Finance Manager - Healthcare

Job Introduction

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join our Sodexo Healthcare team on a permanent basis, based on site at Central Manchester University Hospital. You will be responsible for the day to day finances of the contract, supporting commercial decision making, financial performance and identification and negotiation of contract variations.

Working closely with the Commercial Financial Controller you’ll be providing financial advice to operational management on site and hold responsibility for budget and the delivery of other initiatives that will drive financial performance within the contract.

Ideally you will be a qualified accountant and it would be great if you had experience of PFI contracts or Healthcare, but we would still love to hear from you if you don’t quite tick all the boxes set below.

Role Responsibility

• Supporting the Operational Managers and Commercial Finance Controller in all significant decision making.
• Complete the annual budgeting and quarterly forecast process with the senior site managers. Challenging and supporting this process as appropriate.
• Work with senior site management to deliver accurate monthly accounts to reflect all activity within the account.
• Review and analyse site performance and provide commentary prior to declaration of financial results
• Take an active role in supporting and leading in client meetings (e.g.  Monthly reviews of Debt, Variations and account queries).
• Delivering a strong management review and control process with the senior site management team.
• Maintain a robust forecasting process, identifying issues and opportunities, working with the Commercial Finance Controller to ensure that the senior site managers have action plans in place to address them.
• Ensure financial control environment is properly implemented within hard services, especially around purchase order raising and goods receipting, stock management and cost control.
• Work with the Commercial Finance Controller and operational teams to analyse performance trends, risks and opportunities and to determine how best the insight from this work can be turned into real performance improvements in the business.
• Providing financial advice to operational management, assisting in driving performance through commercially sound decision making and analysis.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience of providing financial support to complex service contracts
• Strong communicator with the confidence to challenge, influence and support at all levels
• Ability to work under pressure and ensure that deadlines are met
• Excellent commercial acumen with strong technical skills to deliver relevant, accurate analysis to facilitate decision making
• The ability to combine strategic and analytical perspectives with a pragmatic approach. 
• The ability to keep focus on day-to-day performance whilst simultaneously pursuing longer-term opportunities
• Experience of financial modelling.

Desirable:

• Qualified accountant
• Knowledge of healthcare business and agenda for change

Package Description

Job Description

£38,000 to £45,000pa + Bonus and great benefits

Central Manchester University Hospital

Permanent

Work Pattern - Monday to Friday 40hrs pw.

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.