Divisional Finance Manager: Sponsorship Available

The Christie NHS FT

Job summary

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and an enthusiastic CCAB/CIMA qualified accountant, who has extensive experience in effective financial management, possess strong management and communication skills, as well as excellent analytical, technical and IT skills from within the Public or Private sector. You will have the ability to operate at a strategic level, work under pressure and to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines.

We actively promote innovation and change to ensure we are continually working efficiently to provide a comprehensive service.

Working at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust entitles you to; 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, access to the highly regarded NHS Pension scheme. The availability of salary finance schemes in addition to a lease car scheme.

As a Financial Management team we offer a dynamic, diverse and developmental environment in which to nurture and enhance your career within the NHS. We have embedded a culture of strong teamwork, and ensure we get quality time together to build and enhance inter-team relationships.

The Finance Directorate actively promotes training and development within the team, we have developed a comprehensive finance education strategy and hold Level 3 accreditation in Towards Excellence and Future Focused Finance. We are an active member of the FSD (Finance Skills Development) Network, Future Focused Finance, and Towards Excellence scheme.

Main duties of the job

The Divisional Finance Manager role is accountable to the Networked Services Division, managing a small team, and reporting into the Head of Financial Management. In addition to working closely with other areas of the Finance Directorate.

The role provides high quality, accurate and timely professional financial management advice, monitoring and reporting services to a range of divisions.

You will be the lead Finance contact to the Networked Services Division, being the key point of contact for budget holders and managers.

You will also provide support and input to projects, business cases and service developments.

We recognise how important a modern working practices to enable our employees to maximise their performance and productivity whilst maintaining an excellent work life balance and so have adopted a hybrid office/home working approach where employees have the opportunity to work either from home or flex their time between both.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB/CIMA Qualified Accountant
  • Demonstrate Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

  • Degree

Experience

Essential

  • Have post qualification experience in a senior role, working as a senior manager within a complex finance department, have a thorough understanding of financial management and financial accounting principles
  • Experience in working in a multi – agency and disciplinary environment
  • Significant experience of management accounting
  • Experience of managing, motivating and developing staff
  • Experience of computerised financial systems

Desirable

  • Experience of NHS finance and the NHS financial regime
  • Have experience in the preparation of the statutory annual accounts process
  • Experience of the Charity / third sector accounting
  • Have experience of Research grants and contracts accounting

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent analytical and reasoning skills
  • Ability to prepare and present financial information to non financial people
  • Planning, monitoring and influencing skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to people at all levels within the organisation
  • Proficient in the use of computerised and manual financial systems, including spreadsheets and database packages, and have the ability to develop systems to maximum benefits to users
  • Possess a robust understanding of financial and activity systems and to be able to extract, interpret, manipulate and present information in a meaningful way
  • Ability to manage, motivate and develop staff
  • Ability to work without supervision and to deliver to deadlines
  • Ability to be both a team leader and a team player
  • Ability to lead change and have a positive influence on others
  • Evidence of past achievements and ability to deliver
  • Ability to proactively contribute to business cases, providing an effective and professional financial input

Knowledge

Essential

  • In depth knowledge of the NHS financial regime including Payment by Results and the impact on Trust income
  • Knowledge of the FT financial regime including an understanding of the compliance framework.

Desirable

  • Understanding of the NHS Cancer Plan and Trust performance targets and to be able to understand the impact that these have on the Trust

VALUES

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

OTHER

Essential

  • Be able to manage time effectively, prioritise and deliver to agreed deadlines
  • Enthusiasm, determination, motivated and positive
  • Confident approach, hardworking, committed and reliable
  • Open, honest and fair
  • Treat colleagues with dignity and respect

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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