Financial Controller

Financial Controller
The Wellington Hospital, London
Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Fixed Term

Contract:

until October 2027
Competitive salary + excellent benefits

We’re looking for a Financial Controller to join our Finance team based at The Wellington Hospital
. The Finance team plays a critical role in providing financial leadership, commercial insight and operational support across the hospital. Working closely with senior leaders and operational teams, they help ensure resources are managed effectively, enabling continued investment in clinical excellence, innovation and exceptional patient care. The Wellington Hospital is renowned for its breadth of services, advanced facilities and commitment to delivering outstanding healthcare outcomes, making this a unique opportunity to contribute within a highly respected organisation.

When you join HCA Healthcare UK, your work supports something bigger than numbers alone. Behind every investment decision, financial forecast and management report is the ability to deliver outstanding patient care. This is an opportunity to be part of a high performing finance team supporting one of the UK’s largest private hospitals, helping to ensure the continued success and growth of a facility that delivers complex care across a wide range of specialties.

As a Financial Controller you’ll provide financial leadership across the hospital, ensuring robust financial controls, accurate reporting and meaningful analysis to support strategic decision making. Working at the heart of hospital operations, you’ll partner with clinical and non-clinical leaders, oversee budgeting and forecasting processes, and identify opportunities to improve financial performance. This role offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders, the opportunity to lead and develop finance colleagues, and the chance to influence decisions that directly support the delivery of exceptional healthcare.

You’ll join a collaborative environment where expertise is recognised, development is encouraged and your contribution has a visible impact across the organisation.

Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. Other’s may think this is just a role in Finance, but to us, you’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.

• Lead the month end and year end financial reporting processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal controls and accounting standards
• Manage budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities, providing insightful analysis to support operational and strategic decisions
• Partner with hospital leadership teams to drive financial performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow management and financial controls across the hospital
• Lead, mentor and develop finance team colleagues, fostering a collaborative and high performing culture

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Significant experience in financial control, financial reporting and business partnering within a complex organisation
• Strong understanding of financial controls, budgeting and forecasting processes
• Experience leading and developing finance teams
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence senior audiences

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers…