Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Finance Manager to join our Corporate Services Finance Team. This position reports to the Finance Business Partner (BP) and has direct line management responsibility for an Assistant Finance Manager.   You will be joining a collaborative, hardworking and inclusive Finance Department.

To maintain the integrity of the finance systems database, processes, and reports, liaising with the Trust’s finance systems outsourced provider. Ensuring that the systems and reports are fit for purpose in contributing to the achievement of the Trust’s objectives.  With your team, you will be responsible for the production of high-quality financial information, including monthly management accounts, quarterly forecasts and variance analysis; and with the support of the Finance BP, you will be leading the development and production of the annual budget for the divisions and supporting with business cases.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong technical skills and outstanding communication skills, a passion for best practice and high calibre influencing skills.  You will be a natural leader who enjoys leading and motivating a team and managing and building strong working relationships.  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

1.    To support the preparation of Trust level finance papers, ensuring that information is prepared in an accurate and timely manner, and is consistent with Divisional reporting.

2.    To design and develop complex ad hoc reports as required.

3.    To support on Annual Planning for the Trust, including liaising with NHSIE and STP (ICB).

4.    Support any deep dive or ad-hoc analysis required to better understand the financial position and quantify changes in trends of key drivers impacting the trust position in response to external regulators, strategic partners, and Trust Senior Management.

5.    To lead the Finance department in maintaining the integrity of the finance systems database (Oracle) and for designing and implementing controls within Oracle.

6.    To lead the Finance department in designing and developing the reporting capabilities of both Oracle and the BI tool to meet the needs of the Trust.

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.