Job summary
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) is looking for a talented and forward-thinking Capital Finance Manager to join its high-performing Finance Directorate. With a turnover of £1.5 billion, ICHT delivers world-class specialist and acute care to over a million people across North West London and beyond.
As Finance Manager for Capital and Fixed Assets, you will play a central role in managing and enhancing the Trust's capital financial operations--bringing rigour, insight, and leadership to a critical area of our finance function.
You'll take responsibility for maintaining the fixed asset register, ensuring the accurate recording, classification, and reporting of all assets--including depreciation, disposals, and lease management. You will bring solid hands-on experience with fixed asset accounting systems and a thorough understanding of capital financial controls.
You'll lead capital month-end processes, provide expert technical advice on capitalisation practices, and drive excellence in both internal and external reporting. Your analytical skills will enable you to extract insights from complex data, identify key trends, and support strategic decision-making on capital investment.
You will also lead and inspire a dedicated team of three, ensuring that reporting is delivered accurately and on time, and that the team continuously develops its strengths.
Main duties of the job
o Safeguard the integrity of the Trust's capital financial systems, developing and refining financial policies, and working closely with internal and external audit and counter-fraud teams.o Lead the month-end capital finance process, including preparing reports for external bodies, contributing to the Trust's Annual Accounts, and managing the capital audit process.o Take ownership of capital accounting--maintaining an accurate asset register, tracking expenditure across all capital schemes, managing depreciation journals, and reconciling assets regularly.o Act as the Trust's VAT expert on capital projects, ensuring full compliance with VAT and HMRC regulations.o Support the Head of Capital Finance in ensuring that all financial systems and controls meet statutory requirements, through robust policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Accountant (CCAB)
- Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial reporting standards, and financial & other aspects of relevant legislation, gained through Professional Accountancy Qualifications (CCAB) and have great demonstratable financial accounting experience.
- Knowledge of complex accounting areas including VAT, Inventory, Cash
- Knowledge of Capital accounting
Desirable
- Further relevant specialist training in technical skills and NHS financial management
Experience
Essential
- Have experience in the preparation of the statutory annual accounts process.
- Providing quality accounting services and financial advice to senior financial staff
- Proven experience of resolving complex financial accounting issues and communicating these at all levels
- Managing capital accounting processes, planning, monitoring, reporting using asset management systems
- Managing month and year end financial processes in a timely and accurate way
- Experience of working on capital projects
- Managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships, including negotiating outcomes to problems
Desirable
- Significant experience of working within the NHS
- Capital Aset Register System (CARS) experience.
- Co-ordinating annual asset valuation exercise.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Technically competent with good accounting and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of current accounting issues and a detailed understanding of the regulatory framework
- User of relevant financial systems and advanced skills in Excel
- Able to solve complex, multi-dimensional issues, requiring concentration for long periods of time and analysis of complex data.
- Evidence of planning and delivering deadlines and service on time for self and teams.
Desirable
- Specific experience of using eFinancials, Business Objects, Qlikview and other specific ICHT financial systems
Communication Skills
Essential
- Advises and persuades senior budget holders on financial issues
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Accountant (CCAB)
- Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial reporting standards, and financial & other aspects of relevant legislation, gained through Professional Accountancy Qualifications (CCAB) and have great demonstratable financial accounting experience.
- Knowledge of complex accounting areas including VAT, Inventory, Cash
- Knowledge of Capital accounting
Desirable
- Further relevant specialist training in technical skills and NHS financial management
Experience
Essential
- Have experience in the preparation of the statutory annual accounts process.
- Providing quality accounting services and financial advice to senior financial staff
- Proven experience of resolving complex financial accounting issues and communicating these at all levels
- Managing capital accounting processes, planning, monitoring, reporting using asset management systems
- Managing month and year end financial processes in a timely and accurate way
- Experience of working on capital projects
- Managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships, including negotiating outcomes to problems
Desirable
- Significant experience of working within the NHS
- Capital Aset Register System (CARS) experience.
- Co-ordinating annual asset valuation exercise.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Technically competent with good accounting and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of current accounting issues and a detailed understanding of the regulatory framework
- User of relevant financial systems and advanced skills in Excel
- Able to solve complex, multi-dimensional issues, requiring concentration for long periods of time and analysis of complex data.
- Evidence of planning and delivering deadlines and service on time for self and teams.
Desirable
- Specific experience of using eFinancials, Business Objects, Qlikview and other specific ICHT financial systems
Communication Skills
Essential
- Advises and persuades senior budget holders on financial issues
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).
