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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
REQ12
Employer
Synnovis
Employer type
Private Sector
Site
Friars Bridge Court
Town
London
Salary
£70,000 to £75,000 per annum depending on experience
Closing
16/11/2026 23:59

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Senior Finance Business Partner

The place to work in pathology

We are looking for top talent to join the UK’s leading and fastest growing pathology company – a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose.

Working in partnership with our service partners, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, King’s College Hospital  and Princess Royal University Hospital we aim to set the standard for the future of pathology.

 


Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Business Partner in our busy, professional finance department.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant and have experience in management accounts and business partnering. They’ll manage two direct reports and develop their team’s exposure to all levels of management, both within the finance team and across our pathology labs.

The role reports to the Lead Finance Business Partner and acts and an intermediary between the central Finance Team and Synnovis Analytics’ & Services’ operations. The role requires proactive collaboration with the business and would suit someone looking for a semi-autonomous position with plenty of scope to add value.

You will be responsible for working closely with senior operations staff, producing, interpreting, and communicating the financial results; you’ll partner with them to take the actions necessary to deliver the budget on target, as well as driving further improvements in the financial performance of the business. 

Each month you’ll gather financial and operational data from various sources and produce the month-end reporting packs which are key to interpreting performance and partner with the site leads to take management actions based on that information. You will monitor financial information and produce variance analysis, budgeting, and re-forecasting, as well as provide analysis to support business cases and new test pricing which drive the business forward.

Main duties of the job

Working within the Finance Business Partnering team you’ll partner across our business, working closely with Operations to drive performance.

The role is based at our Head Office, but you’ll need to engage with our Operations teams and stakeholders across all our hospital sites.

Responsible for financial management information reporting across several Core contracts and divisions, this is a fantastic opportunity to take your next step in a commercially focussed finance role and add value to our growing business. 

Working for our organisation

Your development and learning

You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme which is used across Synnovis to enable you to reach your potential, learn new skills and achieve your goals. 

This is managed between you and your line manager in line with your own personal and professional development ambitions.

You can apply for finance to drive innovation and service development for the benefit of patients through our Innovation Accelerator Fund.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Partnering with the Director of Operations for Reference Services to drive EBITDA insight & improvements across our various laboratory sites.
  • Responsible for KCH and their subcontract(s) accounting and reporting
  • Overall responsibility for RBH&H and their subcontract(s) accounting and reporting although the Finance Business Partner within your team manages this contract from a day-to-day perspective
  • Identifying ways to make cost-savings or drive growth
  • Budgeting and Forecasting performance
  • Managing the customer contract (KCH) to make sure payments and charges between the organisations are up to date, disputes are resolved, and contract developments are advanced in a timely manner
  • Preparation and circulation of monthly management reporting 
  • Investigating variances to budget or forecast
  • Presenting performance to CFO, COO and Lead FBP
  • Supporting the production of quality business cases
  • Supporting decision-making around new hires, capital equipment, etc.
  • Managing a team of two finance business partners
  • Month end close P&L responsibilities
  • Developing pricing for new tests and other service enhancements

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland and the NHS, operating laboratories at various sites including Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across Southeast London.

The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.

The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Fully-Qualified in a recognised accounting qualification, namely ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven Finance Business Partnering experience of working across operational and corporate functions
  • Proven financial savings/ benefits that have added value to the Business.
  • Team management and development experience
  • Experience within Healthcare/ Scientific Industry

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Fast thinker, highly numerate with strong analytical skills.
  • Detail orientated, ensuring tasks are finished to high standard.
  • Be able to tell a story to a non-finance audience, to emonstrate how the financial data ties into strategic business objectives.
  • Confident presenter with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and networks across all levels of the organisation, including operational teams.
  • Proactive and independent approach to problem-solving, with the ability to exercise sound judgement and escalate issues appropriately.
  • Ability to work with uncertainty and incomplete financial information, using analysis, trends and sound judgement to support informed decision-making.
  • SAP Experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Christie Keogh
Job title
Lead Finance Business Partner
Email address
[email protected]

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Open Monday to Friday
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Telephone
01629 702342
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