Job summary
This position offers an excellent opportunity to engage with senior leaders, project managers, technical experts, external suppliers and leading clinicians pushing the boundaries of patient care. As an active member of the dynamic CPO team, you will work with project delivery teams across the Trust providing essential project management support and driving improvement initiatives. Our team is responsible for managing the prioritization and portfolio management process, maintaining the Trust's five-year capital plan, and supporting the delivery of major strategic programmes within our clinical groups.
Your role will be responsible for supporting the financial management of capital projects ensuring accurate reporting of costs, forecasting and identification of risks. You will work within the Portfolio Office team but with a professional dotted line into strategic finance to support your professional development.
To be effective in the role, you will already have experience both of providing effective financial management and challenge, as well as working on complex change programmes. If you are passionate about innovation and transformation in public healthcare, and possess strong organizational and communication skills, we invite you to apply.
Main duties of the job
Financial Management: Responsible for supporting the financial management of capital projects ensuring accurate reporting of costs, forecasting and identification of risks.
Key liaison point between finance and capital project teams ensuring the correct financial governance and controls are in place. Provide both support and challenge to project teams in all aspects of financial management including forecasts and business case development.
Training: Provide training to non-finance project staff in respect of finance policy ensuring these are regularly updated to meet changing regulations. Act as the subject matter expert on finance processes within the portfolio office team.
Lead and deliver special projects as required by theHead of Major Programmes.
Headlines from Person Specification
- Ability to identify financial risks and recommend decisions where under routine and non-routine circumstances.
About us
Please note: Interviews are due to be scheduled on 10 Feb, however alternative dates may be considered if shortlisted candidates are unavailable on that date.
Guy's and StThomas' NHS Foundation Trust values
We are...
Caring - we put patients first
Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence
Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer the job description and person specification for full information on the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer the job description and person specification for full information on the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Fully qualified CCAB accountant and other significant experience
- Microsoft Academy Expert qualified or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Educated to degree level, ideally in related field
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
- CCAB qualified with up to date CPD
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant experience financial management in multi-disciplinary teams or with strong experience working with non-finance specialists.
- Practical experience of computer-based accounting systems
- Extensive experience of NHS financial policies
- Experience of managing budgets and allocations and providing technical guidance to non finance specialists
- Experience of proactively resolving financial issues across a large range of projects
- Experience of supporting multiple, complex projects with a range of funding sources
Desirable
- Experience of Oracle Financials
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- The postholder must be able to demonstrate sound technical knowledge of accounting. This should include the application of knowledge from relevant IFRSs.
- The postholder should have an awareness of the interrelationship between balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts and cash flow statements.
- Able to work without supervision to achieve annual objectives to the desired standard. Able to work on a number of projects or pieces of work simultaneously and deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Self motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving both on own initiative and as part of a team
- Able to plan and lead the financial work of a team to achieve departmental objectives and performance standards.
- Knowledge of VAT with respect to Fixed Assets
- Ability to carry out work with the attention to detail required in a financial accounting department
- Ability to identify financial risks and recommend decisions where under routine and non-routine circumstances
- Ability to manage the finance change control for projects and ensuring that the overall Trust plan is up to date on a monthly basis
- Ability to quickly resolve budget / CDEL issues within governance and communicate the outcome to key stakeholders
Desirable
- Ability to initiate and manage change
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including presenting to senior management
- Good persuasion and influencing skills
- Ability to identify imaginative and realistic solutions to problems
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Fully qualified CCAB accountant and other significant experience
- Microsoft Academy Expert qualified or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Educated to degree level, ideally in related field
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
- CCAB qualified with up to date CPD
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant experience financial management in multi-disciplinary teams or with strong experience working with non-finance specialists.
- Practical experience of computer-based accounting systems
- Extensive experience of NHS financial policies
- Experience of managing budgets and allocations and providing technical guidance to non finance specialists
- Experience of proactively resolving financial issues across a large range of projects
- Experience of supporting multiple, complex projects with a range of funding sources
Desirable
- Experience of Oracle Financials
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- The postholder must be able to demonstrate sound technical knowledge of accounting. This should include the application of knowledge from relevant IFRSs.
- The postholder should have an awareness of the interrelationship between balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts and cash flow statements.
- Able to work without supervision to achieve annual objectives to the desired standard. Able to work on a number of projects or pieces of work simultaneously and deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Self motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving both on own initiative and as part of a team
- Able to plan and lead the financial work of a team to achieve departmental objectives and performance standards.
- Knowledge of VAT with respect to Fixed Assets
- Ability to carry out work with the attention to detail required in a financial accounting department
- Ability to identify financial risks and recommend decisions where under routine and non-routine circumstances
- Ability to manage the finance change control for projects and ensuring that the overall Trust plan is up to date on a monthly basis
- Ability to quickly resolve budget / CDEL issues within governance and communicate the outcome to key stakeholders
Desirable
- Ability to initiate and manage change
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including presenting to senior management
- Good persuasion and influencing skills
- Ability to identify imaginative and realistic solutions to problems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
