Senior Finance Business Partner - Financial Management

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to guide the Finance Directorate’s strategy and manage resources within the approved budget. You will lead the Divisional Financial Management Team, providing expert financial stewardship and strategic advice across NHS services.

With CCAB or CIMA qualification, you will drive continuous improvement in financial performance and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver patient-centered financial

Qualifications

• CCAB- or CIMA-qualified with a strong background in financial management.
• Experience leading finance teams to support strategic direction of the Finance Directorate and Trust.
• Extensive NHS finance environment experience and costing/pricing expertise.
• Proven ability to deliver financial performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial advice to the division, guiding income and expenditure within the approved budget.
• Investigate and resolve highly complex financial management issues.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance financial performance and efficiency.
• Lead the Divisional Financial Management Team and support staff development.
• Deliver timely, high-quality financial reports to senior leaders.

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner - Financial Management

Unlock your potential and elevate your career with One LSC Finance supporting Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, based at Preston Business Centre.

Who We Are: With a robust turnover of £750 million and a dedicated team of 10,000 staff, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is a Foundation Trust known for its commitment to delivering exceptional healthcare services.

The Opportunity: We're on the lookout for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our prestigious finance division. This is your chance to shine and make a real impact on a Trust that values continuous improvement and strives for excellence.

Why Choose Us: Our finance division proudly holds the North West Finance Skills Development Towards Excellence & FFF accreditation at level 3, the highest achievable.

Qualifications and Skills: To thrive in this role, you need to be CCAB or CIMA qualified with a strong background in Financial Management. We're seeking a forward-thinking, proactive individual who can lead their team in supporting the strategic direction of the Finance Directorate and the Trust.

Your Impact: You'll have the opportunity to unleash your personal and professional skills, contributing to the continuous improvement of our finance services.

Please note this post is restricted to staff from Lancashire and South Cumbria Organisations:

Main duties of the job

Shape Financial Excellence as our Finance Maestro!

Your Mission: Delivering Financial Brilliance As the Finance Maestro, your primary objective is to strategically guide the division in managing its resources within the approved budget.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Financial Advice: Provide expert financial advice to the division, navigating both income and expenditure landscapes to ensure optimal resource utilization.

Complex Problem Resolution: Investigate and advise on highly complex business management issues. Your insights will be crucial in enhancing financial awareness, ands improving business performance.

Financial Performance Enhancement: Strive for continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance financial performance, driving efficiency and effectiveness.

Expertise: Leverage your financial acumen and business savvy to unravel intricate financial challenges and provide strategic solutions.

Visionary Leadership: Steering the division towards financial success, efficiency, effectiveness, and a patient-centric approach.

Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with stakeholders to ensure a unified and holistic approach to financial management, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.

About us

Why Choose OneLSC and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals:

• A vibrant, diverse, and inclusive healthcare community
• Cutting-edge facilities and technology
• Opportunities for continuous professional development
• A culture that values and recognizes your contributions

About Us: With over 1000 beds, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals stands as a beacon of healthcare excellence. Our specialties range from the conventional to the extraordinary, as we proudly serve as a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in Neurosciences, Trauma, Oncology, and Renal Medicine.

Your Impact: Be part of a team that’s not just meeting healthcare needs but exceeding them. Whether you’re in Neurosciences, Trauma, Oncology, or Renal Medicine, your contribution matters. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is the nexus where expertise meets compassion, and we’re inviting you to make a difference.

Open to All Applications: This is not just a job; it’s a calling. One LSC and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomes applications from individuals across various trusts, fostering diversity, and enriching our healthcare community.

Job responsibilities

See attached document for full job description and person specification

Relationship Building: Actively engage with internal stakeholders, ensuring robust connections with Divisional and Directorate leads, Transformation teams, and Financial Advisors. Drive clinical and non-clinical engagement for a harmonious work environment.

Financial Management: Take the lead in developing service line reporting, ensuring accurate allocation of income and costs. Efficiently manage budgetary control systems for income and expenditure, facilitating the achievement of targets for Directorates and the Trust.

Strategic Advisory: Provide insightful advice and recommend alternative courses of action to enhance financial performance. Ensure the financial advisory service is efficient and effective, contributing to the overall financial agenda of the Trust.

Team Leadership: Provide overall management and supervision to the Divisional Financial Management Team, fostering an efficient and timely service. Support staff development and contribute to the broader goals of the Trust.

Performance Reporting: Deliver complex reports on financial performance for the division to the Assistant Finance Director and Executive Team, ensuring timely and accurate information.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Highly developed specialist/expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
• Builds and develops multidisciplinary teams, and maintains constructive working relationships at all levels and disciplines
• High personal standard of conduct and behaviour and ability to act as a role model encouraging others to value and respect staff and stakeholders and holds others to account for this
• Extensive experience in an NHS Finance environment and/or extensive post qualification financial management experience.
• Expert knowledge of costing and pricing methodologies
• Extensive experience of working with others to ensure direction and policies are attainable within available resources
• Knowledge, experience and expertise in a senior finance management role
• Acute Sector experience

Qualifications

• CCAB or CIMA full member
• Participation in the Continuing Professional Development Programme.

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.

£66,582 to £77,368 a yearper annum, pro rata