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.

What you’ll do:

· 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

What you’ll bring:

· 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

Why HCA UK?

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 of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

By caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Financial Controller you’ll be eligible for:

· 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
· Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
· Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
· Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
· Group Life Assurance from day one
· Critical illness cover
· Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
· Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
· Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
· Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

· Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
· Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
· Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
· Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.