Job summary
RM Partners is the cancer alliance covering all NHS and partner organisations in northwest and southwest London. Cancer Alliances have responsibility to save more lives from cancer through earlier diagnosis and reduced inequality in their local areas.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Management Accountant to work jointly across RM Partners and The Royal Marsden. This new role is key to providing financial input, advice, and support, ensuring the successful delivery of month end reporting.
This rewarding and challenging role requires an understanding in financial and budgetary control, demonstrated by an AAT qualification or equivalent, management accounts experience and underpinned by excellent communication skills.
This post will suit someone looking to start and progress a career within NHS finance, actively studying and looking to expand their network across our 9 partnership NHS Trust's and 2 Integrated Care Boards.
The successful candidate will have an enthusiastic attitude, initiative-taking, able to confidently work alone, under pressure and successfully meet deadlines. They will have excellent organisational skills and be able to grow and maintain relationships built on trust across the project management team and budget holders to ensure an accurate financial position is reported, whilst supporting managers to deliver and develop their service.
If you are interested in being part of a visionary and determined team and want to make a real difference in improving cancer outcomes for our population, please apply.
Main duties of the job
Cancer Alliances were established in 2019 following the publication of the Long-Term Plan in order to deliver the commitments around cancer to save 55,000 more lives per year.RM Partners is the cancer alliance for NW and SW London ICS's, supporting 3.7 million people. We are hosted by the Royal Marsden, and work independently to serve our population, working with Place Screening and Provider teams to deliver transformation. Our strategy can be found on the RM Partners website and is signed off by both ICS CEO's.Our stakeholders are critical to our mission, and we are proud of the scale and prestige of the institutions we work in partnership with. Our ambition is to save more lives from cancer through earlier diagnosis and reducing inequalities. Nationally Cancer Alliances role within the wider Health care system is described as leading the whole system planning and delivery of cancer services for each of their ICSs including:o System planning that supports improvement in cancer outcomes and constitutional standards and enables ICS commissioning.o Whole system delivery of cancer pathways, linking primary and secondary care and diagnostic pathways, to support long term commissioning decisions, with resource to support.o Using clinical expertise to ensure every intervention is evidence based.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Produce monthly budget statements and associated reports and reconciliations for a range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables. Calculate monthly prepayments and accruals and input journals to the general ledger. Provide information to the RMP Finance Lead to assist in the production of a monthly financial performance report. Identify, investigate, and obtain explanations for significant variances and to discuss these variances with budget holders and managers. Meet regularly with budget holders to assess financial performance and to provide information and analysis to them. Ensure that all official meetings with budget holders are documented and the outcome agreed. Respond both to regular and ad-hoc requests for information from RM Partners project team. Produce monthly reconciliations of and explanations for movements in budgets and balance sheet codes in accordance with agreed timetables. Gain an understanding of the Trusts SFIs and other financial policies and procedures. Assist in the provision of budget-holder training for non-finance managers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Produce monthly budget statements and associated reports and reconciliations for a range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables. Calculate monthly prepayments and accruals and input journals to the general ledger. Provide information to the RMP Finance Lead to assist in the production of a monthly financial performance report. Identify, investigate, and obtain explanations for significant variances and to discuss these variances with budget holders and managers. Meet regularly with budget holders to assess financial performance and to provide information and analysis to them. Ensure that all official meetings with budget holders are documented and the outcome agreed. Respond both to regular and ad-hoc requests for information from RM Partners project team. Produce monthly reconciliations of and explanations for movements in budgets and balance sheet codes in accordance with agreed timetables. Gain an understanding of the Trusts SFIs and other financial policies and procedures. Assist in the provision of budget-holder training for non-finance managers.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent
- Progress towards the completion of a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification or in exceptional circumstances, to have gained experience with is considered equivalent to progress towards completion of such qualifications.
Desirable
- Progress towards the completion of a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a Management Accounts or Financial control role.
Desirable
- Experience within a health setting or other large complex organisation
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential
- 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 his/her skills, experience and career.
Desirable
- Advanced ECDL qualification
- Able to demonstrate competence in the use of other software packages e.g. Access and PowerPoint
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent
- Progress towards the completion of a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification or in exceptional circumstances, to have gained experience with is considered equivalent to progress towards completion of such qualifications.
Desirable
- Progress towards the completion of a CCAB recognized accountancy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a Management Accounts or Financial control role.
Desirable
- Experience within a health setting or other large complex organisation
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential
- 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 his/her skills, experience and career.
Desirable
- Advanced ECDL qualification
- Able to demonstrate competence in the use of other software packages e.g. Access and PowerPoint
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
