Finance Manager- Site Lead

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Port Talbot seeks a proactive Finance Leader to serve as Site Lead in Finance Business Partnering. The role includes delivering financial performance, providing professional advice, and ensuring compliance with corporate governance. Ideal candidates are CCAB qualified with substantial NHS finance experience. Explore a fulfilling career with excellent development opportunities and a commitment to equality.

Benefits

Professional training opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• CCAB fully qualified accountant with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Experience in NHS finance departments is essential.
• Proficient in using large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership to the Service Area.
• Support Budget Holders in finance agenda delivery.
• Ensure financial activities comply with governance requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving skills

Presentation skills

Financial management

Education

CCAB qualified accountant

Degree-level education

Tools

Oracle Financials

Microsoft Office

Job description

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A fantastic opportunity to join the Swansea Bay Health Board Finance Team has arisen, and we are looking for a proactive, strategic Finance Leader to undertake the post of Site Lead within Finance Business Partnering.

The Site Lead will provide robust and diverse strategic financial leadership to the Service Area, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.

This includes:

1. Ensuring the Service Area focuses on delivering financial performance, supported by an excellent governance framework and embedding a culture of improvement with sound professional financial advice and support;
2. Ensuring the Service Area is supported in improving services for our patients to achieve better outcomes and experiences and delivering value for money;
3. Supporting the wider Finance Business Partnering team and effectively managing the achievement of a wide range of reporting, analysis, training and support, process improvement, and planning deliverables.

You will be a highly professional, self-motivated, CCAB fully qualified accountant, with substantial post-qualification experience. You will be a compassionate and strategic leader, able to effectively communicate and build strong working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels, and have experience of dealing with difficult situations. You will have excellent interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, and experience of working with large and complex datasets.

Main duties of the job

The Site Lead will:

1. Support the Finance Business Partnering team in providing professional financial advice, support, and information for the activities of the Service Area to enable the delivery of the Service objectives and operational plan;
2. Work closely with Service Area Budget Holders and Service Managers to provide support in the delivery of the finance agenda;
3. Provide support into the financial and business planning processes within the Service Area to ensure that the financial implications of service developments are fully identified and understood. They will contribute to efficiency and productivity improvement programmes within the Service;
4. Support the Finance Business Partnering teams in ensuring that the Service Area’s financial activities and systems are in line with corporate policies and procedures and meet the highest standards of stewardship and probity, and comply with corporate governance requirements;
5. Contribute to the development and implementation of financial policies, which facilitate the achievement of the Health Board’s financial objectives.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset, and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK, we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements, and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone, whatever their sex, religion or belief, race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership, or whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together, and Always Improving - show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience. Fully qualified (CCAB) accountant.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• Knowledge of finance and procurement processes.
• High degree of knowledge of generally accepted accounting practice.
• Awareness of audit requirements.
• Be competent in using numerical decision-making techniques.
• Be knowledgeable in financial management theory.
• External relationships and funding sources in the NHS.
• Awareness of external stakeholders’ and partners’ interests.

Experience

• Significant experience of working in a finance department within the NHS, Public, or Private Sector.
• Experience of working in a complex organisation. Experience of working with large and complex datasets.
• Able to demonstrate experience of working in a customer-focused manner.
• Experience of working with Budget Holders.
• Experience of effectively managing people and working as part of a team.
• Experience of maintaining and enhancing an accounting system.
• Experience of developing and scrutinising business cases.
• Experience of using Oracle Financials and iProcurement system (or a similar system).

Aptitude and abilities

• Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours.
• Strong analytical, interpretational, and comparative skills.
• IT literate with practical computer skills covering an advanced level of Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Word.
• Able to plan & prioritise work effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to delegate.
• Able to work on own initiative and autonomously.
• Ability to absorb and understand issues quickly.
• Highly numerate & accurate.
• Be able to use GL system to generate financial reports, manipulate and interpret data.
• Be able to demonstrate integrity, objectivity, drive, and commitment in achieving high standards.
• Ability to work under pressure and to think innovatively and develop new ways of working.
• Ability to influence stakeholders.
• Welsh Language Skills.

Other

• Highly committed and self-motivated with high professional standards.
• Demonstrates the Health Board’s values and behaviours.
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate flexible approach to work to achieve all deadlines.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism, thereby enhancing service users' experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Board's policy-making, service delivery, and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, including age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy, maternity, marriage, and civil partnership.

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