Assistant Finance Manager - Costing

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Financial Management professional to assist in cost collection and ensure accurate financial submissions. This role requires significant experience in financial management and offers an opportunity to work within a diverse and inclusive environment. Candidates should possess a degree and be making progress towards a recognized accountancy qualification.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent qualification required.
• Progress towards CCAB qualification or significant relevant experience needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist with National Cost Collection and NHSEI returns.
• Analyze income and expenditure, ensuring reconciliation with Annual Accounts.
• Liaise with departments for data collection on unit cost calculation.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial planning

Costing

Pricing

Variance analysis

Reporting

Written communication

Education

Degree level or equivalent

CCAB recognized accountancy qualification (completed)

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

1. Assist in the preparation of the Trust's National Cost Collection submission, Education & Training Costs submission, and other NHSEI returns in a timely and accurate manner, following national guidelines by:
2. Extracting relevant information from the General Ledger
3. Analyzing and allocating income and expenditure as required by the national guidance
4. Liaising with various departments within the Trust to obtain activity data for expenditure allocation and unit cost calculation
5. Ensuring costed expenditure reconciles with the Trust's Annual Accounts
6. Identifying Research & Development costs

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree level or equivalent
• Significant progress towards a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification or equivalent experience in exceptional circumstances

Desirable criteria

• Completion of a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in a Financial Management role with some costing experience

Desirable criteria

• Costing experience within an acute hospital setting

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to understand and apply concepts of budgeting, financial planning, costing, pricing, variance analysis, and reporting
• Good, well-presented written communication skills

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to recruiting and retaining underrepresented groups, especially Black, Asian, minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we strive to create an inclusive workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.

Due to high application volumes, we reserve the right to close the advert early once sufficient applications are received. We recommend early application to avoid disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted via email. Please check your email regularly and ensure our emails are not filtered out.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

Given our immune-compromised patient population, all patient-facing staff are expected to have an annual, free flu vaccination provided by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Appropriate UK professional registration is required.

Documents to download

• JDPS (PDF, 202.5KB)
• Job features form (PDF, 128.6KB)
• Royal Marsden Trust Values (PDF, 715.5KB)
• Workplace Wellbeing and Rewards Guide (PDF, 1.2MB)