Senior Finance Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a FTC Senior Finance Manager at our Denmark Hill site.

The role is key in ensuring that high quality financial information and advice is provided to the operational care groups and the Senior Finance Business Partners. The post holder will oversee the production of care group reports, the production of the monthly management accounts and other standard finance reports and dashboards. At all times ensuring these are in line with best practice and adhere to current accounting standards and policies. The post holder will be committed to constantly seeking ways to improve the processes that they oversee and will set a continuous improvement agenda for the team they lead.

This role comes at a time where the NHS is going through a period of sustained change and the challenge for Trust's is to keep pace with such change and challenges that present itself. Therefore, the role requires the individual to be confident in challenging the status quo, have the ability to work of their own initiative, provide leadership to a team and aims to improve the finance functions customer service visibility. We are looking for an individual who is driven and self-motivated and has an eye for improving how we engage with the wider Trust.

The post holder must have a recognised CCAB or equivalent qualification, and have significant experience in senior roles within finance and be fully committed to Continuous Professional Development.

Main duties of the job

The role will be responsible for providing high quality financial information and advice, populating and drafting board reports, producing management accounts and other standard finance reports and dashboards ensuring these are in line with best practice and adhere to current accounting standards and policies. The role will also be responsible for ensuring that the recording of general accounting transactions, including posting of routine journals and adjustments, is in line with best practice and adheres to current accounting standards and policies.

This post will be responsible for directing, motivating and managing their team and will play a key role in developing their skills and working with other senior finance colleagues to ensure the finance function overall provides high quality, professional financial support to the Trust that meets the needs of the business.

In providing specialist financial expertise and leadership to the business there is an almost constant requirement for the post holder to exercise intense concentration and sustained mental effort in order to analyse, understand, retain and convey information. There is a frequent need for the post holder to prioritise and re-prioritise workloads according to the demands of stakeholders and to meet financial deadlines.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD; B rilliant people, O utstanding care, L eaders in Research, Innovation and Education, D iversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.