Senior Finance Business Partner

National health service; Manchester; In loco; GBP 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Pay Enhancements 30% evenings and sat/

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Descrizione del lavoro

Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust seeks a senior finance leader to drive financial planning, reporting improvements and system enhancements across a large, complex organisation.

The postholder will lead finance teams, provide strategic financial advice, and engage with clinical and senior stakeholders to support delivery of the financial plan.

Competenze

• Strong leadership of finance teams in large organisations.
• Expertise in NHS financial regime and planning.
• Experience with revenue and capital issues and governance.

Mansioni

• Improve systems and processes for reporting, analysis and planning.
• Deliver effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide financial advice to support decision-making and delivery of plans.
• Lead and develop finance colleagues, promoting continuous improvement.

Conoscenze

Communicates complex financial info

Relationship building

Analytical judgement

Leads and develops teams

Planning and prioritising

Strategic decision-making

Digital literacy + AI

Automation and data visualisation

Formazione

Degree level education

CCAB Accountancy Qualification

Evidence of CPD

Descrizione del lavoro

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.

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 Trust deliver 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.

Qualifications

• Degree level education
• CCAB Accountancy Qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Significant relevant senior financial-management or finance business-partnering experience in a large, complex organisation.
• Current 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.
• Detailed 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.
• Experience of managing a finance team, including recruitment, coaching, development, appraisals and the management of disciplinary and absence matters.
• Evidence of creativity and innovation in improving working practices and procedures.
• Detailed experience of working with clinical services on: Business cases. Financial assessments. Recovery plans.
• Operational management experience, including project and change management.
• A track record of stakeholder engagement.
• Experience of financial management or finance business partnering within an NHS provider organisation.
• A thorough understanding of NHS targets.
• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement.

Knowledge

• Business Cases
• Financial assessment
• Recovery Plans
• An appreciation of the NHS financial regime
• Thorough understanding of NHS targets
• Seeking out opportunities

Skills

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

Personal Qualities

• A proactive and solution-focused approach.
• Perseverance, determination and adaptability, with a flexible approach to work.
• A professional and collaborative approach, with the ability to navigate complex organisational and stakeholder environments.
• Able to travel between Trust and partner sites as required, with reasonable adjustments considered.

Other Essential

• 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).

Desirable

• Experience of leading complex projects and change programmes.
• An appreciation of the NHS financial regime
• Thorough understanding of NHS targets
• Seeking out opportunities

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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Excellent pension.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Wellbeing programme.
• Blue Light Card Discounts.