Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 1 year (Fixed Term or Secondment)
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 196-COF10868-Y
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 p.a. inclusive of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Deputy Finance Manager - Harefield Heart & Lung Directorate
NHS AfC: Band 7
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 as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. 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. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
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. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic professional to join our management accounts team in a challenging role supporting the Harefield Heart & Lung Directorate. This post requires experience in a management accounting environment and for the candidate to be actively studying for a CCAB or CIMA qualification. It is essential for the post holder to demonstrate strong management accounting knowledge, communication, team working, organisational and IT skills.
The post will be based at Royal Brompton Hospital
Travel to Harefield Hospital and Great Dover Street will be required regularly.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Finance Manager, the post holder will be responsible for the accurate delivery of financial reporting to a tight monthly deadline. The post holder will also have key duties around finance CIP schemes, business cases and the management and development of the divisional management accountant. They will also be involved in business planning, costing and budget setting and will need to support senior colleagues within the Harefield Heart & Lung Directorate with ad-hoc queries as required.
Working for our organisation
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To lead the training and development of the management accountant of the Division ensuring that work is delivered in a professional and timely manner.
- To provide accurate and timely management information by the production of integrated financial and activity reports.
- To be a proactive and dynamic member of the Finance team, giving financial advice, support and guidance to the operational teams within the Division.
- To ensure accurate and timely key output documentation is produced and distributed appropriately to budget holders, including budget statements and detailed Divisional reports.
- To support progress on the development of robust and meaningful integrated financial / activity information
- Proactively investigate variances and provide analytical reports on areas specifically requested by the Finance Manager or budget holder.
- Pro-actively monitor performance, identifying trends and the financial implications of management decisions.
- To ensure that regular meetings with budget holders are undertaken and to deputise as necessary for the Finance Manager at Divisional Management meetings.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCAB Finalist or CCAB part qualified with extensive experience.
- Evidence of CPD
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of the NHS financial environment.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the budget setting process.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Confident user of IT e.g. Microsoft e.g. Microsoft Office, integrated financial ledger system, databases with accurate output.
- The ability to undertake complex audits of your own activities using appropriate research methodologies to ensure the work is fit for purpose and appropriate.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
- Reliable work record.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gregg Zimmerman
- Job title
- Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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