Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-COR-24-6460848
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 Per Annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Finance Business Partner - Commercial
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
To provide highly specialist financial advice and support in all aspects of Commercial financial management.
The primary purpose of the role is to provide support to meet the Trust's statutory reporting requirements and deadlines in line with Finance Policy and Procedure’s.
The post holder will develop and produce information to support accurate and timely monthly performance reports for presentation at service meetings and to feed into the Trusts position for internal and external corporate reporting.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure that the Associate Chief Operating Officer, Divisional Directors, Service Managers & Budget holders of the Commercial Division receive full financial advice and support to meet the Trust Statutory targets to give an accurate report of performance. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the divisions have the necessary support and information for decision making as well as ensuring the divisions and the wider Trust develop financial awareness.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be a proactive and highly motivated, CCAB or CIMA qualified accountant, with post qualification experience, with strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office.
The Commercial Finance Business Partner will need:
- To lead on all aspects of financial management of the Division to ensure financial viability
- To oversee the preparation of divisional budgets in accordance with guidelines and deadlines provided by the Director of Finance
- Provide strong leadership to the divisional finance team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCAB or CIMA Qualified
- Evidence of post qualification development and training
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven financial management experience.
- Experience of working with senior managers/professionals
- Experience of staff management/development
- Evidence of track record of achievement
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS financial management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Financial management and planning & Budgetary Control
Desirable criteria
- Sound knowledge of current NHS FT Finance regime, NHS costing systems and NHS Business Case process
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively, via a variety of media and forums, with a wide range of people from all levels both from within and outside of the Trust.
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills supported by attention to detail.
- Proficient in use of current business software (e.g., Microsoft Office) and able to apply this to the development of complex financial models
- Demonstrable open and developmental leadership style
- Project management skills
- Innovative and creative approach
- Able to interpret guidance, assess risk, make decisions, and influence change.
Desirable criteria
- Able to interpret guidance, assess risk, make decisions, and influence change
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Sinnot
- Job title
- Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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