In conjunction with the Senior Finance Manager to take the financial lead on developingDirectorate business plans and presenting these to clinical group and trust Executive Directors.Identifying opportunities for financial efficiencies and high-lighting areas of risk and ensuring these are closely monitored.

In conjunction with the Senior Finance Manager to be the designated Financial Managementrepresentatives on Directorate Management Teams and to present complex financial management information and advice to senior directorate staff, clinical group and trust Executive Directors at Performance and Executive reviews. To ensure the development ofrobust financial forecasts reflecting Directorate operation plans and ensuring these are agreed and understood by Directorate Management Teams.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Finance Manager provides business partnering support to their clinical directorates in all their monthly, annual and ad hoc financial performance and planning activities. They are responsible for reviewing the month end Directorate positions, the completion of monthly forecasts and consolidation of a directorate monthly performance report, in consultation with the Directorate General Manager and the Senior Finance Manager, and presenting these at Directorate meetings. They will support their Directorate's annual financial planning process and undertake costings of service developments and savings plans.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

Evelina London

Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With almost 4,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share.

Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Deputy Finance Manager will be a business partner to their Directorate acting as the first port of call for all financial management queries. This role will cover Evelina Central, R& D and Charity Directorates.

The post holder will:

Provide expert finance business partnering support to their Directorate in all regular and ad hoc financial management and business planning activities.

Take responsibility for designing & preparing the monthly finance reports and forecasts , including discussing these with relevant stakeholders across the department.

Support the Senior Finance Manager in the annual financial planning processes for the Directorate, taking responsibility for preparing accurate financial plans based on the directorates strategies.

Demonstrate confidence in communicating with staff at all levels and across all professional disciplines, and explain complex financial information to both finance and non-finance staff in a meaningful way.

This role requires strong time management skills and the ability to maintain high quality outputs whilst managing competing commitments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Substantial progress towards a CCAB accountancy qualification, with full qualification being actively pursued.
• Evidence of regular professional and personal development training

Desirable

• Fully CCAB Qualified

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in an accounting department of which considerable experience has been in a specialist financial management role.

Skills

Essential

• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both non-finance and finance staff.
• Be able to provide, or obtain from other sources, professional advice and support from across all of the accounting disciplines.
• The Deputy Finance Manager must be able to set and negotiate priorities for themselves and others, and subsequently programme workload, to achieve results and meet deadlines.
• Understand and be able to apply the concepts and techniques for variance analysis, financial reporting

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St. Thomas' Hospital

Becket House, 1 Lambeth Palace Road

London

SE1 7EU

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