An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Strategic Finance Team as a Finance Manager - Strategic Finance, at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). We are looking for a forward thinking, highly motivated qualified accountant to take a lead role on the contract income, costing and financial planning requirements of the Trust, working closely with a wide range of people including divisional staff and system partners. To be considered for this role, you must be able to demonstrate highly developed knowledge, experience and expertise in NHS finance. You must demonstrate your ability to engage and influence at every level of the organisation and have excellent negotiation skills to overcome barriers to understanding arising from the complexity of issues. The full list of duties can be found in the job description, but the main duties would be to take a lead role in ensuring the smooth day to day running of the income and costing team with management responsibility for staff within the team, providing high quality financial leadership to internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will be expected to develop plans and communicate complex financial information and support the efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and business focus of finance systems and processes within the Finance Directorate. Our two hospitals, The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury, provide a wide range of acute hospital services for around half a million people across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. Together the hospitals have over 700 beds and assessment and treatment trolleys across a variety of services. Our vision is to provide excellent care for the communities that we serve and now is an exciting time to join us and live our values to ensure we continue to offer the best possible care and keep our patients at the heart of everything we do. SaTH is a CIMA and ACCA accredited organisation, demonstrating the support we provide to the development of our staff. SaTH has gained FFF (Future Focussed Finance) level two and is working towards level three. This role will give you the opportunity to be part of this highly committed team.