Associate Finance Business Partner

Health Jobs UK; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Complimentary refreshments

Flexible working arrangements

Discounted gym membership

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Generous annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

On-site nursery

Staff health and wellbeing programme

VIVUP wellbeing

Job summary

Milton Keynes University Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic Associate Finance Business Partner to join the Finance Department. You will support clinical service leads and corporate colleagues with budget management and financial reporting, helping the division stay within approved budgets.

You will report to the Senior Finance Business Partner and contribute to month-end close, forecasting, and developing Cost Improvement Plans, working with service managers to understand resources and ensure

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated to support clinical leads and corporate colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively across levels
• Experience in financial management, budgeting and NHS finance processes (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Provide direct financial support to the Finance Business Partner, divisions and CSU, ensuring compliance with best financial practice; focus on financial budget reporting

Job description

At Milton Keynes University Hospital, you will be welcomed into a friendly and supportive environment where teamwork and respect are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to live our Trust values and behaviours every day, creating a culture where everyone feels heard and valued.

MKUH staff's Motivation and Involvement scores are among the highest in our peer group, showing that our people feel inspired and included in decision‑making (Staff Survey, 2024).

Our benefits

We believe in recognising and rewarding the amazing contribution of our staff and that is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, work‑life balance, and professional growth, including:

• Free on-site parking including EV charging
• Complimentary refreshments
• Flexible working arrangements
• Discounted gym membership
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Generous annual leave, with the option to bank holiday entitlement
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• On-site nursery (charges apply)
• A wide-ranging staff health and wellbeing programme including EAP
• VIVUP products to support your mental, physical, and financial Wellbeing

Job overview

Associate Finance Business Partner

Department: Finance

Band 6: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to be a key integral part of our small finance team, supporting clinical service leads as well as corporate colleagues with decision making and providing an effective and efficient financial management service. We are proud to be a Level 2 accredited One NHS Finance team, as well as having gained recognition as the HFMA Eastern Branch - Finance Team of the Year Winners 2026

You will report to the Senior Finance Business Partner and contribute a key role in the month end closedown and budget setting for the division and corporate areas you support, ensuring deadlines are met. You will form key relationships with divisional, service and clinical managers, in order to support them in understanding and planning their resources to stay within budget. You will work closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner to support services in budget setting, budgetary management, forecasting, business cases and developing Cost Improvement Plans (CIP). As the successful candidate you will have well developed interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with staff across all levels of the organisation.

Interview dates: 24 and 25 September 2026

Please note that we are unable to sponsor this role

Main duties of the job

They feel supported in their employers making reasonable adjustments to help them carry out their work, rating an 82.9% ''NHS Survey, 2024''

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

To provide direct financial support to the Finance Business Partner, Division and CSU ensuring the Division is fully compliant with best financial practice in the areas of:

• Financial budget reporting