Senior Finance Manager (Sponsorship Available) At Barts Health NHS Trust

Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Job Title: Senior Finance Manager
Location: London, United Kingdom
Salary: £72,921 to £83,362 a year
Job Type: Full-time
The closing date is 22 March 2026

Job Summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS with a turnover of approximately £1.5 billion and 16,000 employees, serving a population of 2.5m in East London and beyond.

Barts Health NHS Trust offers a full portfolio of services and is home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care, including the London air ambulance. Barts Health NHS Trust also has one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals, internationally renowned surgical facilities and the new Heart Centre. The vision is to create a world-class health organisation with an international reputation for excellence in patient care, research and education.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated CCAB Qualified Accountant to join the finance team. Barts Health NHS Trust is looking for a driven individual who is self-motivated, pro-active and with excellent planning and organisational skills.

The post holder will support the Head of Finance (HoF) and Deputy Head of Finance (DHOF) to deliver all aspects of the service area (hospital site, clinical support services or corporate areas) financial management. The post holder will manage a team of accountants to provide day to day support in all aspects of the service area’s financial performance and business partnering whilst maintaining an excellent team ethic.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Firth or Daniel Sunter, by email (rachel.firth1@nhs.net or danielsunter@nhs.net)

Main Duties of the Job

The post holder will be a senior member of the Financial Management and business unit teams, demonstrating expert accounting and business knowledge, analytical support and clear presentation of highly complex or contentious financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.

It is expected that the post holder will constructively and positively challenge all aspects of hospital/corporate areas financial and business performance and financial management processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Through a team of accountants the post holder is required to manage the delivery of accurate and timely monthly performance reports for agreement with the HoF/ DHoF for presentation at business unit board meetings and to feed into the Trust position for internal and external corporate reporting.

There will be a requirement to support the reported performance with an analytical review and to influence actions based upon findings.

The post holder will oversee the preparation of robust forecasts to be agreed with the HoF/ DHoF. This will include supporting the planning and monitoring of mitigating actions.

To deputise for the Head of Finance or Deputy Head of Finance in their absence, including attendance at business unit Boards, Specialty Boards and Performance Reviews.

Specialist knowledge of reporting, payment by results, reference costs and revenue consequences of capital will be required to assist in the delivery of high quality comprehensive reports.

About Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on the improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted itself out of special measures, Barts Health NHS Trust now has the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which all services for patients continue to improve.

The vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to patients in east London and beyond.

That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide how teams work together.

Barts Health NHS Trust strives to live by the WeCare values and is committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. Differences are valued and an inclusive working environment is advocated, cultivated and supported.

Applications are particularly welcomed from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

Barts Health NHS Trust is dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with employees to get the best experience. Flexible working is recognised as not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone.

Barts Health NHS Trust is inclusive, so if flexible working is of interest, applicants should speak to the recruiting manager.

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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Financial Management experience including continuous experience in a single organisation and experience in a senior role.

• Management of staff and effective team working. Experience of leading recruitment processes

• Experience of completing an annual business planning cycle

• Presenting financial information to board level and senior non-finance managers

Desirable

• Previous Healthcare experience

Skills

Essential

• Ability to explain highly complex ideas to non-finance staff

• Ability to analyse and utilise complex information, review options and make recommendations to senior business unit management

• Able to build rapport with clinical and operational teams

• Ability to think strategically, plan and implement change effectively

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of NHS, organisational challenges and developments

• Knowledge and ability to lead on the establishment of hospital wide savings programmes

• Good knowledge of financial controls and experience of reviewing and implementing or refining

• Understanding of links between operational and financial performance

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

• Qualified CCAB

• Evidence of CPD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

How to Apply

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