Senior Finance Manager - Planning & Investments

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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 14,000 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 new role to join the Planning & Investment team has opened up at ICHT. This role will provide support to strategic decision making for the finance team and would suit someone who is a critical thinker, organised, works calmly under pressure and pays attention to detail.

The job description provides more clarity on the role, however, should you have any further questions please feel free to speak to Dharmysha Tailor, Head of Finance.

Main duties of the job

• To support financial planning across the Trust. The post holder will support the development and implementation of the Trust's approach to the Financial Flows Regime and, in conjunction with the Head of Finance - Planning & Investments, support the development, implementation and maintenance of financial aspects of the Trust's financial strategy.
• To support the financial aspects of the annual planning cycle and supporting the development of the financial and risk sections of the integrated business plan in preparation for submission to external bodies.
• To support the planning co-ordination, development and direction of the Trust and Clinical Programme Groups (CPGs) finance plans.
• To support the provision of a comprehensive financial planning service to the Trust ensuring the provision of timely, accurate and robust financial information on the Trust position.

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.

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

Qualifications & training

Essential criteria

• Mandatory CPD
• CCAB qualified

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant work experience
• Experience of working within the NHS or similar sized organisation (working within the NHS for at least 3 years is desirable)
• Experience of translating complex data from various systems into a clear and comprehensive financial model
• Experience of computerised accounting financial systems
• Experience in accounting policies e.g. IFRS
• Knowledge of a range of financial systems

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good organiser with realistic time management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to concentrate for long periods of time, often analysing complex data
• Able to work autonomously with the skills to make decisions independently
• Able to work flexibly - independently or as a member of a team to achieve organisational goals

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 784.3KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)