Finance Business Partner - Commercial Planning and Costing
Recruiter: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex, and Suffolk. We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care."
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters."
Our Values
* We Care
* We Learn
* We Empower
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Trust's Commercial, Planning and Costing team for an energetic and enthusiastic Finance Business Partner to join the team, providing high-quality costing information, support, and advice to the Trust's Business units.
Main duties of the job
* Actively support the provision of financial information and costings for activities such as National Cost Collections, Benchmarking, Service Line Reporting, and commercial opportunities, including bids.
* Produce timely and accurate management information, requiring technical knowledge of accounting procedures and an understanding of the operational business of the Trust and costing standards.
* Engage regularly with management accountants, the informatics team, and budget holders to improve the quality of costing and benchmarking information.
* Manage, train, develop, and inspire a small team to deliver excellent financial services.
Working for our organisation
EPUT is looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development opportunities including:
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* Flexible working options
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Provide financial support for new business opportunities/bids.
* Undertake in-depth analysis of complex financial positions and exercise judgement against a range of options for further action.
* Support the development of costs, budgets, and prices for both the short and long term across the Trust.
* Attend relevant meetings with Directors, operational managers, and commissioners as required.
* Support the maintenance and development of the Trust's Costing System.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Membership of AAT, relevant degree or equivalent qualification.
* CCAB or equivalent qualification finalist or Intermediate if part-qualified by experience.
Knowledge
* Understanding of NHS costing return requirements and benchmarking tools.
Skills/Experience
* Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, MS Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
* Good oral and written communication skills.
* Extensive experience working in a finance department using computerised financial information systems.
Personal Qualities
* High degree of accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Emotionally resilient and tenacious.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services.
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