Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Job Location: Plymouth, UK
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Contract
Job Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year Per Annum
Job Summary
To provide a comprehensive and high quality finance business partnering service to directorates, promote innovation and improvement by providing expertise and analysis to inform good financial decision making and optimal use of resources.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and business planning advice to Directorate and Divisional Management teams.
- Encourage and influence Directorate Management Teams to ensure cost‑effective decision making, using high-level persuasion, motivation and negotiation skills.
- Investigate highly complex financial queries on income and expenditure, carrying out regular analytical reviews of the Service Line/Directorate financial position and predicting income by developing complex models and multiple inputs, including activity projections and case mix issues.
- Interpret highly complex financial data and give advice on financial risks to ensure the budgets are achievable and owned by the Directorate Managers and Budget Holders.
- Assist and advise Directorate Management Teams in the execution of plans to achieve the performance targets set out in the Trust’s Annual Plan, within the financial resources allocated.
- Oversee the accuracy and integrity of Service Line/Directorate financial information relating to Patient Level reporting and reference costs.
- Identify business opportunities and threats arising from market analyses and work with Directorate to identify financial impacts and mitigating actions.
- Review monthly contract monitoring reports with Directorates to ensure robust capture and coding of income, and develop robust activity and income forecasts based on changes to demand, RTT requirements and capacity constraints.
- Benchmark the Service Lines/Directorates against other similar hospitals using nationally recognised activity and management information and peer data (such as GIRFT and the Model Hospital) to identify areas for improvement and advise on change.
- Ensure best practice is developed and delivered at department and organisational level, challenging ways of working and motivating and influencing others.
- Provide financial support for revenue and capital business cases, describing the financial implications and investment appraisal techniques.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified Professional Accountant or studying towards qualification.
- Ability to demonstrate highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge in financial management, accounting procedures, relevant legislation and NHS finance policies.
- Recent Continuing Professional Development, including specialist training and experience related to NHS Finance and national accounting standards.
- Aware of current NHS ‘Agenda’, national directives and Governance aspects.
- ‘A’ levels and 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above (or equivalent), including Mathematics and English Language at GCSE level (A‑C/4‑9).
- Commitment to continuing professional development in line with relevant Institute requirements.
- Excellent level of numeracy.
- Able to deduce key points from large/complex volumes of data, analysing multiple aspects of data.
Desirable
- NHS Management Accounting demonstrable experience.
- Degree or equivalent.
Additional Information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Disclosure and Barring Service checks will be required. Applications from job seekers needing Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Contact
For an informal discussion, please contact Steve Cavendish, Associate Director of Finance.
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