Finance Business Partner - Chichester, United Kingdom - 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Chichester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will be delivering financial support to the Strategic Finance Business Partnering function.

The key role will be to provide high quality financial management working closely alongside the education directorate to support delivery of the Trust objectives.

You will provide support to enhance
- relationships between finance and education teams in financial performance management,
- the use of resources,
- cost improvement development,
- financial planning and education.

This post will

Support and advise operational decision making
Interpret and explain financial performance
Analyse and identify financial risk in the organisation
Promote an environment of strong financial control within the Trust and challenge noncompliance and/or behaviour that disregards the Trust's financial principles, procedures and policies
Support the creation of a culture of performance management within the Finance Division that seeks and finds solutions to financial problems and maximises financial opportunities.
Support month end

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS.

As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives:

We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First.

Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs.

This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us:

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.

From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do

Main

Responsibilities:

Partnering

Support the delivery of the business partnering function providing future focused decision support, technical financial advice, business intelligence and reports to management to enable them to effectively manage resources for their area of responsibility.
Build effective relationships, internally, to effectively challenge performance, decision-making and outcomes.
Promote and support the use of financial and operational management information to review, assess and forecast unit performance.
Identify and highlight quickly and appropriately any evidence and/or risk of divergence from financial plans, targets or forecasts and work with management to develop mitigations to return performance to plan/forecast.
Month end.

Resource Utilisation

Support the production of business cases, including taking responsibility for the accuracy of the financial analysis.
Support the development and monitoring of non-financial performance indicators to identify areas where the use of resources can be improved.
Support negotiation of commissioning agreements with external organisations for services provided or received to ensure that income is maximised or best value for money is achieved respectively.
Support the Trust in setting realistic and achievable waste reduction/efficiency targets and developing robust plans that ensure and maximise delivery; both on an annual basis and for the medium/long-term plans.
Provide expert advice on the identification and achievement of waste reductions and productivity improvements using benchmarking and other comparative data to inform this process

Governance

Support the maintenance of the Standing Financial Instructions and internal financial control procedures to ensure these operate as designed and provide appropriate levels of assurance on accuracy, completeness and anti-fraud measures.
In conjunction with Internal Audit, support reviews to ensure that the financial control environment is operating effectively and that information is shared with the Audit Committee for assurance purposes.
Support with ensuring that operational and strategic financial risks are identified and properly assessed so that adequate arrangements for managing them can be implemented.

Communication & Engagement