Job summary
Finance Manager, St Bartholomew's Hospital - Band 8A
An opportunity to work with the management team of St Bartholomew's Hospital, the renowned centre of excellence for cardiac and cancer care with a deep history of innovation and excellence in care.
Reporting to the Deputy Head of Finance and supporting the Head of Finance, you will manage a team of accountants to ensure the provision of high quality financial management and financial reporting information as well as providing day-to-day expert advice and support. To succeed, you'll be a qualified accountant with strong financial management, ideally gained within an NHS environment. You'll have excellent leadership skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. You'll champion best practice, look for ways we can continuously improve and relish the challenge of working as part of a close team to drive financial performance across this large and complex Trust. We are looking for someone who will share our passion to make a difference and for continuous improvement.
Proposed Interview date: 26th February 2024
Main duties of the job
You will be required to prepare detailed, consolidated monthly financial performance reports after developing a thorough understanding of the service areas. You will provide leadership and support to the financial management team and liaise with other financial services teams. You will provide high quality advice in respect of income, contracting, service line reporting. You will be responsible for the development of annual financial plans, support the service in identifying and monitoring cost savings. You will appraise and set objectives for direct reports, ensure appropriate training for staff and participate in CPD.
Barts Health NHS Trust is an accredited employer from ACCA, CIMA and CIPFA. This means you can take advantage of joining an organisation committed to investing in your career and development and qualified members can rest assured their CPD requirements will be met on the job. There has never been a more exciting time to join Barts Health NHS Trust as we progress our collaboration with Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and St Bartholomew's celebrating its 900thanniversary in 2023. If you are a hardworking and enthusiastic individual then you are the type of person we are looking for.
About us
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 our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. 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 underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job 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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
To discuss this role please contact Rachel Firth , rachel.firth1@nhs.net
previous applicants need not to apply.
Job description
Job 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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
To discuss this role please contact Rachel Firth , rachel.firth1@nhs.net
previous applicants need not to apply.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Three years Financial Management experience including continuous experience in one organisation.
- Management of staff, including recruitment and effective team working
- Costing services and business case planning
Desirable
- Previous Healthcare experience.
- Experience of completing an annual business planning cycle
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of NHS, organisational challenges and developments
- Costing and monitoring cost improvement programmes
- Business Planning
- Knowledge of financial controls and experience of maintaining these
- Knowledge of NHS funding and regulation (NHSI, NHSE, ICS, Local Authority)
Desirable
- Understanding the links between operational and financial performance
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Qualified CCAB
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written skills.
- Staff management skills and the ability to motivate and develop staff including qualified and non-qualified accountants
- Ability to analyse and utilise complex information, determine and identify options and the appropriate course of action
- Good IT skills including MS software and financial systems
- Ability to explain complex ideas & concepts clearly and effectively to nonfinance staff
- Excellent numberical, written and verbal skills
- Able to build rapport with clinical and operational teams
- Excellent interpersonal and team player skills
- Excellent planning (short and longer term) and organisational skills
- Ability to think strategically
Desirable
- Financial modelling skills
Other
Essential
- The ability to multi-task, re-assessing priorities to ensure projects are managed and completed to timescale
- Evidence of a commitment to personal development
- Professional pro-active attitude and self-motivated
- Possess a positive attitude to change
- Business acumen and the ability to influence and manage ommercial opportunities
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Three years Financial Management experience including continuous experience in one organisation.
- Management of staff, including recruitment and effective team working
- Costing services and business case planning
Desirable
- Previous Healthcare experience.
- Experience of completing an annual business planning cycle
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of NHS, organisational challenges and developments
- Costing and monitoring cost improvement programmes
- Business Planning
- Knowledge of financial controls and experience of maintaining these
- Knowledge of NHS funding and regulation (NHSI, NHSE, ICS, Local Authority)
Desirable
- Understanding the links between operational and financial performance
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Qualified CCAB
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written skills.
- Staff management skills and the ability to motivate and develop staff including qualified and non-qualified accountants
- Ability to analyse and utilise complex information, determine and identify options and the appropriate course of action
- Good IT skills including MS software and financial systems
- Ability to explain complex ideas & concepts clearly and effectively to nonfinance staff
- Excellent numberical, written and verbal skills
- Able to build rapport with clinical and operational teams
- Excellent interpersonal and team player skills
- Excellent planning (short and longer term) and organisational skills
- Ability to think strategically
Desirable
- Financial modelling skills
Other
Essential
- The ability to multi-task, re-assessing priorities to ensure projects are managed and completed to timescale
- Evidence of a commitment to personal development
- Professional pro-active attitude and self-motivated
- Possess a positive attitude to change
- Business acumen and the ability to influence and manage ommercial opportunities
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).
