Associate Director- Healthcare Consulting Job at Grant Thornton UK LLP (London)

Associate Director- Healthcare Consulting

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Location:
United Kingdom , London ▼
Edinburgh
Manchester
Leeds
Bristol
Birmingham

Category:
Consulting

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Our healthcare services are growing and expanding and we are looking for experienced healthcare professionals and leaders to support and drive the development of consulting services in the sector. We have established in the last 2 years a market leading position supporting the financial improvement and sustainability of NHS, working with NHS England, NHS Wales, NHS Trusts, Welsh Health Boards and Integrated Care Boards on a daily basis to improve their finances by delivering efficiency programmes and implementing strong financial governance.

Job Responsibility:

Support the development and implementation of the strategy for your sector – in this case healthcare
Demonstrate high quality and professional behaviour in the delivery of your work and challenge others to do the same
Demonstrate leadership to your team and inspire people to reach their potential
Ensure technical excellence, in particular around NHS finance and operations, and quality in the delivery of work in accordance with the firm’s guidelines
Ensure effective and efficient oversight of your team to deliver high quality work, as well as meeting financial targets
Support the partner and director group to lead complex projects, building strong relationships with client, bringing in the most relevant Grant Thornton people for the work where relevant with or external partners, and deliver high quality client service
Support the partner and director group on complex proposals through effective business development activities and the development of winning bids
Embed a learning culture in the development of proposals and begin to demonstrate the ability to lead proposals with less support
Embodying a quality culture, evidenced through active coaching of teams, praising good work and challenging poor work through everyday feedback
Make a significant contribution to business development, building relationships with people and organisations in your sector so they will become clients of the future
Work with the partners and directors to build a more diverse PSA team
Create an inclusive culture and call out behaviours that are not inclusive
Build and maintain a network in your sector and across Grant Thornton, ensuring your areas of expertise are known across the firm and that you will capitalise on opportunities the wider firm
Contribute and promote thought leadership pieces within your sector on a regular basis, working with sector and industry groups
Be aware of relevant sector or industry development that impact on the work of the team
Manage quality and risk in line with the firm’s policies and procedures
Act with integrity and in line with our organisational values
Embraces the firm’s core values in relation to diversity and inclusion, behaving in a way that is inclusive at all times
Achieve 'zone of affection' rating in client satisfaction scores for clients
Do what is right, not what is easy

Requirements:

University qualification or relevant experience
Professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA) essential
Significant experience of working with or within NHS finance and operations
Deep knowledge and understanding of NHS finance, financial improvement and finance functions
Track record of leading the identification and delivery of cost improvement, efficiency and transformation programmes within the NHS
Strong analytical skills to analyse and triangulate finance, operational and workforce data
Use of benchmarking to target and identify areas for improvement
Experience working with, influencing and reporting to boards, executive, operational, workforce, medical, nursing and transformation/improvement teams
Experience working with and reporting to regulators
Experience establishing and supporting effective governance processes and reporting
Experience in teams with line management/ oversight responsibilities
Evidence of taking ownership for setting and delivering team goals and monitoring individual programme targets
Strong understanding and demonstrable experience of financial, operational and quality issues within the NHS
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience of reporting and presenting to Boards, senior leadership groups and wider stakeholders
A commitment to diversity and inclusion
Good project management skills with a record of delivering projects to time, quality and financial deadlines
Good inter-personal skills with the ability to build and develop networks, internally and externally

Nice to have:

Business case writing and development
Delivering wholescale transformation of services
Data analysis and digital process improvement
Finance function consolidation and process change
Board leadership and governance assessments
Awareness of current policy and issues in the NHS
Wider experience and knowledge of other public services

What we offer:

Flexible working considered
Reduced hours and job shares supported
Work life balance
Real opportunity
Inclusive culture
Freedom to bring your whole self to work
Pursue passions inside and outside of work
Secondments
Fundraising for local charities
Investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 25, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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