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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
Band 8B
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (FT)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-8106031
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North Middlesex University Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£72,719 - £83,505 per annum inclusive HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8B Finance Business Partner

Band 8B

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.

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Job overview

The post holder will act as a key point of contact for the North Middlesex (North Mid) Health Unit finance team, providing senior financial leadership and business partnering support to the division. The role is responsible for ensuring the effective use of financial resources within the agreed financial envelope and delivery of the allocated Financial Improvement Programme (FIP) target. The post holder will work closely with divisional leadership and key stakeholders, using strong influencing and communication skills to support decision-making and shape the financial direction of the division, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and financial recovery requirements.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead on financial management and business partnering for the division, supporting robust financial planning, performance monitoring, and delivery of efficiency programmes. This includes providing expert financial advice to operational leaders, ensuring strong financial governance and compliance with audit and regulatory requirements, and supporting the development and delivery of cost improvement initiatives. The role will also contribute to embedding improved financial grip and control, supporting budget setting, forecasting, and reporting processes, and ensuring that financial risks are identified and managed effectively.

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 for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent
  • Professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA)
  • Expert knowledge gained through specialist training or experience
  • Evidence or maintaining and developing technical accounting expertise and of staying up to date with current accounting rules since qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification analytical financial management experience
  • Successful experience of managing teams including experience of leading management accounting teams
  • Experience of managing budget setting in large and highly complex organisation
  • Experience of producing financial monitoring reports to Senior Management / Directors for large highly complex organisation
  • Knowledge and experience of financial systems

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to understand complex situations
  • Ability to work in a professional and positive manner and meet challenging deadlines
  • Able to challenge effectively while maintaining relationships
  • Pro -active, Dynamic and flexible
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Demonstrating initiative to work as an individual to meet deadlines
  • Ability to operate as part of a leadership of the department proactively identifying ways to improve and working with others in the department to initiate these changes.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability solve highly complex financial problems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • The ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritie delivering to tight deadlines and managing the demands of senior stakeholders simultaneously
  • Ability to make use of systems to prepare and present accurate, clear information and to identify what can be produced from other systems
  • Strong organisation skills and ability to prioritise
  • Flexible and able to manage workload to ensure delivery of both regular commitments and the support of Trust wide initiatives
  • The ability to provide advice and support from across all of the accounting disciplines is essential
  • Able to influence others, and be able to present a coherent case in support of a desired outcome and the ability to present and explain complex financial information in a manner that can easily be understood by non -finance managers
  • Confident in taking decisions when needed yet knowing when to ask advise / guidance or to gain approval before embarking on a specific course of action
  • Record of improving processes and reporting in previous roles

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
  • Flexible team player, willing to ‘roll up sleeves’ where necessary
  • Able to inspire and motivate others
  • Positive ‘can do’ attitude
  • Embraces change
  • Resilient to cope with challenge and criticism

Other

Essential criteria
  • Worked an acute Trust

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rim Rahimtulla
Job title
Head of Finance
Email address
[email protected]
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