# Head of Finance > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-finance/ec2337c9-9e69-4ca8-9c0f-afa37ea0dac8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-finance/ec2337c9-9e69-4ca8-9c0f-afa37ea0dac8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £118,919 - £135,920 per annum inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call will be included in the role) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:00:32.206Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8051276 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8051276?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Want to be at the forefront of shaping the best care for our community? Newham Hospital is pleased to offer this excellent opportunity for an ambitious and experienced healthcare director to join our senior leadership team, effectively operating as the Finance Director of Newham Hospital. You must be able to lead, direct, inspire and engage others, be committed to living our Barts Health WeCare values (welcoming, engaging, collaborative, accountable, respectful, equitable), and have the interests of our patients and staff at the centre of every decision. As Head of Finance for Newham Hospital, you will report to the Hospital’s Chief Executive with professional accountability to the Trust Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Operational Finance. Leading a high profile, professional team, your key responsibilities will include delivering of all aspects of financial management, and leadership of a team of accountants to provide day to day support in all aspects of the Hospital’s financial performance whilst maintaining a positive team culture within the finance function. Operating effectively as the Finance Director of the Site, you will be working closely with the Executive team and with clinical, academic and operational colleagues to provide advice, implementing and adhering to financial controls, ensuring operational teams are making informed financial decisions and that the hospital strategy is aligned with the overall group financial and operational strategy and plan. ### Main duties of the job This will include responsibility for delivery of financial plans and accurate and timely monthly performance reports to the Trust Board, ensuring that procedures and controls are up to date and implemented. You will also provide support to the Deputy CFO with strategic direction and business planning for the Hospital. The role of the Hospital within the region/system is becoming ever more important particularly with devolution of NHS England Specialised Commissioning. This landscape means the Head of Finance role will be required to think broadly across systems and networks to support the Hospital in its role. To succeed, you’ll be a qualified accountant with strong financial management and leadership experience, ideally gained within an NHS environment. You’ll have excellent engagement and influencing skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders – including clinicians, Board members and our regulators. 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 an ambitious, intelligent, credible and articulate leader with exceptionally high standards and the ability to support and challenge high profile specialist colleagues, who can demonstrate commercial strategic thinking within a healthcare setting. ### Detailed job description and main 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 documents, please view the attachment/s below. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band. ## Job Details Want to be at the forefront of shaping the best care for our community? Newham Hospital is pleased to offer this excellent opportunity for an ambitious and experienced healthcare director to join our senior leadership team, effectively operating as the Finance Director of Newham Hospital. You must be able to lead, direct, inspire and engage others, be committed to living our Barts Health WeCare values (welcoming, engaging, collaborative, accountable, respectful, equitable), and have the interests of our patients and staff at the centre of every decision. As Head of Finance for Newham Hospital, you will report to the Hospital’s Chief Executive with professional accountability to the Trust Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Operational Finance. Leading a high profile, professional team, your key responsibilities will include delivering of all aspects of financial management, and leadership of a team of accountants to provide day to day support in all aspects of the Hospital’s financial performance whilst maintaining a positive team culture within the finance function. Operating effectively as the Finance Director of the Site, you will be working closely with the Executive team and with clinical, academic and operational colleagues to provide advice, implementing and adhering to financial controls, ensuring operational teams are making informed financial decisions and that the hospital strategy is aligned with the overall group financial and operational strategy and plan. ## Job Description This will include responsibility for delivery of financial plans and accurate and timely monthly performance reports to the Trust Board, ensuring that procedures and controls are up to date and implemented. You will also provide support to the Deputy CFO with strategic direction and business planning for the Hospital. The role of the Hospital within the region/system is becoming ever more important particularly with devolution of NHS England Specialised Commissioning. This landscape means the Head of Finance role will be required to think broadly across systems and networks to support the Hospital in its role. To succeed, you’ll be a qualified accountant with strong financial management and leadership experience, ideally gained within an NHS environment. You’ll have excellent engagement and influencing skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders – including clinicians, Board members and our regulators. 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 an ambitious, intelligent, credible and articulate leader with exceptionally high standards and the ability to support and challenge high profile specialist colleagues, who can demonstrate commercial strategic thinking within a healthcare setting. ## 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 documents, please view the attachment/s below. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Communicate very complex data to non-colleagues - Excellent planning (short and longer term) and organisational skills. Following up to ensure plans are communicated and delivered - Ability to analysis complex information and determine an appropriate course of action interpreting and providing judgement on highly complex facts of situation - Proven staff management skills and the ability to motivate and develop staff - Ability to motivate and develop a team of management accountants - Ability to solve complex, multi-dimensional issues ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of NHS Finance and policies, specifically related to financial planning - Specialist knowledge of the management accounting function - Awareness of current issues and developments in the NHS and the impact on individual organisations - Working knowledge of SLAs ### Experience **Essential** - Two years financial management experience in a senior role - Experience of working to tight deadlines - Managing staff and effective team working - Experience of leading a finance service in a period of change ### Communication **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels - Business acumen and ability to influence and manage commercial opportunities - Ability to communicate very complex, sensitive and contentious information to a variety of stakeholders with tact and diplomacy - The ability to multi-task, re-assessing priorities, to ensure projects are managed and completed to timescales ### Qualifications **Essential** - CCAB Fully qualified - Education to degree level - Masters level or equivalent experience and training - IT literate – Spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables ECDL or equivalent ### Personal and people development **Essential** - Ability to relate well to staff at all levels - Determined and enthusiastic disposition - Ability to work under pressure and meet objectives with conflicting deadlines - Evidence of committed to on-going personal development - Highly motivated - Possess positive attitude to change ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 713.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10340697) - [newham bus routes (pdf, 158.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10340696) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.