Job summary
We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Finance Manager role within the Royal Marsden Finance Team. This role sits within the Corporate Services Finance Team and reports into the Divisional Finance Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for enthusiastic and driven individuals to progress their career within the NHS and to make a real impact. You will be joining a collaborative, hardworking and inclusive Finance department who encourage development and high standards.This role will be responsible for providing high-quality, timely and accurate financial management information to a range of corporate departments/functions. You will be a key point of contact within the team for budget holders and service managers. You will also provide support and input to quarterly forecasts and annual business plans, projects, business cases and service developments.The successful candidate will be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationship both internally within Finance and with business stakeholders. We are open to candidates from a diverse range of sector backgrounds, and it is essential that all candidates embrace our organisation's values.
Main duties of the job
To provide an efficient and professional management accounting service to Departments within the Divisions/Directorates and the Trust.The postholder will be responsible for producing reports, projections and analysis and will liaise with budget holders and other managers to generate "intelligence" to support forecasting and the medium term business planning process.
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:
1. To be responsible for the production of the monthly budget statements and associated reports for a wide range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables2. 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.3. 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.4. 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 awarenesstraining where necessary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
1. To be responsible for the production of the monthly budget statements and associated reports for a wide range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables2. 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.3. 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.4. 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 awarenesstraining 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
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
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
