Senior Business Analyst, Financial Planning & Delivery

NHS; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Wales is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to provide financial analysis and insights. The role involves collaborating with Health Boards and Trusts to support financial sustainability. Candidates should be CCAB/CIMA qualified with experience in a finance department and the ability to deliver impactful analyses. The organization promotes a collaborative team environment with a focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• CCAB/CIMA qualified and member of a professional body.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Experience working in a finance department.

Responsibilities

• Produce robust and effective financial analysis.
• Support organisational financial health.
• Monitor in-year plans and delivery objectives.

Skills

Significant analytical abilities

Ability to work autonomously & collaboratively

Ability to use systems to generate reports

Ability to turn data into knowledge

Ability to deliver change & improve quality of service

Skills in databases & business intelligence software

Education

CCAB/CIMA qualified and member of professional body

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

Senior Business Analyst, Financial Planning & Delivery

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join NHS Wales Performance & Improvement Financial Planning & Delivery Directorate as a Senior Business Analyst. You will be joining an innovative and award-winning team that is passionate about delivering value within NHS Wales. The role offers the opportunity to engage with Health Boards and Trusts across NHS Wales, offering intelligence and insights by triangulating patient outcomes, financial data and healthcare activity, supporting financial sustainability and improvement across the system.

As the profile and reputation of the Directorate has grown since its inception, so has the demand for its expertise and insight.

It is an exciting time for individuals with drive and ambition to join the team with a growing work programme, agenda, and opportunity to make a difference within NHS Wales.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include playinga pivotal role in producing robust and effective financial analysis & intelligence in order to contribute to the Directorate's delivery objectives. You will be working as a partner with organisations across NHS Wales to support individual organisations to be in sustainable financial health whilst meeting future system challenges. The post holder will be a CCAB/CIMA qualified finance professional, supporting the Assistant Directors in the robust monitoring of in-year plans and key areas of delivery. This includes the development of monthly reports for organisations analysing financial trends and the application of analysis tools to scenario test and risk assess organisations' performance and forecasts.

About us

NHS Wales Performance & Improvement works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.

Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction - enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

For further details please contact: [e-mail]

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CCAB/CIMA qualified and member of professional body
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professiona developement
• Project Management

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience working in a finance department
• Experience working with budget holders and managers
• Experience working in NHS
• Experience of working with partner organisations
• Demonstrable awareness of stakeholder interests & priorities

Skills

• Significant analytical abilities
• Ability to work autonomously & collaboratively
• Ability to use systems to generate reports, manipulate and interpret data
• Ability to turn data into knowledge
• Ability to deliver change & improve quality of service
• Skills in databases & business intelligence software

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.