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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

The closing date is 01 October 2025.

An excellent opportunity in the Finance Directorate has arisen for a Deputy Business Advisor. This vital role is responsible for providing a comprehensive and high-quality financial and business support service to the Trust’s Corporate, Estates & Facilities and Digital Divisions. The post holder will provide expert financial advice and guidance to a range of senior managers within the Divisions while maintaining a thorough understanding of the financial position. You will work closely with the leadership teams across the divisions to ensure the consistent achievement of financial performance and outcome targets that support the delivery of high quality patient care.

Holding relevant accountancy qualifications, you will be proficient in the use of a wide range of IT systems including a financial ledger. You will also be able to work with non-finance staff to present complex financial information in ways which will ensure engagement and understanding.

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This is a challenging role and a great opportunity for someone to make a positive impact on the Trust and be a part of a high performing, dynamic and motivated finance team. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to:

• Support the Business Advisor in providing a robust financial planning and reporting service to the Divisions including month end closedown, financial forecasting and risk assessment.
• Staff management to ensure priorities are delivered to expected standards and timescales and that staff receive regular appraisals and development opportunities.
• Analyse financial and non-financial data in order to identify risks and opportunities.
• Establish immediate credibility at all levels and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, building positive working relationships with staff from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions.
• Work well under pressure in a busy operational environment, prioritising conflicting demands as required whilst maintaining a calm and professional attitude at all times.
• Deputise for the Business Advisor as required, including representation at a number of senior forums.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see the Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Key Duties:

Financial Planning and Reporting

• Supports the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) in providing financial support to the Division and Service Lines.
• Coordinates and manages the process of annual budget setting for Division working within an agreed corporate framework.
• Supports the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) in monitoring and reporting upon potential financial risks and risk minimisation strategies.
• Monitors and forecasts expenditure trends/budgetary performance on a monthly basis, identifying variances & service issues for managers & advising them appropriately.
• Develops and maintains systems to monitor and update Division and Service Line financial plans and advise them on corrective actions where necessary.
• Provides information on a monthly basis to contribute to corporate financial reports.
• Supports the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) and Divisional Directors and Managers in the identification of efficiency savings and provides a monthly schedule of progress against agreed targets.

Provision of Financial Advice and Training

• Provide formal and informal training, advice and guidance to a wide variety of staff on Standing Financial Instructions and finance and business management issues in order to improve financial awareness, performance, cost effectiveness, and efficiency, revenue generation and to maximise the use of assets.

Provide Business Management and Decision Support

• Support the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) in undertaking robust financial evaluation of proposed service changes/developments.
• Assist in the development and production of business cases and tender responses, generating options for investment, appraisal of the options and identification of project resources.
• With the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) ensure all changes in services or developments are identified and that resource implications are quantified and accounted for.
• Contribute to the development of service line reporting in the Division and wider Trust.
• With Budget Holders, negotiate Service Level Agreements with a range of external organisations and ensure income is recovered.
• Develop and maintain benchmarking and costing apportionments/information to support the business including the production of Reference Costs for the relevant service lines within the Division; this will include the ERIC and Corporate Services (BackOffice) returns.
• Introduce, adapt and improve financial and information systems within the Division and the wider Trust to assist budget managers in decision making and planning.

Be an active Member of Multidisciplinary Teams

• Prepare and present accurate financial information to inform a variety of decision making forums, including formal reports and presentations to meetings linking and interpreting financial, activity, and performance management information.
• Work to develop strong relationships with clinicians and managers to develop a culture of shared responsibility for financial issues.

Manage a Small Team of Staff

• Lead, manage and motivate a small team on a day to day basis, communicates clearly and openly, creating a sense of trust and encouraging two way discussions/dialogue.
• Monitor the work completed by Team members ensuring it is completed to time and quality requirements, and ensure members of the team are regularly appraised.
• Complete appraisals of FMA staff and identify the training needs of the team members and ensure PDPs are in place.

Active Member of the Finance Directorate

• Participate in finance staff training & development activities
• Represent the Finance Directorate contributing to and participating in Trust wide projects and groups to provide a range of financial and business management support.
• Identify and take responsibility for own development and help to develop others.
• Contribute to improvement activities across the directorate.

The range of duties outlined above is not exhaustive and is subject to modification in light of changing service needs. In addition to the above the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.

General Duties:

Support the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) in providing robust financial planning and reporting service to a Division including financial forecasting and risk assessment.

Provide expert financial advice and training to a range of managers and clinicians within the division.

Support the Business Advisor (Corporate / E&F / Digital) in providing business management support to enhance decision making within the division.

Be an active member of multi-disciplinary teams contributing to the management of the Division and Service lines.

Manage a small team of staff ensuring regular appraisal and development opportunities.

Be an active member of the Finance Directorate contributing to its development.

Deputise for the Business Advisor in their absence.

• Please describe how you priorities self and others\' workload effectively to meet demands and targets when under pressure.
• Give examples of when you have demonstrated professional integrity.

• Please give detail of your skills and knowledge in the following areas:
• Your expertise of financial systems.
• Give examples of your ability to influence and negotiate with a wide range of people. This should include your methods of communication.
• Give examples of your investigative and analytical skills to convey complex financial information to a non-finance audience.
• Give examples of high level reports you have written, who was the target audience?
• Please demonstrate whether you have any specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
• Do you have knowledge of acute hospital environment?

• Minimum 5 O Levels, GCSEs or equivalent (including Maths and English).
• CCAB qualifications or CIMA.
• Committed to Continuing Professional Development.
• Graduate

• Please demonstrate or give an account of your experience in management accounts.
• Please describe how you lead and motivate staff.
• What is your experience in terms of numeracy and analytical tasks and in what instances are these mainly used.
• Additionally, please describe if you have any experience in the following areas:
• Acute Sector Experience.
• Experience at senior level in the NHS Finance sector.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust