Finance Business Partner - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sheffield HSC is a small trust with a passion for delivering excellent patient care.

After some challenging years, the finance team is on a strong trajectory of improvement with a mission to become one of the best in the city.

We are determined to develop our staff and ensure that what we do within finance improves the lives of our patients.

A secondment opportunity has arisen to join the team as aFinance Business Partner.

The position has been designed as a development role and it is therefore ideal for either a first step into financial management; or as a steppingstone towards a more senior position.

Your initial banding and subsequent progression would be linked to experience, qualifications and behaviours, in line with the Trust's competency framework.

We are committed to your success, and you would be joining a creative, challenging and supportive team environment.

If successful, you would provide business partnering support to our service managers and clinical leads. The role includes month end reporting, planning, variance analysis and the preparation of business cases.

We are a small team, so you will have opportunities to gain experience in costing, income, planning, financial accounts and links to the wider health system.

This is, therefore, an ideal position for someone aspiring towards a more senior strategic finance position.

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people.

Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of.

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

Management Accounting & Planning

Within the financial policies set out by the Head of Finance:
Supporting Directorates

To co-ordinate the provision of confidential, sensitive and specialist financial advice and support to the Directorates to ensure that they meet the targets set by the Trust Board, and the wider ICS, particularly, those relating to containing expenditure within budget, maximising efficiency and meeting patient activity targets from available resources.

To support Directorate performance, through raising awareness of issues and contributing to solutions, to help ensure that Directorate targets are achieved.

To be responsible for the oversight, co-ordination, production and distribution of accurate and timely monthly budget reports, including the review of forecasts for Directorates.

To engage the service in this process in order to highlight early changes or issues in service provision.

To prepare and review comprehensive, formal financial reports for submission by the Head of Finance to the Trust Board, ICS, NHS England and Directorate Management Teams on a monthly basis.

Strategic Planning

To support the Directorate team with developing strategic plans and operational changes, to optimise performance. This will include providing advice on efficiency savings, innovations, and service development opportunities.

The finance business partner will be essential in analysing and evaluating proposals, and where appropriate the development of business cases.

Provide support to the Head of Finance to facilitate the Trust's annual budget setting processes within the relevant Directorates. This is to ensure that the budgets reflect the current years Financial Plan approved by the Board.

Other Financial Responsibilities

As a senior member of the Finance Department, work with the Head of Finance to review and develop policies and procedures and accounting control systems within the Directorate Finance function, revising and updating as necessary, including the establishment of working parties, where relevant, to take forward revision and implementation.

Provide the relevant input, as required, to internal and external audit reports, including the co-ordination and implementation of agreed recommendations

To work collaboratively with the Head of Finance in determining monthly timetabling and scheduling and provide relevant and any necessary input in the preparation of the Annual Accounts of the Trust.

Any other duties commensurate with the grading of the post.

Line Management

Lead and manage a team within the Directorate Finance function on a day to day basis, contributing to the development of the function, its