Finance Business Partner in Ipswich

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Finance Business Partner to join the Finance team on a full time basis. The finance team has recently been restructured, and this is therefore an exciting time to join a progressive and dynamic team. The role which reports directly to the Head of Financial Management will be supporting a designated NSFT operational Locality team within the Trust and will play a key supporting role with the Senior Operational Leadership team. The successful candidates will be C.C.A.B. qualified and have business partnering experience, although not necessarily with previous NHS or wider public sector experience. Dependant on the candidates circumstances the formal base may be either Ipswich or Norwich on appointment and it will be possible to work part of the time from home. NSFT supports flexible working and we will consider part time and flexible working requests in the fulfilment of these roles. Secondments from other NHS organisations are warmly welcomed.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be fully responsible for providing a comprehensive financial business partnering service to designated localities, providing a full range of support, benchmarking and advice to the locality leadership, lead clinicians and other senior managers within the locality.
• To be an integral part of the locality leadership team to discuss and rectify areas of concern (financial and non-financial).
• To recommend new ways of working not just in a financial capacity but also as a business partner and advisor.
• To lead the other members of the team in producing accurate and timely budget and forecasting information.
• The post holder will develop relationships with any relevant commissioning groups and provide support and advice at commissioning meetings.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Benefits:

• NHS pension
• A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• Career progression
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• Staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Qualifications:

• Essential criteria: CCAB, CIMA or overseas equivalent accountancy qualification; Evidence of accountancy qualification CPD.
• Desirable criteria: Management training.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Proven track record in performance of delivery against tight deadlines; Successful business partnering with non-finance colleagues.
• Desirable criteria: Working within NHS.

Skills:

• Essential criteria: A proven track record of the ability to analyse and interpret highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information.

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.