Finance Business Partner in London

The Finance Business Partner role at the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is designed to foster collaboration between the Finance Team and various Trust business areas. Reporting to the Chief Management Accountant, the Finance Business Partner is responsible for developing in-depth knowledge of business areas, providing strategic financial advice, and supporting Directors and Managers in achieving cost-effective delivery of strategic objectives.

This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Main duties of the job

• Financial and Strategic Support: Provide expert financial advice and strategic support to business area Directors and Managers, ensuring accurate financial reporting, effective financial planning, and successful delivery of Cost Improvement Programme projects.
• Collaboration and Communication: Facilitate productive working relationships and clear communication between business area managers, staff, and the Finance directorate, while representing the Finance directorate at key meetings.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Coach and mentor Finance Managers and their teams, supporting them in delivering high-quality financial and non-financial reporting, and developing business planning activities.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and maintain in depth knowledge of Trust business areas and their complex financial and performance drivers, and make this information accessible to other members of the Finance Team.
• Provide direction and influence business area Directors and Managers to cost effectively deliver the Trust's strategic objectives.
• Facilitate productive working relationships and clear communication between business area Managers and staff and the Finance directorate.
• Provide expert advice to Trust business area Directors, Managers and their teams, to assist them to work within financial systems, governance structures and constraints.

Person SpecificationQualifications, Accreditations, Education:

• Educated to minimum of Masters degree level or equivalent CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience.
• Undertaken a variety of additional short courses to develop specialist knowledge, and evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Significant experience and knowledge gained through working in specialist areas within organisations and from exposure to differing business models.

Experience:

• Experience providing senior level support to, and influencing, business area Directors and Managers on highly complex Cost Improvement Programme projects and value adding business change initiatives.
• Experience using and managing forecasting and planning tools.
• Experience building and maintaining complex forecasting and planning models.
• Experience applying Standing Financial Instructions and Schemes of Delegation (or other financial governance frameworks) in practice.
• Experience leading financial training and creating training content.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of financial planning, financial governance, management and budgeting.
• Knowledge of financial and other aspects of legislation, NHS policy and finance regime including Cost Improvement Program concepts and operation.
• Logical thinker with sound analytical skills, able to deal with large volumes of complex data and perform highly complex analysis of financial and operational data and trends.
• Ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop staff in own team and organisation wide.
• Ability to engage with and influence senior managers across the Trust to add value to decision making.
• Strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is 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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.