Senior Assistant Finance Manager - United Kingdom - Health Jobs UK

Description

Our Research and Development has remained a key strategy of the Trust throughout, collaborating with a number of world leading institutions to lead on developing highly innovative and technologically advanced treatments.

A vacancy has arisen within the Research and Development Finance team for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Assistant Finance Manager for a 12-month fixed term contract.

Ideally, applicants would have experience in management accounting and would be looking to develop their financial management skills within a dynamic NHS environment.

Reporting to a Finance Manager, you will be producing high quality financial information, including monthly management accounts, forecasts and variance analysis.

You will need to provide sound support and advice to the business to help manage their research portfolio finances. You will have excellent communication skills and be highly computer literate, with excellent attention to detail.
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 and reporting monthly accounts, analysis and liaising with budget holders and other managers to generate "intelligence" to support forecasting, costings for funding applications and grant management support.

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 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.

To develop and maintain integrated financial performance reports, including year end forecasts, 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.

To contribute to the annual budget setting/financial planning process- to assist in the calculation of the annual budgets for a range of cost centres in accordance with agreed principles and timetables and to be responsible for their input into the Finance Systems.- To assist in assessing the impact of changes in government, charitable and commercial funding and legislative changes on the R&D Division.

To develop and maintain integrated financial performance reports, including year end forecasts, 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.

To contribute to the annual budget setting/financial planning process- to assist in the calculation of the annual budgets for a range of cost centres in accordance with agreed principles and timetables and to be responsible for their input into the Finance Systems.- To assist in assessing the impact of changes in government, charitable and commercial funding and legislative changes on the R&D Division.

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
Have completed a CCAB recognised accountancy qualification

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

Able to understand and apply the concepts and techniques for budgeting, financial planning, costing, pricing, variance analysis and reporting
Advanced excel skills
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 competence in the use of other software packages eg Access and powerpoint
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
Have completed a CCAB recognised accountancy qualification

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

Able to understand and apply the concepts and techniques for budgeting, financial planning, costing, pricing, variance analysis and reporting
Advanced excel skills
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 competence in the use of other software packages eg Access and powerpoint
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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