Finance Business Partner - Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Description

Main area Corporate Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time hours per week (Hybrid working pattern - 3 days office based in Nuneaton - 2 days home based) Job ref CORP-C

Site George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Town Nuneaton Salary £43,742 - £50,056 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/05/2024 23:59

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care" . If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour aren't as likely to apply unless they meet every qualification of non specialist roles.

We're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role and meet our values, but your experience doesn't align perfectly with everything in the Job Description or Person Specification– apply anyway or email the Recruiting Manager to discuss the role further

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Job overview

Job Title - Finance Business Partner

Permanent/Fixed term-Permanent

Salary - £43,752 - £50,056 per annum

Closing Date:

Interview Date:

Take the next step in your financial management career with George Eliot Hospital as Finance Business Partner. You'll work as a key colleague to our Surgery and Clinical Support Services – putting you front and centre in our drive to continually improve waiting times and productivity for our local population. Working hand in hand with clinical directorates, you will be supported by an experienced Senior Financial Business Partner as you grow your experience and skills. You'll also play a part in the overall running of the finance department by acting as a vital bridge between senior and junior team members

This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertiseand enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

Careers at George Eliot – 'Where you make a difference'

Main duties of the job

Supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner you will be working with our Surgery, Women's & Children & Clinical Support Services Directorates (circa. £81m expenditure budgets).

In addition to the providing accurate and relevant financial information to operational management teams, you will provide holistic financial advice on all business related aspects of their services. This will include, but is not limited to, budget management (income & expenditure), capital investments, development of business cases, identification of savings programmes, service re-designs etc.

You will be supporting service leads to understand, monitor and actively manage their monthly financial performance; ensuring issues or queries are addressed and/or escalated if necessary. You will work closely with service leads, enabling them to freely interpret financial information and control financial variances, offering guidance & advice, allowing potential financial issues to be identified at an early stage, and for effective mitigations to be put in place.

You will work closely with our Income & Contracts team, ensuring the managers understand all aspects of finance including income reporting, patient level costing, activity currencies, contribution and profitability.

You will support the financial monitoring of Cost & Productivity Improvement Programmes, ensuring schemes are identified with clear rationale, and measured appropriately, and in a timely manner.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

E ffective Open Communication

e x cellence and safety in everything we do

C hallenge but support

E xpect respect and dignity

L ocal health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide financial management support for one or more Directorates providing high quality information, support and advice ensuring a cohesive approach to activity, income, expenditure and workforce.
• To work closely with the clinical & operational managers and relevant budget holders, ensuring the provision of a finance business partnering service.
• To support the Senior Finance Business Partner with financial and strategic issues.
• To support the Head of Financial Management in providing financial reporting, planning, forecasting and advisory service at a Directorate level to the senior management team and Directors.

Person specification Qualifications

• CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant- or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• An additional management or business qualification

Experience

• Minimum 1 year experience post-qualification
• Previous experience of working with senior clinicians (or equivalent)
• Evidence of significant experience of financial management accounts in the NHS, other public sector or large commercial organisation
• Experience of responsibility for financial planning and budget setting
• Experience of analysing and using non-financial as well as financial information in business planning, reporting and decision making
• Experience of presenting information to non-specialist colleagues including senior clinicians (or equivalent)
• Experience of supervisory management
• Evidence of experience in costing, Service Line Reporting in particular
• Acute Sector experience
• Financial reporting experience in the NHS, other public sector or large commercial organisation

Please note:

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.