Finance Business Partner

The Finance Business Partner (Clinical Operations Support) is responsible for providing the first line of support and assistance with the development of financial plans, analysis of the financial performance and forecasts of the Clinical Operations businesses, in order to provide high quality business insight to both support and influence strategic decision making by St John’s management teams. The FBP also supports the Senior Finance Business Partner and operates within a team to deliver against the broader responsibilities and strategic direction for Operations.

Finance Business Partner (Clinical Op’s Support)
Preferred locations: London, Bristol, Sheffield or Birmingham
FTC/6-9 Months
Closing Date: 19/02/2025

Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) – increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,416 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary
The Finance Business Partner (Clinical Operations Support) is responsible for providing the first line of support and assistance with the development of financial plans, analysis of the financial performance and forecasts of the Clinical Operations businesses, in order to provide high quality business insight to both support and influence strategic decision making by St John’s management teams. The FBP also supports the Senior Finance Business Partner and operates within a team to deliver against the broader responsibilities and strategic direction for Operations. They will be a key member of the Financial Planning and Insight team to ensure delivery of the annual three-year budgeting process, that is aligned to strategic operational plans. This will require regularly meeting with relevant stakeholders to critically review and challenge reported performance against agreed plans. As stakeholders include Volunteers, there is a requirement to occasionally attend meetings online via Teams in the evenings. A flexible working arrangement helps facilitate this. This role will specifically look after the Operational Support functions of the business – Fleet, Estates and Logistics.

About You

5 GCSEs (Grade C or equivalent) including Maths & English, Professional Accounting Qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), Significant experience in managing the day-to-day, monthly and annual production of management accounting processes, Minimum 2 years PQE experience in an operational finance business partner role related Finance Business Partner roles, Track record of delivering high quality business and financial analysis, that provides insight into; business outcome drivers, the future business state, alternative scenarios and options, Excellent influencing with confidence and gravitas to respectfully challenge.

About the Role

• Provide impactful and effective finance business partnering to St John Budget Holders, the Senior Management and Executive Teams
• Deliver high quality business and financial analysis, with detailed outcomes and benefits, to identify and present coherent rationales for change, to support continued coordinated, consistent and effective delivery of services across St John
• Work with the relevant stakeholders, to timetable in the production of the annual budgeting and in-year forecasting process that is aligned to business plans. In particular, working closely with the Management Accounts team in the production of the charity’s monthly management accounts
• Drive continuous customer experience improvement by simplifying and improving St John’s financial processes, to provide your collective internal and external customers, an efficient and effective finance experience
• Utilise technology and tools to continuously improve the presentation and content of the charity’s financial management reports to best support and meet the needs of Budget Holders, the Senior Management and Executive Teams
• Identify financial risks and ensure that adequate measures and controls are in place for them to be controlled and managed, or escalated where necessary.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

‘St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role’.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

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