Location
London

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£46,852 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 across south London and specialist care for patients from further afield. The Trust includes five renowned hospitals and community services, delivering clinical excellence, research, and innovation. Following the merger with Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, the Finance Directorate is undergoing significant change to create a unified finance function supporting the merged Trust.

This Senior Finance Officer role will support the Finance Directorate’s vision by ensuring a strong financial control environment, providing strategic financial advice, delivering management information for decision making, and promoting staff development. The role involves responsibility for the Private Patients billing function, including financial management, information management, staff leadership, IT support, and process improvement. You will work closely with consultants and department managers to establish billing processes for new services.

The Trust prides itself on clinical excellence, high quality patient care, and a motivated workforce. It is part of King’s Health Partners and has a strong commitment to research and teaching. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to a best-in-class finance function within a leading NHS organisation.

Experience
- Good experience and understanding of working in a high pressure office environment
- Experience of finance support or equivalent transferable experience
- Experience of using computer-based accounting and information management systems
- Desirable: Experience working within a hospital environment and some customer service experience

About you
- Good working knowledge of finance billing systems, coding structures, and financial control processes
- Proficient IT skills including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and coordinate a varied workload to deadlines
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Knowledge of administrative procedures including IT systems
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Desirable: Experience using Compucare software

Qualifications
- Essential: Certificate Level/Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Member or equivalent experience
- Essential: European Computer Driving License (ECDL) Advanced Level or equivalent experience