Senior Finance Business Partner

NHS Jobs; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a finance-minded professional to manage monthly reporting and forecasting. You will lead on improving financial performance, develop robust business cases, and present findings to diverse stakeholders within a Trust-wide setting.

The role emphasizes collaboration with divisional teams, integrity, and ongoing professional development to support high-quality patient care and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing monthly financial reporting packs.
• Ability to present complex information to stakeholders.
• Strong analytical thinking with evidence-based options.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly financial reporting packs with clear performance stories.
• Lead actions to improve financial performance with divisional teams.
• Forecast activity and expenditure monthly with rationale.
• Identify risks and opportunities and mitigation plans.
• Develop business cases in line with Trust format.
• Present complex information to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Encourage and empower staff to drive improvements in care and efficiency.

Skills

Financial reporting

Forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Managing Services: Produce monthly financial reporting packs which set out clearly performance in all aspects of finance, activity and contractual targets delivery, ensuring a clear story of outcomes and causal factors is provided. Take lead role in ensure that actions required to improve financial performance are identified, articulated and bought into by divisional operational management. Using the corporate templates, and process, produce forecasts on a monthly basis for activity and expenditure with CSU colleagues. These forecasts will be coherent and supported by full rationale. Where necessary these forecasts will be presented in formal meetings. Set out how risks and opportunities in financial forecast and work with the divisional operational team to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities. Improving Services: Working closely with the finance programme manager, develop business cases as necessary in line with prescribed Trust format and process. Ensure that content of cases is robust and evidence based and reflect full consideration of options to deliver best value. Present highly complex information about projects initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting. Working with others: Encourages, supports and facilitates divisional, CSU and Trustwide staff to contribute and innovate for the improvement of patient care and the efficiency, safety, quality and effectiveness of services; finding ways to empower staff to implement their ideas for improvement as well a challenging Divisions to improve financial performance whilst taking account of quality and safety of service.Works within the divisional triumvirate in a truly multidisciplinary way, flexibly supporting colleagues and taking on the appropriate share of joint responsibilities and workload. Demonstrating personal qualities: The post holder will be expected to operate with discretion and without direct supervision to deliver the requirements of both the finance function and the Division/CSU. This will necessitate skill in balancing competing priorities as well as deal with contentious issues. Acts as a leadership role model to demonstrate the Trusts values and behaviours at all times. Ensures own professional and personal development demonstrating self-awareness and willingness to continually learn and develop. Acts with integrity and treats others with respect at all times. Please refer to the job description for further details

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust