Assistant Finance Manager in London

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.

Person specification:

• Education/Qualifications: Degree level or equivalent; Significant progress towards the completion of a CCAB recognised accountancy qualification or in exceptional circumstances, to have gained experience which is considered equivalent to significant progress towards completion of such qualifications; Have completed a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification.
• Experience: Significant experience in a Financial Management role and some costing experience; Costing experience within an acute hospital setting.
• Skills/Abilities/Knowledge: 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; 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; Advanced ECDL qualification; Able to demonstrate competence in the use of other software packages e.g. Access and PowerPoint.
• Other Requirements: 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.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application. All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff:

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.