Senior Finance Business Partner - Corporate

Senior Finance Business Partner – Corporate

Band 8b

Main area Finance Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working.) Job ref 437-6590969-A

Site Prestwich Hospital Town Bury Salary £62,215 – £72,293 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a fully qualified, highly motivated, and significantly experienced finance leader to join GMMH. The role of Senior Finance Business Partner provides high-quality financial management advice and support to managers and clinicians across GMMH’s Corporate Services and leadership to the Corporate Services Finance team.

The person we are looking for:

• Fully Qualified CCAB or ACMA Accountant.
• Highly motivated and proactive.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of working in financial management roles.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
• Ability to manage staff and motivate colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have an excellent understanding of the NHS finance regime, along with strong technical and leadership skills to help the Trust deliver the financial plan.

You will need to possess excellent communication and leadership skills and a real commitment to excellent service delivery. You must be creative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures.

The successful person will be responsible for improvements in systems and processes to improve the speed and accuracy of reporting, financial analysis and planning and internal controls.

You will deliver effective communication and have excellent interpersonal and staff management skills, together with strong negotiating skills. A good understanding of NHS finance, including financial planning, budgetary control and performance management is essential.

The postholder will be a key member of the divisional senior management team and will provide expert finance advice and guidance to divisional colleagues and be jointly responsible with other SMT members.

The postholder will produce reports on the financial plans and the performance of a large Corporate Network.

Any applicants will require a full professional accountancy qualification as well as significant post-qualification experience working in a senior finance manager role.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
• Degree level education.
• CCAB Accountancy Qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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