Senior Finance Business Partner - EPR (Band 8b)

Airedale NHS Trust; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in England is looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their Finance Team. This role involves producing financial reports, supporting the EPR Programme, and ensuring effective resource use while fostering strong communication across teams. Ideal candidates should possess strong financial skills, relevant qualifications, and a commitment to quality service delivery. The position offers a chance to play a key role in financial decision-making within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management within a healthcare setting.
• Ability to produce and present financial reports.
• Commitment to excellent service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Produce and present reports on financial plans and budgetary performance.
• Ensure all transactions are recorded accurately.
• Support financial targets of the EPR Programme.
• Plan and delegate work across the team.
• Escalate concerns to the Assistant Director of Finance.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Financial planning

Budget management

Ability to work independently

Team leadership

Education

Relevant financial qualifications

Job description

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is a forward looking dynamic well managed organisation with an award winning finance department. Airedale NHS FT is located close to Skipton, with the nearby Yorkshire Dales and is regarded as a very pleasant place to work.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award winning Finance Team. We are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Management team. The role is to support the strategically significant programme to deploy a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR).

Based in the Finance Department within the hospital, the team work closely with operational colleagues to support robust financial management and ensures operational colleagues are able to manage their budgets effectively and confidently.

Working closely with the Assistant Director of Finance and EPR Programme Leadership Teams this is a role which is focused on delivering high quality financial, planning and reporting information.

The post holder will have a key role in ensuring the effective use of resources through providing high quality financial information, advice and support at a senior level. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual with a real commitment to excellent service delivery and great communication skills.

Interview date: TBC

• Supporting the Assistant Director of Finance by producing and presenting reports on financial plans and budgetary performance
• To ensure all transactions are recorded and accounted for correctly in order to enable the Trust to meet its statutory obligations, to inform internal decision making, and for internal and external monitoring
• To support the EPR Programme Senior Leadership teams to enable them to meet their financial targets and key commitments
• To plan the work of other members of the team
• Ability to work to deadlines, plan time effectively, and ensure processes and procedures are in place for use across the department
• Communication across all of the finance function will be a key part of the role, alongside the ability to form strong working relationships outside of own team
• Escalate areas of concern and to deputise in the absence of the Assistant Director of Finance
• Work independently and as a senior point of contact providing a full range of expert financial advice to the management teams
• Be a key and integral part of the EPR programme decision making team. Being accountable, along with EPR programme leaders for financial performance

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

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