Senior Finance Business Partner

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay enhancements

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner (AfC Band 8B) to work with clinicians and managers, offering constructive challenge and clear financial advice. You will lead planning, forecasting, business cases and resource optimisation across an allocated Care Group.

You will be a fully qualified CCAB/CIMA accountant with strong NHS finance knowledge and significant senior experience, delivering improvements in reporting and internal controls

Qualifications

• Fully qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant with current professional membership.
• Significant senior finance experience in a complex organisation.
• Strong NHS finance knowledge and ability to advise on financial matters.

Responsibilities

• Understand the NHS financial regime and contribute to the financial plan.
• Provide expert finance advice to divisional colleagues and SMT members.
• Lead and develop finance colleagues and drive improvements in reporting, analysis and controls.

Skills

Financial leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

NHS finance knowledge

Digital literacy

Education

CCAB qualification

CIMA membership

Tools

NHS finance systems

Financial ledgers

Job description

Want to put your finance expertise to work for better mental health care? Join Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust as our Senior Finance Business Partner (AfC Band 8B). You'll work alongside clinicians and managers in an allocated Care Group, bringing fresh thinking, constructive challenge and clear advice to decisions that matter.

From planning and forecasting to financial recovery and business cases, you'll help teams make the most of their resources and build sustainable services. You'll also lead and develop finance colleagues, encouraging collaboration and continuous improvement.

If you're a fully qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant with current professional membership, significant senior finance experience in a complex organisation and strong NHS finance knowledge, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your ideas, your insight and your passion for making a difference.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have an excellent understanding of the NHS financeregime, along with strong technical and leadership skills to help the Trustdeliver the financial plan.

You will need to possess excellent communication and leadership skills and a real commitment to excellent service delivery. You must be creative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures.

The successful person will be responsible for improvements in systems and processes to improve the speed and accuracy of reporting, financial analysis and planning and internal controls.

You will deliver effective communication and have excellent interpersonal and staff management skills, together with strong negotiating skills. A good understanding of NHS finance, including financial planning, budgetary control and performance management is essential.

The postholder will be a key member of the divisional senior management team and will provide expert finance advice and guidance to divisional colleagues and be jointly responsible with other SMT members

The postholder will produce reports on the financial plans and the performance of a large Clinical Care Group

Any applicants will require a full professional accountancy qualification as well as significant post qualification experience working in a senior finance manager role.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oDegree level education o CCAB Accountancy Qualification oEvidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• oSignificant relevant senior financial-management or finance business-partnering experience in a large, complex organisation. oCurrent knowledge of NHS planning, provider finance, income and contracting, costing, capital and revenue accounting, financial governance and regulatory requirements, with the ability to apply this knowledge to financial advice and decision-making. oDetailed experience and expert knowledge of accounting principles, relevant procedures and policies and finance systems, including financial ledgers, with experience of providing specialist advice on revenue and capital issues. oExperience of managing a finance team, including recruitment, coaching, development, appraisals and the management of disciplinary and absence matters. oEvidence of creativity and innovation in improving working practices and procedures. oDetailed experience of working with clinical services on: oBusiness cases. oFinancial assessments. oRecovery plans.
• oOperational management experience, including project and change management. oA track record of stakeholder engagement. oExperience of financial management or finance business partnering within an NHS provider organisation. oA thorough understanding of NHS targets. oAbility to identify opportunities for improvement.

Knowledge

• oBusiness Cases oFinancial assessment oRecovery Plans
• oAn appreciation of the NHS financial regime oThorough understanding of NHS targets oSeeking out opportunities

Skills

• oCommunicates complex and sensitive financial information clearly to finance and non-finance audiences. oBuilds effective relationships and constructively influences senior leaders, clinicians and external stakeholders. oApplies advanced analytical judgement to complex financial, workforce, activity and performance information. oLeads, coaches and develops teams, promoting accountability and continuous improvement. oPlans and prioritises competing demands across a complex portfolio while meeting deadlines. oTakes a strategic, corporate and solution-focused approach to decision-making. oDemonstrates advanced digital literacy, including financial systems, modelling, data visualisation, automation and responsible use of AI.
• oExperience of using automation, data visualisation or AI responsibly to improve financial processes and decision support.

Peronsal Qualities

• oA proactive and solution-focused approach. oPerseverance, determination and adaptability, with a flexible approach to work. oA professional and collaborative approach, with the ability to navigate complex organisational and stakeholder environments. oAble to travel between Trust and partner sites as required, with reasonable adjustments considered.
• oExperience of leading complex projects and change programmes.

Other

• This role will involve engagement, virtually and in person, with colleagues at different sites across the Trust's locations, including: Wigan; Bolton; Manchester; Salford; Trafford; The role may sometimes require travel beyond these areas (e.g. national events and / or conferences).
• oExperience of leading complex projects and change programmes.

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.