Senior Finance Business Partner TransformationNHS
Job summary
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an outstanding finance professional to join our Finance Department as Senior Finance Business Partner - Transformation.
This is a unique opportunity to lead the financial oversight, development and implementation of some of the Trust's most significant strategic and transformational programmes. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Finance - Investment and Implementation, you will provide senior financial leadership across a diverse portfolio of major business cases, transformational investments and strategic developments that support the Trust's long-term objectives.As one of the world's leading cancer centres, The Royal Marsden is at the forefront of clinical innovation, research and service transformation. The successful candidate will work closely with Executive Directors, senior clinicians, operational leaders and external partners to ensure major investment decisions are supported by robust financial analysis, strong governance and effective benefits realisation.This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making at the highest levels of the organisation while contributing to the continued success and financial sustainability of a globally recognised centre of excellence.
Main duties of the job
o The post holder is the Trust's senior lead for transformation projects providing expert financial and implementation leadership across major transformational programmes for the delivery of the Trust's long term strategic objectives.
o Provide expert leadership on the development and evaluation of complex business cases and high-value projects, ensuring robust financial oversight and compliance with governance frameworks. Build and maintain effective relationships with senior stakeholders to drive the Trust's financial strategy and optimise resource allocation across a diverse portfolio of highly complex multi-stranded business cases.
o Provide strategic leadership on financial aspects of transformation investment implementation, ensuring seamless alignment between the Trust wide strategy and operational delivery. Oversee the execution of decisions endorsed by the Trust's Financial and Executive Committees, embedding robust governance and accountability. Drive benefits realisation through rigorous monitoring and evaluation, ensuring that investment outcomes deliver maximum value and support the Trust's long-term objectives.
Job description
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Strategic Responsibilities
- The post holder will be the senior financial lead for transformation investments, providing expert financial leadership to the Executive Team and steering committees shaping organisation wide strategy, resource allocation and prioritisation. Maintain oversight and governance to give confidence to the Trust Board, Executive Team, and senior stakeholders across Finance and the wider organisation.
- Provide senior financial leadership for the oversight, development, and submission of major and complex multi-stranded business cases that underpin the Trusts strategic, transformational, and commercial priorities. Lead the full investment process from feasibility assessment and strategic fit, business case, approval and governance, implementation and benefit realisation, ensuring alignment to Trust strategy and national frameworks.
- Provide expert financial leadership and analysis to teams/project leads working on transformational and efficiency focussed opportunities. This includes providing financial oversight and assurance on the development of Business Cases, maintain oversight and ensure governance processes are adhered to. Provide senior leadership across Finance and Operations for capital investment planning, managing the capital portfolio associated with transformational and strategic priorities, ensuring accurate forecasting, strong governance, and effective utilisation of capital, including leading major capital submissions to NHSE.
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.