Senior Finance Business Partner

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ensuring that all clinical leadership and management teams within the Division are provided with expert financial advice to allow them to deliver their financial targets.

Provide both general and financial advice as appropriate, consistent with the Trust's business plans, policies and financial strategy.

Work with the Assistant Director of Finance - Financial Management, Division and corporate finance colleagues to introduce and develop an effective system of service line reporting and patient level costing.

Participate in the preparation of business cases, taking responsibility for finance sections, and contribute to the business planning process of both the Finance Directorate and the Trust.

Provide advice and training for budget managers, non-finance staff and other finance staff on all aspects of financial management. This could involve the identification and interpretation of published guidance as appropriate.

Manage and lead a specified Deputy Finance Business Partner (DFBP) and support team, co-ordinating their non-Division workload and taking an active role in the professional and personal development of all Financial Management staff.

Act as Trust Finance lead on specified corporate and cross-Division financial issues, including those of service modernisation.

Facilitate meetings both between Divisions and with external organisations to agree the finance elements of service provision arrangements with those bodies.

Negotiate, on behalf of the Trust, the finance element of specific contracts with external organisations, e.g. NHS Professionals and certain commercial organisations.

Liaise with external bodies regarding funding for specific projects and developments.

Participate in challenging decision-making processes, being able to deliver difficult messages, sometimes in the face of opposition, whilst ensuring professional standards are adhered to at all times.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCAB Fully Qualified Accountant or CIMA member
• Participation in the Continuing Professional Development Programme.

Desirable criteria

• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant financial management experience with significant practical and theoretical knowledge of financial planning and business case development.
• Advising on the management of large complex budgets and providing financial advice to non-financial managers in a clearly understood and authoritative manner.
• Staff Management and Development
• Using computerised financial systems and spreadsheets

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the acute sector of the NHS
• Knowledge of the NHS and its financial regime.

Skills, Ability & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the NHS and its financial regime and of NHS service delivery.
• Knowledge of management accounting techniques and relevant Financial Reporting Standards
• Extensive use and knowledge of computerised financial systems and other software packages
• Excellent analytical and technical accountancy skills.
• Good inter-personal skills, excellent written, verbal and presentation skills

Desirable criteria

• Extensive use and knowledge of computerised financial systems and other software packages
• Strong ability for numeric interpretation and manipulation of data.

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust:

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email [email protected] or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive.

The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• SFBP JD ONELSC ( PDF , 496.3 KB )
• Person Specification ( PDF , 104.7 KB )
• Privacy Notice ( PDF , 305.1 KB )
• Benefits of working at ELHT ( PDF , 1.2 MB )
• Additional Candidate information 2024 ( PDF , 408.6 KB )

Competitive salary DOE & location + fantastic benefits

Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits

Competitive salary DOE & location + fantastic benefits

Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits