Finance Manager - NHS LPP in London

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research.

Job overview: To provide expert sectional operational management, set objectives and priorities, and to motivate and appraise staff. To support in the induction, training and development of a team of financial management staff. To take an active role in developing finance staff through on the job training, professional academic studies, and other approaches such as mentoring, career and personal development plans.

Main duties of the job: To operate effectively in a matrix structure, being the Directorate's primary finance team point of contact, providing flexible business partnering support, resolving queries and signposting to additional resources as appropriate as well as fulfilling financial management, reporting and planning responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: To provide professional expert guidance to Directorate managers and when required to challenge assumptions held to ensure the development of robust financial forecasts. To develop with directorates an awareness of financial performance requirements, and of the need for budgetary control. Participate in Trust wide training and communication initiatives. To ensure that all managers are aware of and act in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions.

Person specification:

• Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Educated to degree level or equivalent experience. Completion of a CCAB recognised accountancy qualification or equivalent experience. Evidence of commitment to ongoing personal development.
• Desirable criteria: Completion of a CCAB recognised accountancy qualification. Significant post qualification experience preferably in a specialist financial management role.

• Essential criteria: In applying the concepts and techniques for budgeting and financial planning, costing and pricing, variance analysis and financial reporting, the purpose of accounting accruals and provisions, dealing with relationships between the balance sheet, revenue accounts and cash flow statements. An understanding of the key financial performance targets for NHS Trusts, the rationale for Standing Financial Instructions and the means for ensuring that they are adhered to, the ways in which healthcare is delivered, coupled with knowledge of NHS financial regulations.
• Desirable criteria: Experience in staff recruitment, interviewing and of the Trust's disciplinary procedures.

• Essential criteria: Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial issues effectively with both non-finance and finance staff. Strong time-management skills & ability to balance competing priorities while ensuring deadlines are met. Proficient with MS Office products including advanced MS Excel skills.
• Desirable criteria: Excellent persuasion and negotiation skills are required to ensure delivery of balanced financial plans.

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Flexible working: We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual's personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service.

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