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Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: London, United Kingdom
Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 Per annum
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 22 February 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. A driven individual who is self-motivated, pro-active and with excellent planning and organisational skills is required. The post holder is required to have excellent verbal and written communication 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.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a finance team within a large, specialist and complex organisation with great opportunities for learning and development.
For further information please contact:
Insert Name or, by email
Email address danielsunter@nhs.net
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will support the Head of Finance (HoF) to deliver all aspects of the service area (hospital site, clinical support services or corporate areas) financial management.
He/she will manage a team of accountants to provide day to day support in all aspects of the financial performance and business partnering whilst maintaining an excellent team ethic.
He/she will be a senior member of the Financial Management and service area 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.
He/she will constructively and positively challenge all aspects of service area 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 for presentation at service area 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 these findings.
The post holder will oversee the preparation of robust forecasts to be agreed with the HoF.
About Barts Health
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, the organisation now has the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which it is continually striving to improve all services for patients.
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 the WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide how teams work together.
Barts Health strives to live by its 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 fully advocated, cultivated and supported.
Applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates are particularly welcome 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 you to get the best experience. Flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. If you are interested in flexible working, please 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
Experience of management of staff
Experience of costing and business case planning
Skills
Essential
Excellent written skills
Ability to explain complex financial ideas to non-finance staff
Ability to build rapport with clinical and operational teams
Ability to analyse and utilise complex information to determine options and aid decision making
Knowledge
Essential
Up to date knowledge of NHS, organisational challenges and developments
Knowledge of cost improvement programmes and monitoring financial control
Knowledge of Business Planning
Knowledge of and ability to maintain Financial Control
Qualifications
Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Qualified CCAB or CIMA
Other
Essential
Evidence of commitment to personal development for you and your staff
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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