Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£37,259 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield. The Trust includes five renowned hospitals: Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield, alongside community services in Lambeth and Southwark. We are committed to clinical excellence, high quality teaching, research, and delivering the best possible patient experience.

The Finance Analyst role supports the Financial Management team within the Finance Department. This position involves assisting Finance Managers in producing Management Accounts for Clinical Directorates and supporting Budget Holders. You will also contribute to the wider Financial Management team through the Month End process and ad-hoc projects. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your finance career and gain a broad understanding of NHS service management.

Key responsibilities include generating and maintaining budget and spreadsheet reports, investigating variances from plan, updating budgets, and regularly liaising with budget holders to provide financial information and analysis. The role requires advanced spreadsheet skills and a good working knowledge of financial ledger sub-systems and accounting principles. You will also support communication between budget holders and other finance departments, resolve queries, and ensure compliance with Trust financial regulations.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is part of King’s Health Partners, one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, with a strong tradition of clinical and scientific achievement. We pride ourselves on having one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS, which positively impacts patient care.

Qualifications
Educated to at least AAT certificate level, degree level, or equivalent experience. Significant progress towards completing a CCAB qualification is essential.

Experience
Substantial experience working in an accounting department with demonstrable experience in a financial management role is required.

Skills
Advanced spreadsheet/Excel skills are essential. A good working knowledge of the operation of all accounting sub-systems is required. Understanding of accounting accruals, provisions, balance sheet accounts for stock accounting, and costing methodologies is necessary. Ability to prepare statements of budget and actual performance from a trial balance is expected.

About you
You should be enthusiastic, motivated, and committed to delivering value and patient care. Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills are essential. You will be proactive in developing your skills and career within a supportive and progressive organisation.