Assistant Finance Manager @ The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Permanent , Full-Time , 37.5 hours per week ,Chelsea

Band 6 / Band 7

The Assistant Finance Manager plays a pivotal role in supporting the Finance and Operational teams across The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder will provide high-quality financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and support to budget holders and senior managers, enabling informed decision-making and financial sustainability.

Working closely with operational leaders, the role combines Technical Financial expertise with Business Partnering responsibilities, helping services understand financial performance, manage risks, identify opportunities, and achieve financial targets. The successful candidate will take ownership of the month end process for their areas of responsibility, assist with annual planning and medium-term financial strategy while supporting continuous improvement across finance systems and processes.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the production of the monthly budget statements and associated reports for a wide range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables .
• To develop and maintain an integrated financial performance report, including a year end forecast, highlighting key variances and trends in activity and finance, commenting on influencing factors and advising on any necessary management action.
• To meet regularly with budget holders and Senior Managers to assess financial performance and to provide financial management information, analysis and advice to them regarding key risks and critical success factors in achieving financial targets.
• To ensure budget holders and managers have an awareness of financial performance requirements, including the need for budgetary control and adherence to SFIs, and to provide financial awareness training where necessary.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• To be responsible for the production of the monthly budget statements and associated reports for a wide range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables
• To develop and maintain an integrated financial performance report, including a year end forecast, highlighting key variances and trends in activity and finance, commenting on influencing factors and advising on any necessary management action.
• To meet regularly with budget holders and Senior Managers to assess financial performance and to provide financial management information, analysis and advice to them regarding key risks andcritical success factors in achieving financial targets.
• To ensure budget holders and managers have an awareness of financial performance requirements, including the need for budgetary control and adherence to SFIs, and to provide financial awareness training where necessary.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level or equivalent
• Significant progress towards the completion of a CCAB recognised accountancy qualification or in exceptional circumstances, to have gained experience with is considered equivalent to significant progress towards completion of such qualifications

Desirable

• Have completed a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a Financial Management role and some costing experience.

Desirable

• Costing experience within an acute hospital setting

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential

• Able to understand and apply the concepts and techniques for budgeting, financial planning, costing, pricing, variance analysis and reporting
• Good, well presented written communication skills
• Good verbal communication skills
• Advanced excel skills
• Able to demonstrate competence in word processing
• Able to demonstrate competence in the use of the General Ledger and other financial systems within the department.
• Able to demonstrate an ability to analyse and interpret financial data
• Able to work effectively to tight deadlines, often involving the management and prioritization of multiple tasks with conflicting priorities.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the link between financial data and influencing factors
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for budgetary control, Standing Financial Instructions/Standing Orders and the means for ensuring that they are adhered to
• Able to deal quickly with questions and information requests and to respond in a way in which non-finance staff will understand and can make use of.
• Able to demonstrate an active interest in the development of skills, experience and career.

Desirable

• Advanced ECDL qualification
• Able to demonstrate competence in the use of other software packages eg Access and powerpoint

Other Requirements

Essential

• Demonstrates a flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Team player
• Able and willing to work flexible and additional hours as required
• Self-motivated and able to show initiative
• Able to operate effectively with minimal support
• Able to develop good working relationships with budget holders and managers of all levels
• Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Chelsea

Chelsea

SW3 6JJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden (Opens in a new tab)