Finance Manager

Job summary

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 2.5m 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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated CCAB Qualified Accountant to join the finance team. We are looking for a driven individual who is self-motivated, pro-active and with excellent planning and organisational skills. The post holder is required to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a finance team within a large, specialist and complex organisation with great opportunities for learning and development.

For further information please contact:

Insert Name or, by email rita.bilimoria@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Head of Finance (HoF) to deliver all aspects of the servicearea (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 thefinancial performance and business partnering whilst maintaining an excellentteam ethic.He/she will be a senior member of the Financial Management and service area teams,demonstrating expert accounting and business knowledge, analytical support and clearpresentation of highly complex or contentious financial and business information to clinicaland non-clinical colleagues. He/she will constructively and positively challenge all aspects ofservice area financial and business performance and financial management processes toensure efficiency and effectiveness.Through a team of accountants the post holder is required to manage the delivery ofaccurate and timely monthly performance reports for agreement with the HoF forpresentation at service area board meetings and to feed into the Trust position for internaland external corporate reporting. There will be a requirement to support the reportedperformance with an analytical review and to influence actions based upon these findings.The post holder will oversee the preparation of robust forecasts to be agreed with the HoF.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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