Assistant Finance Business Partner in London

Following investment to strengthen the capacity of the Health Board's finance function, an opportunity has arisen for the post of Assistant Finance Business Partner in Powys Teaching Health Board. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who has energy, enthusiasm, commitment and ambition to work within a dynamic and progressive finance team supporting a range of functions and the transformation of services.

There are three finance business partnering teams in Powys; each working with senior managers responsible for directly providing healthcare services. Recognising the important commissioning focus of the Health Board, the FBP teams also support a portfolio of secondary healthcare contracts.

Each Assistant FBP reports directly to a Finance Business Partner, supporting the day-to-day co-ordination and provision of high quality and robust strategic financial management business advice with a keen customer focus. These are key roles within the senior finance team and as such play a leadership role with the Department and are expected to work effectively with external partners in Wales and England.

Main duties of the job:

• This role supports the Finance Business Partners in providing professional financial advice, support, and information for a set of commissioning contracts and for the activities of a Directorate/s (or other designated budget area) to enable it to set and manage budgets and finances to ensure the achievement of financial targets and plans effectively and proactively.
• Reporting to the Finance Business Partner and expected to work closely with budget holders to provide support in the delivery of the finance agenda. The post holder may be asked to deputise, as appropriate.
• Provide financial advice and support into the financial and business planning processes within the service areas and contracts supported. This includes providing financial support in the development of Strategic Business Cases and the development of complex service and financial models, particularly in support of the Health Board's transformation programme, Better Together.
• Support the Health Board on commissioning and cross boundary flows, as required, including acting as the finance lead for designated providers.
• Provide professional finance support for efficiency and productivity improvement programmes within the Directorates.
• Take joint lead responsibility on a day-to-day basis of the management of the Finance Business Partnering Team, including workload planning and prioritisation, whilst incorporating and promoting new ways of working and instigating change management techniques where required.

Being the smallest Health Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: CCAB qualified
• Experience: Extensive finance experience with experience at a senior management level within a large organisation. In-depth knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, the financial aspects of legislation and finance policies. Specialised knowledge and experience of financial management and business and strategic planning. Proven track record of dealing with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives. Experience of managing people and teams. Experience of working within a highly complex and politically sensitive organisation. Evidence of successfully influencing other professionals (such as senior clinicians) and working with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Aptitude and Abilities: Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Highly developed analytical, interpretational, and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to support rational decision making. Work autonomously and equally effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints. IT literate with practical computer application skills covering Microsoft products including advanced level of Excel spreadsheets. Demonstrable project management skills including work planning, organization, and prioritisation. Ability to think innovatively and develop new ways of working, continuously striving to improve systems and performance. Interpret and apply Financial Reporting Standards & Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Values: Demonstrate the application of professional ethics, values and judgement in support of the core values underpinning the Finance Department, 'professionalism, empathy and respect'. Can demonstrate PTHB values.
• Other: Ability to maintain resilience and reliability under sustained pressure, to ensure objectives are met timely. Ability to travel to meetings within PTHB and potentially national. Ability to use virtual software e.g. Teams/SKYPE to conduct meetings.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.