Senior Finance Business Partner

• Produce monthly financial reporting packs which set out clearly performance in all aspects of finance, activity and contractual targets delivery, ensuring a clear story of outcomes and causal factors is provided. Take lead role in ensure that actions required to improve financial performance are identified, articulated and bought into by divisional operational management.
• Using the corporate templates, and process, produce forecasts on a monthly basis for activity and expenditure with CSU colleagues. These forecasts will be coherent and supported by full rationale. Where necessary these forecasts will be presented in formal meetings. Set out how risks and opportunities in financial forecast and work with the divisional operational team to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.

• Working closely with the finance programme manager, develop business cases as necessary in line with prescribed Trust format and process. Ensure that content of cases is robust and evidence based and reflect full consideration of options to deliver best value.
• Present highly complex information about projects initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.

• Encourages, supports and facilitates divisional, CSU and Trustwide staff to contribute and innovate for the improvement of patient care and the efficiency, safety, quality and effectiveness of services; finding ways to empower staff to implement their ideas for improvement as well a challenging Divisions to improve financial performance whilst taking account of quality and safety of service.Works within the divisional triumvirate in a truly multidisciplinary way, flexibly supporting colleagues and taking on the appropriate share of joint responsibilities and workload.

• The post holder will be expected to operate with discretion and without direct supervision to deliver the requirements of both the finance function and the Division/CSU. This will necessitate skill in balancing competing priorities as well as deal with contentious issues.
• Acts as a leadership role model to demonstrate the Trusts values and behaviours at all times.
• Ensures own professional and personal development demonstrating self-awareness and willingness to continually learn and develop.
• Acts with integrity and treats others with respect at all times.

Essential

• Professional Accountancy qualification
• Educated to postgraduate level, equivalent, or working toward.
• Evidence of CPD
• Knowledge and experience in a management accounts setting. Including month-end, year-end management accounting procedures and forecasting
• Highly developed specialist/expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation and NHS finance policies; QUIP; CIP; SLR; experience and expertise in financial accounting and disciplines relevant to commercial finance including: procurement, human resources, general management theory and information management and technology.
• Examples of the above areas include; Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Financial Directives, International Financial Reporting Standards/Statements of Standard Accounting Practice, Government Policy as it effects the NHS, Charitable Funds legislation, Audit principles of internal check and control, VAT, EU Procurement Directives, NHS procurement guidance, NHS staffing terms and conditions and employment law.
• Understanding of NHS Income and proven ability to analyse variances

Essential

• Ability to analyse highly technical issues and provide practical guidance and recommendations that can be understood and acted upon by Executives and users on matters such as capital investment, business cases and savings plans.
• The post holder will be expected to operate with discretion and without direct supervision to deliver the requirements of both the finance function and the Division/CSU. This will necessitate skill in balancing priorities.
• Able to work with conflicting priorities and make judgements on these in order to effectively deliver the best service to stakeholders.
• Highly numerate; able to analyse reports and complex data sets
• Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines.

Essential

• High personal standard of conduct and behaviour and ability to act as a role model encouraging others to value and respect staff and stakeholders and holds others to account for this.

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to a wide range of individuals, e.g. preparing, and presenting financial information to Management Board members and staff groups, working with Trust senior managers and project managers and assisting external auditors.
• Evidence of personal insight, and willingness to learn and change personal style/approach as appropriate.
• Able to communicate highly complex information to a wide variety of stakeholders in the most appropriate way to ensure understanding and buy-in.
• Able to communicate contentious issues with sensitivity and empathy.