Principal Finance Manager Hosted Services & Partnerships

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

Job summary

A regional health service provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a Principal Finance Manager to join their Finance Team. The successful candidate will support Hosted Services and Partnerships, ensuring robust financial management, developing relationships with stakeholders, and contributing to the financial planning process. Ideal candidates will be CCAB qualified with strong analytical and interpersonal skills, and experience in NHS finance is desirable.

Benefits

Professional training opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Substantial post-qualification experience in finance.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Desirable: Experience in NHS costing information.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Business Partner in financial management.
• Develop and maintain relationships with service stakeholders.
• Implement annual budget setting processes.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Project management

IT literacy

Education

CCAB Professionally qualified accountant

Management qualification (desirable)

Tools

Oracle

SQL

QlikSense

PowerBI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Swansea Bay University Health Board Finance Team as Principal Finance Manager supporting Hosted Services and Partnerships within the Health Board. We are looking for a collaborative, dynamic individual to undertake this new role who has an enthusiasm for understanding the services they'll support to establish, embed and support sound financial management practices. You will be curious in nature, well organised and proactive in seeking to understand the day to day operations of the services you support and how the funding flows.

Working to the Finance Business Partner (FBP), the post holder will seek to develop and maintain strong relationships with service stakeholders to enable the sustainable delivery of their services. The post holder will be responsible for developing and reviewing systems linked to both the monthly assessment of the financial position and utilising data and insight gathered from working with the service to provide robust forecasts for both the short, medium and long term. The post holder will work alongside clinical colleagues within the various fields of specialism and will also be required to support central finance as part of the monthly, quarterly and annual closedown process. The postholder will also be expected to travel to our Singleton site for business needs. Welsh is desirable but not required; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

This role supports the FBP in providing professional financial advice, support, and information for the activities of the Service Area in line with HB's strategy. This will require supporting in the achievement of Service objectives and delivery of its operational plan. A major aspect of operational performance will be delivering financial balance. You will be expected to work with a significant level of autonomy and self‑organise. A key part of the role will be working closely with Service Area Budget Holders and Service Managers to provide support in the delivery of the finance agenda.

You will work with partners in Local Authority to ensure robust financial management practices and processes are in place for funding flows between organisations and act as the Health Board representative at the required Board meetings. The role will 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. You will contribute to the identification of efficiency and productivity improvement programmes within the Service and ensure that the Service Area's financial activities and systems are in line with corporate policies and procedures, meeting the highest standards of stewardship and probity, complying with corporate governance requirements.

You will be expected to implement an annual budget setting process.

About us

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. 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.

Qualifications and knowledge

• CCAB Professionally qualified accountant with substantial post‑qualification experience.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable qualifications

• Appropriate management qualification.
• Experience of working in the development and use of NHS costing information.
• Experience and knowledge of appropriate software and BI functionality – e.g. SQL, QlikSense, PowerBI.
• Welsh language skills (levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing).

Aptitude and abilities

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Highly developed analytical, interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to support rational decision making.
• Ability to work autonomously and equally effectively as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Demonstrable ability to negotiate work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high‑quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints.
• Specialist use of Oracle or other general ledger systems.
• IT literate with practical computer application skills covering Oracle systems and Microsoft products including an advanced level of Excel spreadsheets.
• Demonstrable project management skills including work planning, organization and prioritisation.
• Demonstrate business case developments and participation in contract management.
• Ability to think innovatively and develop new ways of working, continuously striving to improve systems and performance, to enable service modernisation and redesign.
• Ability to travel within geographical area and work hours flexibly.

Additional requirements

• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
• Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
• Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Headquarters
1 Talbot Gateway
Port Talbot
SA12 7BR

Employer website: Swansea Bay University Health Board