Deputy Finance Manager

Interviews are planned for week commencing 9th March 2026.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Finance Manager to join the Black Count Pathology Service on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Clinical Finance Manager the successful candidate will lead a Financial Management team to ensure effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed Divisional and Corporate goals.

This post will also support budget setting, financial planning, forecasting, monthly monitoring and reporting within corporate standards and timetables.

The role requires an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as a Deputy Finance Manager.

This role is based at New Cross Hospital while also embracing the option of agile working, through a combination of on-site working and working from home, should this flexibility be attractive to the right candidate.

The post holder will provide financial support and advice to specified divisions and support services. Budgets are large and complex and provision of support may involve emotive and contentious issues. Financial support will include advising Clinical Directors, Divisional Managers, Group/Directorate Managers, Budget Holders and the Corporate Finance Manager in financial matters relating to the areas concerned. They will supervise a finance team providing professional advice on all financial matters.

The Deputy Finance Manager will represent the Chief Financial Officer at Divisional/Departmental Team Meetings and will ensure that all decisions are made within a financial framework agreed by the Chief Financial Officer.

It should be noted that at the time of applying for this position a Divisional team in which this post workswill be noted, however this is one of a number of these roles within the department and from time to timethe Division may change, usually to support the development and experience of staff members.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

The Deputy Finance Manager supervises a finance team who are responsible for financial advice, financial information and other financial input (e.g. business planning, service level agreements, costing and market testing) to a range of estates, facilities and corporate services. In addition they will be responsible for coordinating specific Trust-wide projects where the work cannot be divided into separate teams due to the necessity for a single and consistent output and approach.