Finance Business Partner - Bradford, United Kingdom - Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Bradford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Are you looking to develop your career in a fast paced, exciting and supportive working environment?

At Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust (BTHFT) we are committed to career development and offer a flexible and collaborative working environment where your health and wellbeing are valued.

We are constantly evolving, improving and encourage innovation. An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner, supporting a range of CSUs and the Central Reporting function.

This FBP role will drive the development and performance of the, central reporting function, deputise effectively for the Assistant Director of Finance and develop an advanced understanding of key projects and will be a trusted financial advisor to the CSUs they support.

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
We value people
We are one team
We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Managing Services:

To oversee the monthly financial reporting process for designated CSU's.
Produce monthly financial reporting packs which set out clearly performance in all aspects of finance, workforce, activity and contractual target delivery, ensuring a clear account of outcomes are provided.
Take lead role to ensure that actions required to improve CSU performance are identified, articulated in recovery plans including associated risks and are owned by CSU operational management teams.
Using corporate templates and processes, produce forecasts on a monthly basis for activity and expenditure in partnership with business unit colleagues. These forecasts will be coherent and supported by full rationale. Where necessary these forecasts will be presented in formal meetings highlighting how risks and opportunities will be either mitigated or exploited working in partnership with the CSU management teams.
Work collaboratively with CSUs to identify CIP opportunities, support implementation and monitor delivery.
In line with formal guidance and policies of finance function, be responsible for developing budgets for each business unit which will allow delivery of agreed activity levels and contractual targets.
Provide critical analytical support and specialist business knowledge in the contracting and business planning processes.
Support the process of data cleansing and refinement of Service Line Reporting (SLR) and Patient Level Information Costing (PLICs) tools by facilitating feedback from clinicians to the central PLICs team.
For clinical support services develop service specific costing models to help improve the PLICS model and enable SLR.
To support managers in understanding and using SLR / PLICs to manage services within the CSU.
Develop a deep understanding of Model Hospital and how the financial KPIs are fed by the PLICS model.
Communicate and deliver highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Indepth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports including financial and benchmarking returns.
Coordinate the financial planning across multiple CSU's, advising of trends and changes and adjusting plans with operational teams accordingly

Improving Services:

Working closely with the CSUs to develop business cases as necessary in line with prescribed Trust format and process. Ensure that content of cases is robust and evidence based and reflect full consideration of options to deliver best value.
Present highly complex information about projects initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
Actively seek opportunities for quality, efficiency and other performance improvement.
Responsible for implementation and interpretation of policies, guidelines and service level agreements which may impact the CSUs.
To train and coach senior staff within the CSUs and Trust wide on budget management skills and financial awareness and developing training materials and designing courses tailored to a wide range of staff.
Review and revise existing processes and policies within the Finance department to improve productivity and efficiency.
Review and revise existing financial and data processes within the CSUs to support the measurement of productivity and improvement.
Work to the Key Performance Indicators of the finance department for the purpose of quality and performance monitoring against department objectives.
Undertakes audit of own work and work of others to check accuracy of data and processes.