Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-CR-922
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Finance Manager (WCCS)
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Finance team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are seeking a Deputy Finance Manager to support the Women’s Cardiac, Clinical and Sexual Health Division, delivering high-quality financial and management accounting services.
This key role involves providing expert financial input, advice, and support across the division, ensuring timely and accurate month-end reporting, business planning, and Cost Improvement Plan (CIP) analysis and costing.
The successful candidate will thrive in a collaborative and supportive finance team environment, with opportunities for professional development and to contribute meaningfully to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Trust’s financial operations.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high quality analysis within the Business Partnering Team to support the delivery of appropriate financial reporting and sustainable financial performance.
To provide assurance to the Finance Manager/Finance Business Partner of the quality of historic and forecast financial information through completion of analytical review processes.
To be accountable to the Finance Manager for the adherence to Trust financial policies and procedures, statutory requirements and requirements from Department of Health and NHS England.
The post-holder will assist in the preparation of the annual and monthly budgets as well as supporting the preparation of service developments, business cases and cost improvement schemes as required.
The post holder will provide assurance to stakeholders for the quality of historic and forecast financial information through completion of analytical review processes and will create monthly income and expenditure statements allowing projections, monitoring and reporting of variances for presentation at monthly budget holder meetings.
The post holder must be part qualified finalist with a CCAB or equivalent qualification, and have significant experience within finance and be fully committed to Continuous Professional Development.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCAB Finalist or equivalent qualification
- Undergraduate Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant work experience in a finance role looking after highly complex budgets
- Experience of working within the NHS or similar sized organisation
- Experience of computerised accounting financial systems
- Experience in accounting e.g. Processing journals
- Experience of reconciling control accounts
- Advanced knowlede of using Excel, Word and Outlook
- Experience of managing junior members of staff
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of rules surrounding confidentiality, information governance and the Data Protection Act
- Knowledge of a range of financial systems
- Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
- Awareness of IFRS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eleanor Reed
- Job title
- Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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