all aspects of hospital/corporate areas financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

• Manage the delivery of accurate and timely monthly performance reports for agreement with the HoF/DHoF for presentation at business unit board meetings and to feed into the Trust position for internal and external corporate reporting.
• Support the reported performance with an analytical review and influence actions based upon findings.
• Oversee the preparation of robust forecasts to be agreed with the HoF/DHoF, supporting the planning and monitoring of mitigating actions.
• Deputise for the Head of Finance or Deputy Head of Finance in their absence, including attendance at business unit Boards, Specialty Boards and Performance Reviews.
• Provide specialist knowledge of reporting, payment by results, reference costs and revenue consequences of capital to assist in the delivery of high quality comprehensive reports.

An enthusiastic and motivated CCAB Qualified Accountant who is self‑motivated, pro‑active and with excellent planning and organisational skills.

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 16,000 employees, serving a population of 2.5 million in East London and beyond.

We offer a full portfolio of services and are home to some of Britain's leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care, including the London air ambulance. We also have one of the UK's busiest children's hospitals, internationally renowned surgical facilities and the new Heart Centre.

The vision is to create a world‑class health organisation with an international reputation for excellence in patient care, research and education. 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.

We strive to live by our WeCare values 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 under‑represented within Barts Health at this band.