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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full time)
Job ref
391-RFL-7878422
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hopsital
Town
London
Salary
£72,921 - £83,362 per annum, including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8B Finance Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

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Job overview

The post holder will be a key contact for the Royal Free Health Unit finance team. They will ensure effective use of the Health Unit financial resources in pursuit of agreed financial envelope and allocated FIP target. The role requires working with key stakeholders, persuading and influencing the financial direction of the division.

Main duties of the job

To provide financial support to development of Royal Free Health Unit  FIP/ savings plans and monitor the delivery of these plans.

Responsible for the preparation and review of business cases ensuring that all costs/ income/ benefits are fully understood and those decisions on new initiatives are taken with full knowledge of the financial implications.

Preparation of annual budgets, focused on service line profitability and including providing challenge to service line assumptions.

Responsible for financial negotiations in relation to contracts both internally and externally.

To enhance and develop the financial analytical support in order to help managers to develop their services in a cost-effective way. In particular the development of planning and monitoring policies and procedures.

As a member of a multidisciplinary management team will attend key board and committees and be involved on a daily basis with the operations of assigned service lines.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.


Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.


For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent
  • Professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA)
  • Expert knowledge gained through specialist training or experience
  • Evidence or maintaining and developing technical accounting expertise and of staying up to date with current accounting rules since qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification analytical financial management experience
  • Successful experience of managing teams including experience of leading management accounting teams
  • Experience of managing budget setting in large and highly complex organisation
  • Experience of producing financial monitoring reports to Senior Management / Directors for large highly complex organisation
  • Knowledge and experience of financial systems

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Leadership qualities and influencing skills
  • Ability to operate as part of a leadership of the department proactively identifying ways to improve and working with others in the department to initiate these changes
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability solve highly complex financial problems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • The ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritie delivering to tight deadlines and managing the demands of senior stakeholders simultaneously
  • Ability to make use of systems to prepare and present accurate, clear information and to identify what can be produced from other systems
  • Strong organisation skills and ability to prioritise
  • Flexible and able to manage workload to ensure delivery of both regular commitments and the support of Trust wide initiatives
  • The ability to provide advice and support from across all of the accounting disciplines is essentia
  • Able to influence others, and be able to present a coherent case in support of a desired outcome and the ability to present and explain complex financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non -finance managers
  • Confident in taking decisions when needed yet knowing when to ask advise / guidance or to gain approval before embarking on a specific course of action
  • Record of improving processes and reporting in previous roles

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
  • Flexible team player, willing to ‘roll up sleeves’ where necessary
  • Able to inspire and motivate others
  • Positive ‘can do’ attitude
  • Embraces change
  • Resilient to cope with challenge and criticism

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Leon Dabbs
Job title
Head of Finance
Email address
[email protected]
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