Finance Business Partner

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Management team in London. You will support month-end processing, forecasting, budgetary control and management reporting, while building strong working relationships with budget holders across directorates.

You will contribute to annual budgeting, monitor staffing establishments, and identify variances to develop recovery plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management within a large organisation, preferably NHS
• Strong analytical and variance analysis skills
• Proven ability to work with budget holders and managers

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly budget reports and variance analysis within agreed timescales
• Input journals and virements to maintain accurate general ledger data
• Support budget holders in controlling their budgets within overall constraints
• Assist in annual budget setting with Budget holders and system changes
• Monitor staffing establishments using the payroll system and staffing data
• Identify significant variances and work with budget holders to recover balance
• Advise on projected outturn to the Senior Finance Business Partner
• Assist costing of service developments proposed by the Trust

Job description

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Finance Business Partner

The closing date is 17 November 2026

Job overviewNorth East London NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a proactive and detail-focused Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Management team.Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will help provide a comprehensive financial management service to the directorates. You will support accurate month-end processing, management reporting, forecasting and budgetary control, while building effective working relationships with finance colleagues, managers and budget holders.This is an excellent opportunity for someone with practical finance experience who is looking to develop their business partnering and management accounting skills in a supportive NHS environment.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the jobThe main duties of the Finance Business Partner list the key responsibilities and tasks the post holder will be expected to carry out.The production of monthly budget reports and subsequent variance analysis and report writing, including follow up with managers, within the agreed set timescales.Ensuring, through preparation and input of journals and virements, that the general ledger contains accurate data.Providing support to budget holders, to assist them in controlling their own budgets within overall financial constraints.The preparation of the annual budget setting process in conjunction with Budget holders and implementing agreed changes, to Financial and Payroll system, and any other relevant systems.The preparation and monitoring of staffing establishments in line with the trusts electronic staffing records system.To help managers achieve efficiency savings where required and to help ensure the Trust obtains value for money for its resources.To attend meetings with budget holders and support budget holder training.Identify significant variances, working with budget holders to develop and deliver recovery plans to ensure financial balance is achieved.Advise the Senior Finance Business Partner on the projected outturn for each of the budget areas supported.Assisting as required in the costing of any service developments the Trust is proposing.

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Job responsibilities

Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period.

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High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (B&D, Goodmayes, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.

Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust