Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join the Healthcare team, reporting directly to the Finance Transformation Lead working within the Coventry Hospitals Contract. The role is commercially focused, supporting the contract managers and operational teams. This important role will be instrumental in delivering monthly management accounts, delivering finance reports, setting plans, improving processes and monitoring performance of the business. As this Finance Business Partner, you will deliver commercial insight on business performance to influence decision making, drive decision making, drive profitable growth and support the delivery of the organisations long term strategic goals.
As the Finance Business Partner, you will be working closely with the Senior Team and manage a team of two (analyst and trainee).
You will be responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts (SAP) and associated reporting. This role will require extensive use of several data systems (such a Coupa and various CAFMs) to extract data and deliver reports. You will work closely with the contract managers, operational teams and site admin to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting whilst supporting the business to manage the budget effectively, working in partnership to flag opportunities and risks early to enable robust accounting and forecasting to take place.
The Finance Business Partner will also be responsible for:
* Responsibility for production of rolling forecasts, six monthly forecasts and annual budgets.
* Support efficiency initiatives through cost base insight and reviews.
* Building, maintaining and influencing strong relationships with key stakeholders (both internally and externally).
* Drive the impact and understanding of financial information through insightful reporting and interpretation to influence decision making and promote business performance across the Business.
* Able to analyse data and turn into valuable information to enable key decision making on a sound financial basis, not only focusing on operational outcomes, but also enhancing financial outcomes.
* Develop and produce with team, key financial reports using tools such as Power BI. These reports will have balance sheet reconciliations, P&L insights, Payroll insights, costs drill down. All with full year forecasts and forward guidance. Partnering Directors with this information and taking the initiative to add value to the senior leadership team.
To be successful in this role, you will be a full qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent) and have proven ability to work in complex financial environments. You will have experience using SAP and / or CAFMs and excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders. In addition to this, you will have a high degree of financial, commercial and customer awareness and the ability to work in a high-pressure environment with the ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work related issues. You will drive the impact and understanding of financial information through insightful reporting and interpretation to influence decision making and promote business performance across the Business