Finance Business Partner

Plymouth Hospitals; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is seeking a proactive Finance Business Partner (NHS AfC Band 8a) to join the Finance Team. This full-time role (37.5 hours) in Plymouth partners with operational and clinical leaders to shape services, drive performance and support outstanding patient care.

You will act as a trusted financial adviser, provide analysis of performance, support capacity planning and service transformation, and challenge budget holders to achieve objectives.

Qualifications

• CCAB/CIMA qualification required.
• Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build relationships with operational and clinical leaders.
• Experience turning complex data into actionable insights.
• Experience in financial modelling or capacity planning (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted financial adviser to operational and clinical leaders.
• Provide insightful analysis of financial and operational performance.
• Support activity, income and demand modelling for capacity planning.
• Challenge budget holders to achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Lead and support business cases, investment proposals and service transformation initiatives.
• Communicate financial information clearly to a range of audiences.

Skills

Trusted adviser

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Education

CCAB or equivalent (CIMA)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Main area Finance Business Partner Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent: Full time Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)

Site University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Town Plymouth Salary £57,528 - £64,750 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly

Job overview

We are looking for a proactive and influential Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of healthcare delivery, partnering with operational and clinical leaders to help shape services, drive performance and support outstanding patient care.

Working closely with Divisional and Directorate teams, you will:

• Act as a trusted financial advisor to operational and clinical leaders.
• Provide insightful analysis of financial and operational performance, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Support activity, income and demand modelling to inform capacity planning and service development.
• Challenge and support budget holders to achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Lead and support business cases, investment proposals and service transformation initiatives.
• Ensure financial implications are considered in operational and strategic plans.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly to a range of audiences.
• Promote financial awareness, accountability and continuous improvement.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to broaden your influence, develop strategic business partnering skills and make a meaningful contribution to patient care.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

About You

We are looking for a dynamic and collaborative finance professional who:

• Is a qualified accountant (CCAB/CIMA or equivalent).
• Thrives on building strong relationships and becoming a trusted advisor to operational and clinical leaders.
• Brings a desire to understand the drivers behind performance.
• Has strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex information into meaningful insights.
• Is confident influencing and constructively challenging stakeholders at all levels.
• Enjoys driving improvement and finding innovative solutions to complex challenges.
• Is motivated by making a tangible difference to services and patient outcomes.

We are committed to developing future finance leaders and welcome applications from individuals who can demonstrate strong potential. Where appropriate, candidates may be appointed into a development role at a lower band, with a clear pathway to the substantive post.

For an informal discussion, please contact Lauren Fuller ([e-mail]) Divisional Finance Lead for Specialist and Emergency Care

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Utilising specialist knowledge of complex NHS/Trust revenue and capital financial arrangements, regulations, financial techniques and relevant legislation; NHS Tariff guidance and Contractual requirements, together with general commercial awareness, to:

o Identify and maximise the financial and operational efficiency impact of Trust Wide Financial Improvement Programme (FIP) schemes to support improved patient flow and reduce waiting times.

o Give sufficiently clear and concise financial information to decision making groups including the Trust Board and NHS England.

o Work closely with Divisional Managers and Clinical Directors on their Financial Improvement Programme, assisting with oversight and challenge to deliver productivity improvements and timely service delivery for patients.

o Work closely with the existing Finance Business Partners (including Senior Capital Finance Business Partner) to ensure that the information used for financial improvements is robust and that the outcomes of projects are integrated into Service Lines’ and Divisions’ strategic and operational Business Plans, as well as the long term plan. This will include the identification of associated savings expected from capital projects and efficiency gains that support capacity improvements.

o Provide and present high quality financial advice to project leads, senior managers, Service Line Management teams and Executive Directors about the financial improvement opportunities that exist and their potential impact on efficiency and waiting time reduction.

o Work with the clinical and transformation project teams to support services to make changes that ensure optimal use of resources and improved patient access and flow.

o Produce financial information to support Trust wide projects and business cases.

o Encourage and influence individuals / teams to ensure cost-effective decision making by management, using highly developed persuasion, motivation and negotiation skills.

o Investigate highly complex financial queries on income and expenditure, carrying out regular complicated analytical reviews of the Service Line financial position, predicting income, developing and using complex models and multiple inputs including activity projections and case mix issues to inform capacity and demand planning.

o Interpret highly complex financial data and give advice on financial risks and opportunities for improvement.

For further information please see attached job description

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrable experience of supporting financial improvement, or productivity programmes. Proven ability to demonstrate highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge at an advanced level in financial management, accounting procedures and relevant legislation. Demonstrable experience working within complex organisations. Demonstrable experience of working with front line teams to deliver change and efficiency improvements. Demonstrable experience of interpreting financial information to inform operational decision-making and performance improvement (including demand, capacity, and referral to treatment) Proven ability to demonstrate recent Continuing Professional Development including specialist training and demonstrable experience relating to national accounting standards. Demonstrable experience of liaising with Internal and External Auditors. Awareness of NHS Tariff regime, contracting and business planning process. Proven ability to gain clinical engagement. Awareness of the current NHS “Agenda” and, national directives. Proven record of providing all aspects of Finance business advisory service. Proven record of using benchmarking information to identify opportunities

Qualifications

• CCAB or equivalent (e.g. CIMA) Professional Qualified Accountant with current registration and relevant demonstrable post qualification experience
• Proven evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to finance and national accounting standards.
• Proven ability to analyse and communicate highly complex data sets as described in the person spec
• Advanced financial modelling skills, Demonstrable experience of using data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI)

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included .

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

For Doctors Roles:

Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details

University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

We’d love to hear from you if you feel you’re a great fit for the role - and that the role is right for you.Below, you’ll find more information about our recruitment process and what happens once you’ve submitted your application.