Management Accountant

at  The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Working closely with the Finance Manager and two Assistant Finance Managers, you will be producing high quality financial information, including analysis of grants, commercial trial finances, monthly management accounts and forecasts.
You will be looking to develop your skills in providing sound support and advice to the research teams to help manage their research portfolio finances. You will have excellent communication skills and be highly computer literate, with excellent attention to detail.

To produce monthly budget statements and associated reports and reconciliations for a range of budgets in accordance with agreed timetables

• to calculate monthly prepayments and accruals and input journals to the general ledger
• to review the draft budget statements each month and make any necessary adjustments
• to update budgets for in-year adjustments
• to provide information to the Assistant Finance Manager to assist in the production of a monthly Divisional/Directorate financial performance report.
• to provide additional information as required

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.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
1. To identify, investigate and obtain explanations for significant variances and to discuss these variances with budget holders and managers.
2. To meet regularly with budget holders to assess financial performance and to provide information and analysis to them.
3. To ensure that all official meetings with budget holders are documented and the outcome agreed.
4. To respond both to regular and ad-hoc requests for information from Clinical Units, wards, departments and other members of the Divisional team.

1. To assist in the annual budget setting/financial planning process:

• To calculate the annual budgets for a wide range of cost centres in accordance with agreed principles and timetables and to be responsible for their input into the Finance systems.
• To assist in the identification of cost pressures, service developments and cost improvements.
• To ensure that all pay budgets and pay costin

Please refer the Job description for details