Assistant Finance Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This Assistant Finance Manager role within the Corporate Services Finance Team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust involves providing high-quality, timely, and accurate financial management information to clinical departments. You will be a key point of contact for budget holders and service managers, supporting quarterly forecasts, annual business plans, projects, and service developments. The position requires a self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills to build relationships internally and with stakeholders. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension.
Key responsibilities
- Provide an efficient and professional management accounting service to departments within the Divisions/Directorates and the Trust.
- Produce reports, projections, and analysis, liaising with budget holders and managers to support forecasting and business planning.
- Be responsible for the production of monthly budget statements and associated reports in accordance with agreed timetables.
- Develop and maintain an integrated financial performance report, highlighting variances and trends, and advising on management action.
- Meet regularly with budget holders and Senior Managers to assess financial performance and provide financial management information, analysis, and advice.
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
- 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
- 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
- Have completed a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification
- Costing experience within an acute hospital setting
- Advanced ECDL qualification
- Able to demonstrate competence in the use of other software packages eg Access and powerpoint
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
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.
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