Band 8a Finance Manager

NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Finance Manager to lead budget setting for directorates, ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, and provide insightful commentary to support decision-making. You will work closely with the Head of Finance and other directors to deliver robust financial information and drive process improvements across the finance function.

The role requires professional accounting qualifications, strong analytical ability, and excellent communication

Qualifications

• Professional qualification (CCAB) in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA).
• Degree
• First time passes in professional examinations
• Attendance at an Accounting for Foundation Trusts course

Responsibilities

• Budget setting for Directorate in line with the policies and processes specified.
• Period end finance reports are complete, accurate and include concise commentary for the Board.
• Ensure the integrity of the financial data contained within finance reports and directorate budget reports.
• Review and analyse data before dissemination and provide clear, concise commentary on figures.
• Explore better methods of presenting financial information to the Divisional Board; support the Head of Finance for the division with strong Excel, Word and PowerPoint usage.
• Ensure reporting timelines are met as required by the Head of Finance (Reporting).

Skills

Analytical skills

Clear communicator

Financial reporting

Excel

PowerPoint

Budgeting

Staff development

Education

CCAB qualification

Degree

Foundations course

First time passes

Tools

Excel

Access

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Our current vacancies

If you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you.

Site Enfield Civic Centre Town Enfield Salary £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants.However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1 .

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring that its recruitment processes are carried out with integrity, transparency, and fairness for all applicants. To help maintain these standards, we ask candidates to provide accurate and truthful information throughout the recruitment process.

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Would you like to join our finance team as a Finance manager and be part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust group?

We have a fantastic variety of work underway at our hospital which will both stretch you professionally and ensure you have a rewarding workplace experience. You will be an important part of a committed and high performing finance team, as well as partnering with clinical and operational colleagues.

You will be expected to quickly develop an understanding of the business of healthcare provision, to support and lead on quality decision making through provision of excellent analytical support. You will be an integral member of the hospital finance team and be expected to contribute to the development, agreement and implementation of priorities.

Be part of a diverse, energetic and capable hospital group finance team, which is focused on supporting financial recovery and developing best in class finance reporting and business analytics

This opportunity is likely to suit a qualified accountant with enthusiasm, drive and ambition.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for budget setting for their Directorate’s in line with the policies and processes specified.
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Directorate’s period end finance reports are appropriate, complete and accurate and contains all the information required to brief the Board on the financial performance of the Directorate. They will need to continuously review and improve the content of the pack.
• The post holder will be responsible for the integrity of the financial data
• contained within finance reports and directorate budget reports. They will be expected to review and analyse the data before disseminating it to other interested parties and to include clear, concise and informative commentary on the figures reported.
• They will be responsible for exploring better methods of presenting financial information to the Divisional Board and other users supporting the Head of Finance for the division. This will require strong Excel skills and a good working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.
• The post holder will be expected to ensure that reporting timelines are reduced as required by the Head of Finance (Reporting).
• The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Directorates to ensure that they receive appropriate sound financial advice which they review and use to take decisions on costs.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post and visit our website to find out about working in Royal Free.

Person specification

Royal Free shared commitments

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments

Education & Qualifications

• Professional qualification (CCAB) in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA)
• Evidence of having kept technically up to date since qualification.
• Degree
• First time passes in professional examinations
• Attendance at an Accounting for Foundation Trusts course

Experience

• Relevant post qualification experience or significant management accounting or equivalent experience in a similar organisation.
• Experience of managing and developing staff.

Skills

• Analytical skills with the ability to communicate clearly the results of such analysis
• Excellent communicator both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to present and explain financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non‑finance managers.
• Ability to make use of systems (e.g. Excel, Access, Microsoft Word) to prepare and present accurate, clear information and to identify what can be produced from other financial systems.
• Record of delivering to tight deadlines
• Record of improving processes and reporting in previous roles.
• Record of influencing staff, colleagues and budget holders to achieve positive outcomes.
• Record of analysing areas of work to identify and implement improvements
• Record of successfully training and coaching staff.

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Team player who complies with policies set by senior management.
• Flexible and resilient.
• AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
• If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre‑Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre‑employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
• By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

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