Finance Business Partner

Health Jobs UK; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ilford is seeking a dynamic Finance Business Partner to support their finance team. The role requires AAT qualifications or relevant experience, focusing on budget reporting and support for budget holders. Ideal candidates will have strong numerical skills and good IT knowledge, particularly in accounting systems and Excel. This is a full-time, hybrid position within a supportive organization committed to equality and diversity. Competitive salary and benefits are provided.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Commitment to equality and diversity

Qualifications

• Experience in a management accounting environment.
• Previous experience using accounting systems.
• Understanding of key principles of Management Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly budget reports within set timescales.
• Ensure general ledger accuracy through data preparation.
• Support budget holders in controlling budgets.

Skills

Strong numerical skills

Good IT skills

Ability to work flexibly

Strong verbal communication skills

Ability to deliver accurate work

Education

AAT qualified or equivalent

5 GCSEs including Maths and English

Studying towards CCAB qualification

Tools

Accounting systems

Excel

Job description

Joining #TeamNELFT

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, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video.

Job Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our team as a Band 4/5 Finance Business Partner. We are open to offering this as a Band 4 developmental opportunity. We are advertising for one full‑time post to work in the finance team, based at our office in Rainham. You will ideally be AAT qualified or working towards it and have a good working knowledge of IT systems, particularly Excel. Previous finance experience in an NHS environment is an advantage, although not essential, as appropriate training will be available. Previous finance experience in Business partnering is also an advantage, as you are required to have a full understanding of finance principles.

The role available is hybrid and will cover the borough within NELFT, requiring travel from time to time.

Main Duties of the Job

• The production of monthly budget reports, variance analysis, staff lists and forecasting, within the agreed set timescales.
• Ensuring, through preparation, investigation 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.
• Assisting as required in the costing of any service developments the Trust is proposing.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

Our Values 2025 – 2030

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

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

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 per annum (pro rata for part time)).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• AAT qualified or previous experience of working in an management accounting environment
• minimum of 5 GCSE's including Maths & English

Desirable criteria

• Studying towards CCAB professional accountancy qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a management accounting environment
• Previous experience of using accounting systems with examples

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• An understanding of the key principals of Management Accounting
• Experience in costings/Skill Mix
• Experience in variance anaylsis and investigation
• Experienced in forecasting
• Experienced in reconciliation of staffing budgets

Skills

Essential criteria

• Strong numerical, written and verbal skills
• Ability to work flexibly and adjust to changing requirements
• Good IT skills including spreadsheets and databases
• Able to delivery accurate, quality work within agreed timescales

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link .

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal Opportunities Employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post. As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Documents to download

• Finance Business Partner ( PDF , 416.6 KB )
• Candidate Recruitment Pack ( PDF , 671.2 KB )
• Acceptable Use of AI in Recruitment ( PDF , 3.9 MB )