Finance Business Partner

NHS; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Finance Business Partner to act as a strategic advisor. You will be responsible for financial decision-making that drives growth while managing costs. This role involves leading budgeting processes, conducting financial analysis, and supporting new business tenders. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to innovation in healthcare and make a difference in people's lives.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Strong understanding of management accounting principles.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process and ensure accurate reporting.
• Conduct variance analysis for contract profitability.
• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles.

Skills

Management Accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Modelling

Commercial Acumen

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Job description

As Finance Business Partner for Omnes, you will act as a strategic advisor, ensuring financial decisions drive profitable growth while supporting direct costs and operational overheads.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of Omnes' direct costs and overheads.
• Conduct variance analysis and provide financial insights to drive contract profitability and cost efficiency.
• Own and lead contract review & challenge meetings, ensuring financial viability and pushing for cost-saving initiatives.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle, ensuring alignment between financial strategy and operational delivery.
• Work closely with the MI Analyst to develop more robust financial modelling, improving contract and cost analysis.
• Act as a key commercial partner to service teams, providing financial insights that support business decisions and cost optimisation.
• Support new business tenders, ensuring financial sustainability through robust pricing and cost assessments.
• Take a lead role in financial governance, ensuring cost controls are in place for Omnes' direct costs.

About us

At Omnes Healthcare, we aspire to be the UK's leading champion of patients, commissioners and employees by delivering services that are clinically excellent, that reach all walks of life, and that make the best use of public money. We are evolving to become leaders in innovation in digital healthcare, as well as to become an employer of choice in the sector.

You will be joining the organization in a very exciting time, we are at the forefront of innovation and we are looking for people that would help us develop our strategic plan to become leaders and pioneers in the sector. We can guarantee that you will be making a difference on people's lives with your day to day work and that we will support you as much as possible with your work life balance and giving you the right tools to be the best at your role.

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Department: Finance

Hours of work: Full-time, Permanent

Reporting to: Head of FBP

Location: Manchester/Remote

Company Description

At Omnes Healthcare, we aspire to be the UK's leading champion of patients, commissioners and employees by delivering services that are clinically excellent, that reach all walks of life, and that make the best use of public money. We are evolving to become leaders in innovation in digital healthcare, as well as to become an employer of choice in the sector.

You will be joining the organization in a very exciting time, we are at the forefront of innovation and we are looking for people that would help us develop our strategic plan to become leaders and pioneers in the sector. We can guarantee that you will be making a difference on people's lives with your day to day work and that we will support you as much as possible with your work life balance and giving you the right tools to be the best at your role.

Overview

As Finance Business Partner for Omnes, you will act as a strategic advisor, ensuring financial decisions drive profitable growth while supporting direct costs and operational overheads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of Omnes' direct costs and overheads.
• Conduct variance analysis and provide financial insights to drive contract profitability and cost efficiency.
• Own and lead contract review & challenge meetings, ensuring financial viability and pushing for cost-saving initiatives.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle, ensuring alignment between financial strategy and operational delivery.
• Work closely with the MI Analyst to develop more robust financial modelling, improving contract and cost analysis.
• Act as a key commercial partner to service teams, providing financial insights that support business decisions and cost optimisation.
• Support new business tenders, ensuring financial sustainability through robust pricing and cost assessments.
• Take a lead role in financial governance, ensuring cost controls are in place for Omnes' direct costs.

Qualifications & Attributes:

• Part-qualified or fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Strong understanding of management accounting principles.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.
• Familiarity with contract accounting, cost control, and business partnering.
• Strong commercial acumen – ability to understand financial implications of business decisions.
• Proactive approach to challenging and influencing operational teams.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to interpret financial data and drive strategic actions.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills – ability to work cross-functionally with service teams, finance, and operational leadership.
• Strong problem-solving skills – ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiencies.

Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may be subject to change based on organizational needs and evolving priorities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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• Qualifications & Attributes:
• Part-qualified or fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Strong understanding of management accounting principles.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.
• Familiarity with contract accounting, cost control, and business partnering.
• Strong commercial acumen - ability to understand financial implications of business decisions.
• Proactive approach to challenging and influencing operational teams.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to interpret financial data and drive strategic actions.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills - ability to work cross-functionally with service teams, finance, and operational leadership.
• Strong problem-solving skills - ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiencies.

Experience

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• Qualifications & Attributes:
• Part-qualified or fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Strong understanding of management accounting principles.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.
• Familiarity with contract accounting, cost control, and business partnering.
• Strong commercial acumen - ability to understand financial implications of business decisions.
• Proactive approach to challenging and influencing operational teams.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to interpret financial data and drive strategic actions.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills - ability to work cross-functionally with service teams, finance, and operational leadership.
• Strong problem-solving skills - ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiencies.

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.