Head of Finance Business Partnering

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Rainham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Joining NELFT NHS Foundation Trust, the Head of Finance Business Partnering will lead a high-performing team, providing key financial insights and support for strategic decision-making. This senior role involves collaboration with executive directors, ensuring effective financial governance and budgeting, while contributing to the Trust's sustainability and goals.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Employee assistance programme

Award-winning equality and diversity initiatives

High Cost Area Supplement

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a management role.
• Significant experience working in the public sector at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Business Partnering team in financial reporting, planning, and advice.
• Strengthen governance and ensure accurate forecasting and budget control.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive performance.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

CCAB Fully Qualified

Job description

Head of Finance Business Partnering, Rainham

Client:

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

Job Description:

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 three 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 have a vacancy for the role of Head of Business Partnering, a senior leadership position within our Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and experienced finance professional to lead a high-performing Business Partnering function and support strategic decision-making across the organisation.

In this role, you will provide expert financial leadership, working closely with Executive Directors, senior clinicians, and operational leaders. Your insight and oversight will be key to supporting the Trust’s performance, financial sustainability, and wider strategic goals.

Main duties of the job

As Head of Business Partnering, you will:

Lead the Business Partnering team in delivering high-quality financial reporting, planning and advice.

Strengthen financial governance and ensure accurate forecasting and budget control.

Collaborate with stakeholders across the Trust and the wider system to drive value and performance.

Play a key role in shaping and supporting the Trust’s financial strategy and transformation initiatives.

This is a visible and influential role, ideal for someone looking to make a strategic impact while supporting and developing a dedicated finance team.

·Make transactional process more efficient and slicker (Efficient)

Working for our organisation

High Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).

This post is restricted to:

Current NELFT staff members

Staff at risk from NHS Trusts within the North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) and Mid & South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB)

If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

• CCAB Fully qualified
• Extensive experience of working in Management role
• Significant experience in working in Public sector at a senior level

Experience

• Experience in developing, managing and co-ordinating the work and systems needed to financially manage a large annual budget
• Significant experience of staff management
• Experience of preparing, writing, and presenting reports including on a range of complex financial issues

Knowledge

• Able to fully cost projects and services
• Able to manage, organise work and review the performance of team members
• Able to work with and influence senior managers and clinicians
• Able to produce reports and present information to large groups concisely and with confidence.

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.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

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Created on 29/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom