Job summary
In conjunction with the Deputy Head of Finance and Commercial, the Deputy Finance Manager is the first port of call for all Pathology financial management queries; including preparing month end reports and forecasts, developing business plans and presenting these to stakeholders.
Pathology services are provided by Synnovis, a joint venture organisation. The Pathology Business Unit work across Guy's & St. Thomas' and King's College Hospital. The Deputy Finance Manager therefore works with colleagues across multiple organisations to ensure accurate reporting of pathology expenditure and provision of activity information to both internal and external stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Finance Manager provides business partnering support to Pathology in all their monthly, annual and ad hoc financial performance and planning activities. They are responsible for reviewing the month end positions, the completion of monthly forecasts and consolidation of a directorate monthly performance report, in consultation with stakeholders and the Deputy Head of Finance and Commercial, and presenting these at various meetings. They will support the annual financial planning process and undertake costings of service developments and savings plans.
About us
Pathology Services are provided by Synnovis, a partnership between Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts and SYNLAB UK and Ireland.
Guy's and St Thomas' request 11m per year at a cost of £78m and manage contracts across other NHS Trusts and CCGs at a value of £16m. 70-80% of all healthcare decisions involve a pathology investigation, and therefore clinical engagement across a wide range of Trust services is key.
The PBU is a single and unified team serving the needs of both Trusts (and partner organisations) to manage the contract for the provision of Pathology services through Synnovis.
The Pathology Programme is substantial; transforming Pathology services across both Trusts as well as the Integrated Care System (ICS) to standardise the Target Operating Model and improve service levels for all of our patients.
The purpose of the PBU is to deliver the above, manage the contract and ensure robust service governance, holding all parties to account for delivery and ensuring appropriate clinical governance for a clinically-led service. It will also play a crucial role in resolving day-to-day operational issues and performance management, bring together the system-wide stakeholders into a collaborative partnership that delivers the benefits of the service transformation, while holding all parties to account for delivering their contractual obligations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Finance Manager will be a business partner to Pathology acting as the first port of call for all Pathology financial management queries.
The post holder will:
Provide expert finance business partnering support to Pathology in all regular and ad hoc financial management and business planning activities.
Take responsibility for designing & preparing the monthly finance reports and forecasts for Pathology, including discussing these with relevant stakeholders across the department.
Support the Senior Finance Manager in the annual financial planning processes for Pathology, taking responsibility for preparing accurate financial plans based on the directorates strategies.
Support the financial management of Pathologys ongoing capital projects, ensuring that relevant costs are reflected accurately and promptly in capital accounts and preparing projections of future spend, in conjunction with the Capital Finance Team.
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.
Liaise with colleagues at Synnovis, Kings College Hospital, as well as across South East London hospitals to ensure accurate reporting of pathology expenditure and provision of activity information to both internal and external stakeholders.
This role requires strong time management skills and the ability to maintain high quality outputs whilst managing competing commitments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Finance Manager will be a business partner to Pathology acting as the first port of call for all Pathology financial management queries.
The post holder will:
Provide expert finance business partnering support to Pathology in all regular and ad hoc financial management and business planning activities.
Take responsibility for designing & preparing the monthly finance reports and forecasts for Pathology, including discussing these with relevant stakeholders across the department.
Support the Senior Finance Manager in the annual financial planning processes for Pathology, taking responsibility for preparing accurate financial plans based on the directorates strategies.
Support the financial management of Pathologys ongoing capital projects, ensuring that relevant costs are reflected accurately and promptly in capital accounts and preparing projections of future spend, in conjunction with the Capital Finance Team.
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.
Liaise with colleagues at Synnovis, Kings College Hospital, as well as across South East London hospitals to ensure accurate reporting of pathology expenditure and provision of activity information to both internal and external stakeholders.
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
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, budgeting, accruals
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
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, budgeting, accruals
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
