Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (A minimum of 3 days working in the office required)
- Job ref
- 308-CORP-3065
- Employer
- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London Ambulance Service Headquarters
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/07/2025
Employer heading

Finance Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. We are the busiest emergency ambulance service in the UK serving one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities. We provide emergency and urgent healthcare that is free to patients at the time they receive it.
We are the only NHS provider trust to serve the whole of London and the nine million people who live in, work in or visit the city. We cover an area of 620sq miles and have more than 8,000 people who work or volunteer for us – rising to 10,000 when including bank staff and students.
We answer around two million 999 calls a year and our crews attend more than 3000 emergencies a day. Our 24-hour 111 integrated urgent care services London answer around two million calls a year.
We play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care in the capital and are striving to ensure patients receive the right response, in the right place, at the right time
Our main role is to respond to emergency 999 calls, providing medical care to patients across the capital, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. Other services we offer include providing pre-arranged patient transport and finding hospital beds. Working with the police and the fire service, we are prepared for dealing with large-scale or major incidents in the capital.
Job overview
This post is responsible for providing comprehensive financial management services, including budget planning, financial reporting, and system improvements.
This role involves advising senior budget holders, producing monthly financial reports, and leading financial inputs for business cases.
Additionally, the Finance Manager presents financial management training courses and supports the professional development of the Management Accounts team. Effective communication and collaboration with various stakeholders are essential for success in this role.
Please note: We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Main duties of the job
This role works closely with a Finance Business Partner (responsible for a specific area of Trust finances) and is responsible for planning, developing, and monitoring budgets, providing financial advice, and producing monthly financial reports.
It includes providing financial inputs for business cases, performing complex analysis, development of CIP schemes and ensuring continuous improvement of financial systems.
Working for our organisation
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK - it is a very exciting Finance Team to be part of. We are seeking someone who will fit with the Trust values – Caring, Respect and Teamwork. This role sits in our Management Accounts team, but has very close links to Operational Directors.
The Finance team works widely across the Trust at all levels up to Board and with a variety of other partners such as external NHS Trusts, commercial organisations, Heathrow Airport, Stadia, London's Air Ambulance and Healthcare UK.
You will have the opportunity to join the team and gain experience of being involved in a varied portfolio.
Annual leave starts at 27 days rising to 33 days, plus bank holidays, in line with agenda for change (NHS terms and conditions).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key responsibilities include planning, developing, and monitoring budgets, advising and challenging senior budget holders, and managing the production of monthly financial positions. The role also involves leading the financial input for business cases, performing complex analysis, and ensuring continuous improvement of financial systems. Additionally, the Finance Manager is tasked with developing management information, preparing finance reports for the Board, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
The role will have line management responsibilities, including performance appraisals and setting objectives. The role requires presenting financial management training courses for budget holders and supporting the professional development of the Management Accounts team. Effective communication and collaboration with senior management, external stakeholders, and other finance staff are essential for the successful execution of these duties.
The role also plays a crucial role in developing financial and corporate strategies, ensuring financial control, and maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations.
Person specification
Qualifications, Accreditations, Education
Essential criteria
- CCAB qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience. Full institute member
- Experience of operating at a strategic level
- Experience and expertise in finance management, strategic and staff leadership
- Relevant post qualification experience and training to meet mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and NHS finance policies
- Conflict resolution and the ability to find solutions to the conflicting goals of operational need and financial balance
- In depth knowledge of accounting practice in the NHS and the ability to explain these clearly to non accountants
- Aware of HR policy and procedures
- Have the staff management skills to manage professional staff who work with some autonomy.
- Excellent IT skills including standard keyboard skills
- Ability to manage a large workload and plan work according to changing priorities and deadlines
Experience
Essential criteria
- Business case development
- Experience monthly reporting cycles, and of preparing papers for senior management
- Excellent verbal and writing skills. Report writing
- Knowledge and experience of CIP plans and targets
- Experience of financial management, working with senior managers to control expenditure within tight limits.
- Experience of managing a team of Finance analysts.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Cullen
- Job title
- Business Support Manager - Finance
- Email address
- [email protected]
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