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Job overview
Are you looking to build or develop your career in NHS finance? If you're motivated by making a difference through high-quality financial management, we'd love to hear from you.
Join our welcoming and collaborative Financial Management team, where you'll play an important role in supporting high-quality patient care by providing accurate financial information and business insight. Whether you already have experience in management or financial accounting, or you're a recent finance graduate ready to develop your career, we offer a supportive environment where you can grow.
We are committed to helping our colleagues succeed and offer a comprehensive local induction, flexible working opportunities where service needs allow, annual travel card and car loan schemes, study support and mentoring towards a CCAB professional qualification, and the opportunity to work across a range of services and sites.
We're looking for someone with a positive approach, strong analytical and communication skills, and a willingness to learn. Experience in management or financial accounting, knowledge of accountancy principles, and the ability to build effective working relationships are essential. Knowledge of NHS finance, management accounting, costing procedures, financial regulations and relevant legislation would be advantageous but is not essential.
Travel Locations
Both roles involve some travel, with one role covering Hertfordshire and the other covering South West London.
Main duties of the job
- Support the delivery of high-quality financial management services across the Trust as part of the Financial Management team.
- Assist the Senior Finance Analyst and Finance Business Partner in providing timely financial advice and support to budget holders.
- Produce accurate financial reports and robust monitoring information to support effective decision-making and financial performance.
- Help directorates understand and manage their budgets, ensuring the Trust meets its financial responsibilities.
- Support budget setting, forecasting and financial planning activities, identifying risks and opportunities where appropriate.
- Analyse financial information and contribute to the preparation of reports that inform operational and strategic decisions.
- Build positive working relationships with colleagues across clinical and corporate services, providing responsive financial guidance and support.
- Contribute to continuous improvement within the finance function by promoting accurate reporting, effective financial processes and best practice.
- Develop your technical knowledge and professional skills through study, mentoring and practical experience while supporting the team's objectives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Professional manner and mature approach to dealing with confidential and sensitive issues and information
- Strong customer focus and proven ability to build productive relationships at all levels of the organisation while maintaining robust adherence to the agreed control framework.
- Self motivated and able to prioritise, manage and deliver to tight deadlines.
- Personally effective in gaining agreement and support from others
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrated adaptability and a proactive willingness to learn new skills, systems, and processes, regardless of prior industry experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in a financial role or a related industry
- Preferably a minimum of a year’s experience in a management accounting function. Ie a placement year
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level numeracy skills, competent in processing and interpreting figures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively within a co-operative multi-disciplinary and team based working environment.
- Ability to form, build, develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
- Able to summarise and communicate complex finance information to non-finance personnel
- Able to draft, type, format, prepare and produce a wide range of high quality documentation, letters, emails, memos, statistical information, graphics, presentations and short reports.
- Excellent data analysis skills for interpretation and comparison of complex data from various sources.
- Demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality issues regarding patients, staff and sensitive Trust matters
Desirable
- Knowledge of accountancy procedures and principles
- Knowledge of General Ledger/Reporting Systems
- Excellent Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and financial information and management system skills
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Degree educated or equivalent
- Studying/Actively looking to study for a CCAB professional qualification
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This advert is for Finance Analyst with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 per annum, inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Fixed term: 6 months (26/02/2027). The application deadline is 06 Aug 2026.
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