Deputy Head of Finance

An opportunity to work with the management team of St Bartholomew's Hospital, the renowned centre of excellence for cardiac and cancer care with a deep history of innovation and excellence in care.

Reporting to the Deputy Head of Finance and supporting the Head of Finance, you will manage a team of accountants to ensure the provision of high quality financial management and financial reporting information as well as providing day-to-day expert advice and support. To succeed, you'll be a qualified accountant with strong financial management, ideally gained within an NHS environment. You'll have excellent leadership skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. You'll champion best practice, look for ways we can continuously improve and relish the challenge of working as part of a close team to drive financial performance across this large and complex Trust. We are looking for someone who will share our passion to make a difference and for continuous improvement., You will be proactive with strong analytical skills to be able to support the Head of Finance and report on financial issues at a variety of management meetings and service area reviews, making recommendations where required.

You will be required to prepare detailed, consolidated monthly financial performance reports after developing a thorough understanding of the service areas. You will provide leadership and support to the financial management team and liaise with other financial services teams. You will provide high quality advice in respect of income, contracting, service line reporting. You will be responsible for the development of annual financial plans, support the service in identifying and monitoring cost savings. You will appraise and set objectives for direct reports, ensure appropriate training for staff and participate in CPD.

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 our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our 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 our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

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