Bank Finance Business Partner

Health Jobs UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organisation in Greater London is looking for a Finance Business Partner to enhance its financial strategies and support service lines. The ideal candidate should possess analytical financial management experience, team management skills, and relevant professional qualifications in accountancy. The role entails financial oversight, budget management, and ensuring the financial literacy of all stakeholders. Opportunities for training and development are available in a stimulating environment focused on world-class care delivery.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification analytical financial management experience.
• Successful experience managing teams, including leadership of management accounting teams.
• Experience with budget setting in large, complex organisations.
• Experience producing financial monitoring reports for senior management.
• Knowledge and experience of financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Support managers in delivering financial strategy through financial management.
• Assist in developing savings plans and monitor delivery.
• Prepare business cases with full cost analysis.
• Provide financial analysis for business cases and projects.
• Lead the annual budgetary cycle and challenge assumptions.
• Ensure accurate monthly financial reporting.
• Oversee budgetary control system compliance.
• Support commercial propositions and manage key contracts.
• Indirectly lead a finance team and assist in recruitment.
• Provide financial training to budget holders.

Skills

Analytical financial management

Team management

Budget setting

Financial reporting

Knowledge of financial systems

Leadership and influencing skills

Education

Professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA)

Job description

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients each year and includes Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 community services. The organisation is committed to delivering world‑class care, teaching and research while meeting its five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, patient and staff experience, value for taxpayers, safety, and organisational strength.

Job Overview

At Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner to join our staff bank. You will quickly develop an understanding of the healthcare business, provide analytical support, and lead on quality decision‑making to help service lines achieve their financial strategy and key goals.

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Responsibilities

• Support operational and non‑operational managers of specified service lines in delivering financial strategy and key goals through high‑quality financial management, control and planning.
• Assist in developing FIP/savings plans, monitor delivery, and maintain monitoring systems.
• Prepare and review business cases, ensuring all costs, income, and benefits are fully understood; conduct post‑implementation reviews to assess benefits delivery and variance.
• Provide financial and economic analysis for business cases, external service agreements, and strategic projects.
• Analyse patient activity and other KPIs against financial performance to anticipate trends, identify weaknesses, and advise on implications for corporate support services.
• Lead the annual budgetary cycle for specified service lines, challenge assumptions, and assess risk/mitigation with budget holders.
• Coordinate, review, and ensure timely, accurate monthly financial reporting for service lines.
• Oversee day‑to‑day administration of the budgetary control system, ensuring accurate data and compliance with Standing Financial Instructions.
• Support commercial propositions at the divisional level and manage key contracts; maintain adherence to Trust financial control procedures.
• Indirectly lead a finance team, assist in recruitment, development, and appraisal.
• Provide formal financial training to budget holders and clinicians, ensuring adequate financial literacy within service lines.

Person Specification

• Essential criteria
• Post‑qualification analytical financial management experience.
• Successful experience managing teams, including leadership of management accounting teams.
• Experience with budget setting in large, complex organisations.
• Experience producing financial monitoring reports for senior management in large organisations.
• Knowledge and experience of financial systems.
• Professional qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, CIPFA, ACCA).
• Leadership qualities and influencing skills; strong analytical, communication and organisational abilities.