What's involved with this role: QAD 1805/1306 Role: Finance Business Partner Contract Length: Anticipated 3 months initially Hours: 37.5 hours per week Location: On-Site, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Gillingham Kent ME7 5NY Pay Rate: £ 3 5.86 per hour PAYE NHS experience desirable Enhanced DBS required for this role TBC OH Assessment required for this role Summary: 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. The post holder will look outwards to service providers and advise on budgetary control, efficiency and commercial considerations. The post holder will proactively ensure the appropriate use of resources and the provision of the optimum level of financial information and advice to managers at all levels. Working closely with other senior members of the finance team they will: 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. Provide and execute first line support in the development and prosecution of business cases Support the identification of cost efficiency and productivity opportunities within their respective Divisions using benchmarking information and being expert in using model hospital data. Role modelling efficiency and productivity within the Trust – propagating a culture of investing resource wisely and, first and foremost, preserving resource for high-quality patient care Be the communication conduit through which SLR information is developed and ultimately used within operational Divisions, proposing nuanced and prioritised opportunities for improvements in efficiency and productivity. Work as a team of Business Partners to upskill Divisional and fellow corporate colleagues in budgetary management and financial understanding Qualifications; CCAB fully qualified Master’s Degree or equivalent experience Evidence of CPD Current member of relevant professional bodies Knowledge; Expert knowledge of accounting policies and regulations Knowledge and understanding of strategic NHS issues and priorities Detailed knowledge of NHS and private sector financial management techniques and regulations, including investment appraisal, business case preparation and NHS costing methodologies Experience; Expert understanding of the NHS financial regime Three years PQE Experience of financial management in a complex organisation Experience of developing effective internal control environments Experience of development of efficiency improvement programmes Skills; Excellent communication skills Able to communicate with internal and external senior stakeholders Ability to present complex, sensitive and contentious information in a way that is understandable to the reader Ability to motivate staff to deliver change Capacity to analyse complex information from a variety of sources, both financial and non-financial Demonstrate ‘lean’ thinking on the delivery of financial services Clear ‘business focus’ Able to interpret and provide sound judgement on highly complex issues Able to manage a multiplicity of targets and objectives Provide judgements regarding resource allocation where no precedent exists and where potential for disagreement at a senior level exists Required to plan and organise a broad range of complex and technical Other Attributes; Assertive Political awareness Positive, ‘can do’ attitude Ability to cope with difficult people and situations managing conflict appropriately Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours. Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this. Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice. Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed. Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable : Any local authority/public sector experience Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for. If you are interested in this role, please email your CV back to tania.speedtclrec.com Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please