Finance Business Partner

Your new organisation
This is a NHS Trust based in Kent, providing clinical services to more than half a million patients a year, including the Emergency Department, General Admissions and Outpatient Appointments. They employ more than 5,000 staff and have 300 volunteers providing invaluable support. The Trust is made up of five divisions - Cancer and Core Clinical Services, Central Operations, Medicine and Emergency Care and Surgery.

Your new role

• The purpose of the Finance Business Partner is to ensure the provision of high-quality information and advice to Divisions and Directorates within the organisation, liaising with external organisations as appropriate
• Reporting to the Head of Financial Management you will have numerous key Internal and External Senior Stakeholder relationships, so it will be imperative to be on site 5 days a week
• Look outwards to service providers and advise on budgetary control, efficiency and commercial considerations
• Proactively ensure the appropriate use of resources and the provision of the optimum level of financial information and advice to managers at all levels
• Influence budgetary accountability by means of formal periodic reviews of all financial performance
• Lead and develop their team in delivering first class effective financial advice
• Ensure the financial management function delivers timely accurate information to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders promoting and creating a customer focussed ethos for the function
• Support the identification of cost efficiency and productivity opportunities within their respective Divisions using benchmarking information

What you'll need to succeed

• CCAB fully qualified
• Strong NHS experience, either working for now or in the past for the NHS or another health body
• Knowledge and understanding of strategic NHS issues and priorities with expert knowledge of accounting policies and regulations
• Detailed knowledge of NHS and private sector financial management techniques and regulations, including investment appraisal, business case preparation and NHS costing methodologies

What you need to do now
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