Finance Business Partner - Crewe, United Kingdom - Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Crewe, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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FINANCIAL To provide financial intelligence, advice and to make recommendations to the Divisional Director, Clinical Director and other senior managers within the division.

To meet regularly with these managers to ensure that any potential financial problems are identified early enough for corrective action to be taken.

To meet frequently with the Head of Management Accounts to discuss the financial position of the relevant division and any issues / risks this raises.

To take the lead in the formulation of the financial aspect of the divisional business cases in accordance with the Trusts strategic aims and objectives.

To make the Head of Management Accounts aware of the risks and benefits of business cases.

To advise & recommend options on financial and non-financial aspects of the business plans, including assessment of financial risk and advice regarding the allocation of financial resources.

To play an active member of the Divisions Establishment Control Panel, ensuring that all posts are costed up correctly and that no posts are advertised without the authorisation of the Finance Business Partner Strong negotiating skills are required during this meeting to ensure that the Division achieves its efficiency saving targets.

To prepare option appraisal reports for presentation to the Trust Board incorporating recommendations and where necessary conveying complex financial issues clearly and persuasively.

To work with the Head of Management Accounts in the monthly corporate reporting cycle. This will include explanation of significant variance movements for inclusion in the Trust Board Report. To proactively investigate variances acting as a catalyst when discussing corrective action with managers.

Carrying out highly complex calculations involving comparisons of groups of data and making judgments and implementing changes based on results.

To develop new costing and budgeting methodologies to provide information for both managerial and commercial purposes. Always looking strategically to ensure such processes will assist the Division's and therefore Trusts 5 year Integrated Business Plan.

To work with the Head of Management Accounts in planning and coordinating the Trusts budget setting process, ensuring that all relevant factors are incorporated.

To attend meetings with Key Senior Managers and play a major role in the negotiations during the overall process, including contributing to the Local Delivery Plan.

To produce a monthly forecast on the expected out-turn of expenditure and miscellaneous income positions of the Division as part of the departments normal reporting cycle.

Ensure all known financial pressures are identified, costed and incorporated into the forecasts, proactively looking at new ways of working which will make the Divisions more efficient.

BUSINESS ADVICE & MARKET DEVELOPMENT To monitor, analyse and report to the divisional board on divisional activity and corresponding income generation.

Recommending new ways of working.

Developing an understanding of the divisional trading accounts and advising on often contentious aspects of financial performance.

To act in an entrepreneurial and innovative manner, ensuring that all financial opportunities and strategic threats (often including highly complex cross divisional issues) are identified, investigated and acted upon to deliver a balanced financial position for the division.

To assist the Divisional Director, Clinical Director and other senior managers in identifying and achieving cost improvement and income generation targets, undertaking reviews of all existing practices with the aim of improving efficiency.

GOVERNANCE To report monthly to the Divisional Board on Resource Effectiveness.

Advising on new ways of working to ensure the Division is utilising its resources in the most efficient manner.

To meet monthly with the Division at the Monthly Finance meeting to present the key financial issues facing the Divisions, emerging issues and escalations required up the Operational Finance Group.

Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION To ensure that all financial training and budget management is provided to all budget managers, the Divisions Senior Management Team.

Then monitoring how well this education has been when reviewing their budget statements.

To present Financial Awareness sessions to new starters within the Trust, ensuring that they are aware how their small decisions can have a financial impact.

Promoting the role of Finance as Business Partners. To engender a culture of service and visibility to the internal and external customers of the department.

Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in KSF/appraisal, s