Job vacancy: Senior Finance Business Partner, Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust, Worthing

Job summary

Main area: Finance
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 354-CO-21481

Employer: Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Portland House
Town: Worthing
Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 PA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/07/2024 12:00

Senior Finance Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Financial Planning and Budget Setting

To develop annual operational income and expenditure plans and budgets, to support the Trust’s planning/budgeting process, ensuring realistic assumptions are included.

Provide data on finance, activity, capacity and productivity to support contract negotiations

To develop annual savings plans in the production of operational budgets, in conjunction with Operational and Clinical Directors.

To support the production of business cases, by providing relevant financial information and commercial challenge, ensuring these are incorporated into future years planning.

To assist Operational and Executive Directors in securing and translating funding from applicable sources.

Financial Reporting and Management

To produce Operational or Corporate department Income and Expenditure monthly actuals position with year to date, trend and forecast outturn. Prepare an analysis of variances from plan and forecasts for relevant monthly finance reports to Divisions, Trust Board, associated committees and the Regulator.

The support with developing and managing key financial models and forecasts, including running multiple risk scenarios and sensitivities.

To produce Operational or Corporate forecast Income and Expenditure position for relevant monthly finance reports to Trust Board, associated committees and the Regulator.

To provide financial analysis and support to enable understanding of workforce expenditure, especially agency/temporary and bank staffing.

To support the maintenance of the Trust’s current year and full year budgets on the ledger system

To support the promotion of an environment of strong financial control across the organisation.

To support the Head of Management Accounts or Head of Financial Planning in delivering financial benefits through service redesign, model hospital, Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) and other national initiatives.

Business Cases and Service Developments

The post holder will support the development of Service Line Business Plans, including identifying savings plans and ensuring consistency with the Trust’s strategic direction.

To assist Directorates to produce robust business cases.

To provide input into the financial modelling of potential service or organisational reconfigurations.

Management

To undertake performance reviews for all direct reports on an annual basis ensuring feedback on performance is given at regular intervals throughout the year.

To provide supervision to all direct reports and identify training and staff development requirements, and plans to deliver these.

Communicate effectively with your team on a timely basis ensuring robust systems exist so that staff feel informed.

General

To fully participate in the Trust’s performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis.

Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with the Head of Management Accounts or Head of Financial Planning as part of the personal planning process.

To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.

To contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the teams in which the post holder works.

To undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.

To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

CCAB Qualified or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

relevant financial management experience with significant practical and theoretical knowledge of financial planning and business case development.
Expert knowledge of financial and accountancy procedures.
Strong and varied technical knowledge base
Computer Literate
Effective team working and leadership skills
Excellent communication skills
Able to organise and prioritise own workload and that of team in a constantly changing environment
Able to plan to meet objectives and implement plans
Able to develop professional and effective working relationships with non-finance staff
Able to work in multi-disciplinary teams
Negotiation and influencing skills

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.