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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
6 months (Fixed Term - 6 months)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
282-OD1755
Employer
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Marsden Chelsea
Town
Chelsea
Salary
£47,951 - £56,863 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2026 08:00

Employer heading

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Finance Manager

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Finance Manager roles within the Royal Marsden Finance Team. This role sits within the Corporate Services Finance Team and reports into the Corporate 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 clinical departments. 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.

This role is initially a 6-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of a further 6-month extension subject to service requirements and funding availability. 

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 timetables 
2. 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 awareness 
training where necessary.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Have completed a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience in a Financial Management role and some costing experience.
Desirable criteria
  • Costing experience within an acute hospital setting

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ali Karchegani
Job title
Finance Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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