Finance Business Partner

• Financial and Strategic Support: Provide expert financial advice and strategic support to business area Directors and Managers, ensuring that financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, cost improvement, business cases and transformation decisions areunderpinned by robust financial and non-financial analysis.
• Collaboration and Communication: Facilitate productive working relationships and clear communication between business area managers, staff, and the Finance directorate, while representing the Finance directorate at key meetings.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Coach and mentor members of the wider Finance team where appropriate, supporting them in delivering high-quality financial and non-financial reporting, and developing business planning activities.

Essential

• Educated to minimum of Masters degree level or equivalent
• CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience
• Undertaken a variety of additional short courses to develop specialist knowledge
• Significant experience and knowledge gained through working in specialist areas within organisations and from exposure to differing business models. This will be extensive in nature and gained through the development of in depth theoretical knowledge and practical experience
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Essential

• Experience providing senior level support to, and influencing, business area Directors and Managers on highly complex Cost Improvement Programme projects and value adding business change initiatives.
• Experience using and managing forecasting and planning tools
• Experience building and maintaining complex forecasting and planning models
• Experience applying Standing Financial Instructions and Schemes of Delegation (or other financial governance frameworks) in practice
• Experience leading financial training and creating training content
• Staff Management experience

Essential

• Knowledge of: 1)Financial planning, financial governance, management and budgeting 2)Financial and other aspects of legislation. NHS policy and finance regime including Cost Improvement Program concepts and operation
• Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial and operational data and trends
• Ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop staff in own team and organisation wide
• Ability to engage with and influence senior managers across the Trust to add value to decision making
• Strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability