# Band 8a Finance manager

**Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Enfield/London
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £63665.00 to £70887.00
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Band 8a Finance manager to join our team at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will lead finance for the RFLPS Chase Farm clinical consumables managed service, linking RFLPS, RFL Finance, Partners Procurement Service, and Chase Farm budget holders.

Key responsibilities include:

- Producing monthly directorate reports to deadline, with commentary on over- and underspends and the year-end forecast

- Contributing accurate analysis and variance commentary to Monthly Management Reports and Board briefings

- Ensuring period-end figures are complete and accurate, with appropriate accruals, and explaining any changes clearly

- Setting annual I&E budgets with the clinical division to agreed timelines, stretching but achievable and aligned to Trust objectives

- Preparing regular forecasts and explaining major variances

- Acting as lead finance contact and representing Finance at key meetings

- Keeping managers and clinicians informed of their I&E position, advising on complex issues, and influencing sound decisions

- Explaining cost and income drivers and training staff to use their reports

- Managing team workload to meet deadlines to a high standard, allowing time for senior review

- Identifying opportunities for process improvement and recommending efficiencies to the Head of Finance (Reporting)

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of benefits, including flexible working hours, generous benefits, and next-level training.

This is a permanent, full-time role with a salary range of £63,665 to £70,887 per annum.

## Skills

### Required
- analytical skills
- communication skills
- financial management
- budgeting
- forecasting
- business partnering
- team management
- process improvement

### Nice to have
- professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA)
- experience of managing and developing staff
- knowledge and understanding of the NHS financial environment
- experience of procurement, inventory/stock accounting or managed service contract finance, including VAT on contracted-out services

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