Divisional Finance Manager (9 month FTC)

Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom

7/16/2025

Job overview

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest in the country, serving a population of 3 million people across the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent area. We are privileged to host highly-regarded care and teaching facilities. With a workforce of over 11,000 and 1,450 inpatient beds we offer emergency and planned care, acting as a Major Trauma Centre for North Midlands and North Wales. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Finance Manager to join the financial management team of the Trust's Medicine and Urgent Care Division, supporting the Directorates with day-to-day financial management duties.

You will be responsible to the Divisional Business Advisor, supporting strategic and financial delivery, working closely with clinical and non-clinical divisional team members as well as the wider finance team to drive positive outcomes.  

Successful candidates are required to hold a relevant professional accounting qualification as well as experience of working in a financial management environment and experience of financial accounting systems and procedures; exposure to finance within the NHS would also be advantageous. Excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to prioritise their workload and work flexibly to meet tight deadlines are essential.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role are

• Liaising with departmental managers, divisional business manager and divisional managers to set divisional budgets within the Trust wide parameters and maintain and review these in line with Trust SFIs and other appropriate policies.
• Responsible for the creation and interpretation of monthly financial reports to ensure that managers have accurate financial information to be incorporated in the decision making process.
• Support individual budget holders in the analysis, maintenance and control of budgets (including cost improvement schemes) ensuring that new appointments/developments are within agreed establishment with recurrent finances identified, being proactive in investigating budgetary variances.
• To produce monthly reports for the division including forecast information for both income and expenditure
• Producing monthly financial reports that completely reflect all known information about a specific budget at that point in time, e.g. known accruals, stock takes, in year savings or changes in service delivery.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For an informal discussion about the job role, you may contact Aamer Chaudhary (Divisional Business Advisor) or Barrie Knox (Assistant Director of Finance). 

Person specification

Skills and KnowledgeEssential criteria

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people and colleagues of all levels

QualificationsEssential criteria

• • Qualified in relevant accountancy qualification i.e Level 7 (e.g. CIMA, ACCA etc.)
  

ExperienceEssential criteria

• Recent, sufficient and relevant work experience within a finance environment within a large and complex organisation
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of accounting principles including: o Variance analysis and reporting o Accruals and provisions o Forecasting, budgeting and financial planning o Financial modelling

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with clinical activity information

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

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At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

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If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of your start date to ensure sufficient time for the operational and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.