Group Financial Controller

We have an exciting opportunity for a Group Financial Controller to join HMT and play a pivotal role in leading the organisations financial management and control environment. This senior position supports the central finance function while providing strategic oversight across the group to ensure strong financial governance, sustainability, and performance.

This role is ideal for a commercially astute and detail-driven finance leader who can balance strategic insight with robust financial control. You will ensure financial performance aligns with organisational objectives, regulatory requirements, and patient care priorities, while maintaining the integrity of financial reporting and controls.

In this key leadership role, you will work closely with executive and operational leaders to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and provide clear financial insight. You will identify opportunities for efficiency, value improvement, and risk mitigation, translating complex financial data into meaningful, actionable recommendations.

Your responsibilities will include leading group-wide financial reporting, statutory accounts, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow management, and internal controls. Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders, you will drive financial excellence, support growth initiatives, and ensure the organisation maintains strong financial discipline and transparency across the group.

Main duties of the job

As the Group Financial Controller, you will lead the organisations financial control, reporting, and governance framework, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial information across the group. You will oversee statutory reporting, financial compliance, and internal controls, providing assurance to senior leadership and supporting effective decision-making.

Youll manage group-wide financial processes, including month-end close, consolidation, and audit, while developing strong financial disciplines and consistent standards across entities. By delivering high-quality financial reporting, strengthening controls, and driving continuous improvement in financial processes, you will safeguard the organisations financial position and support sustainable growth in line with strategic and operational objectives.

Knowledge & Experience Required

• Significant post-qualification experience in a senior financial role
• Experience within the healthcare or not-for-profit sector
• High level of computer literacy, including a proficient use of accounting software and report writing
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
• Must be able to work collaboratively with a wide range of staff
• Effective communication skills
• Approachable, and calm under pressure. Able to prioritise effectively and manage conflict and competing interest groups
• Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking

About us

At the Healthcare Management Trust, we are obsessed with achieving our Vision, to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services. Our Purpose is, to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome.

We aim to provide services which value collaboration and place our residents, patients and people at the heart of all we do. We will always do the right thing for our residents, patients and people. We will be outwardly connected to the most innovative practices and service offerings in the market. We will do things differently and will be bold with our ambition to change things for the better.

We are passionate about what we do and so are our people. Bringing their most authentic selves to work and seeking joy and fun in what we do. We will deliver care and clinical interactions compassionately and tailor them to individual needs. We achieve this by living our business Values each and every day:

• We are caring
• We are enterprising
• We are resourceful
• We are authentic
• We are accountable

Our benefits include:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Employer pension contribution
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Continuous learning
• Flexible working options
• 27 Days Annual Leave (Plus Bank holidays)
• Enhanced Maternity Pay

Job responsibilities

Role Responsibilities

Lead the group-wide month-end close process, ensuring all system-generated reports fullyreconcile to the trial balance for each site and entity.

Ensure all month-end data, reports, and supporting schedules are accurately completed,reviewed, and stored in a central repository with appropriate access for stakeholders.

Own and maintain the financial control framework, ensuring compliance with FIN01 andother internal policies, including accurate tracking and governance of CAPEX spend.

Oversee the preparation of accurate monthly management accounts, working closely with theHead of Finance and Finance Business Partners to provide timely, high-quality analysis andcommentary.

Oversee the Purchase Ledger function within the management accounts team, ensuringinvoices are fully authorised, correctly coded, and paid in line with agreed supplier terms.

Act as system owner for Net Suite and Tipalti, ensuring weekly invoice approvals arecompleted, no backlogs occur, and providing regular reporting on approval status by site.

Lead and support the preparation of year-end and statutory accounts, ensuring compliancewith accounting standards and regulatory requirements.

Ensure the Chart of Accounts and nominal structures support effective departmentalbudgeting, site-level reporting, and Power BI dashboards.

Oversee payroll and billing processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness, andthat payroll costs and revenue are correctly reflected in the general ledger and managementaccounts.

Ensure payroll controls, reconciliations, and approvals are robust, compliant, and aligned withHR data and contractual arrangements.

Ensure billing processes are efficient and accurate, with appropriate controls to supportrevenue recognition, cash collection, and site-level performance reporting.

Assist with the preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts covering all sites and head office,providing visibility of short- and medium-term liquidity.

Act as the primary point of contact for the annual audit, building strong relationships withauditors, coordinating deliverables, and resolving audit queries and findings effectively.

Ensure data integrity and consistency across all finance systems, including CC8, Net Suite,Tipalti, Dimensions, Factory Master, Focal Point, iTrent, Coolcare, Capture, and WASP.

Review, maintain, and improve financial system workflows to ensure they are fit for purpose,scalable, and aligned with operational needs.

Create and chair cross-functional and cross-site system and process improvement forums,driving timely implementation of enhancements and improving user experience.

Respond to financial queries from operational and corporate stakeholders by gathering,analysing, and clearly interpreting financial data.

Partner proactively with Hospital Finance Business Partners and operational leaders to ensurestrong alignment between financial control, reporting, and business performance.

Promote and embed a culture of continuous improvement, strong governance, andaccountability across all sites and finance teams.

Lead, coach, and develop members of the financial control team through regular 1:1s, clearobjectives, and a focus on capability building.

Demonstrate and role-model a collaborative, structured, and supportive finance culture, withhigh standards of control and true business partnering at its core.

Person Specification Experience

• Significant post-qualification experience in a senior financial role
• High level of computer literacy, including a proficient use of accounting software and report writing
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
• Must be able to work collaboratively with a wide range of staff
• Approachable, and calm under pressure. Able to prioritise effectively and manage conflict and competing interest groups
• Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking
• Ability to identify and solve problems and think creatively
• A sound knowledge of accounting principles and best practice
• Good verbal, written and numerical skills
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with finance systems
• Experience within the healthcare or not-for-profit sector

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.