Assistant Finance Business Partner in Sheffield

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Finance department as an Assistant Finance Business Partner at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS FT. We are looking for forward-thinking, highly motivated finance professionals. In line with our commitment to excellence, the Assistant Finance Business Partner position has been designed as a development role. It is therefore ideal for either a first step into financial management or as a steppingstone towards a more senior position. Your initial banding and subsequent progression would be linked to experience, qualifications and behaviours, in line with the Trust's competency framework. We are committed to your success, and you would be joining a creative, challenging and supportive team environment.

We are looking for someone who shares the Trust's values and works well with a wide range of people to enable services to deliver high-quality care for our service users. Working within NHS finance offers an attractive career, with great opportunities for training and progression. It also provides an excellent pension scheme, a good level of paid holidays and flexible working options. The trust is committed to inclusive working practices and offers hybrid home working and options for contracts with reduced hours.

Main duties of the job

The full details of the role are contained within the Person Specification and Job Description, attached. We welcome applicants from outside the NHS. For all candidates, we are most interested in your attitude, aptitude and proven ability to learn.

If successful, you would assist the Finance Business Partner to provide finance support to our clinical and corporate leads. The role includes month-end reporting, variance analysis and supporting Budget Managers to interpret and understand their financial position. Candidates entering at band 4 level would receive full training and an opportunity to study, in line with the current policy.

As a senior 5 candidate, the Assistant Finance Business Partner role will uniquely allow you to experience all aspects of the department. We are a small team, so you will have opportunities to gain experience in income, planning, financial accounts and costing and links to the wider health system. This is, therefore, an ideal position for someone aspiring towards a more senior strategic finance position.

Job responsibilities

• Supporting Directorates
• Responsible for producing high-quality, and relevant, Cost Centre Reports to a strict monthly timetable within policies and procedures agreed with the Finance Business Partner.
• Ensure that all input documents are complete and accurate in accordance with agreed procedures and processes and Audit requirements.
• Work closely with budget managers to ensure the understanding of performance variances.
• Support managers and clinical staff in developing or revising plans in support of out-turn forecasts for Directorates.
• Take a proactive role in liaising with Budget Managers and finance colleagues to ensure that the information contained in budget reports and supporting schedules is accurate and robust.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from Budget Managers for financial analysis of all aspects of the service.
• Assist the Finance Business Partner in the production of financial information in support of Business Cases developed by Directorates.
• Take a proactive role in the training, education and improved financial awareness of Budget Managers.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to meet deadlines through effective organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to undertake highly complex and involved analysis producing results that may have material consequences for the organization.
• Good presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness & personal integrity in dealing with others.

Training & Qualifications

• Experience and or knowledge of financial procedures and techniques equivalent to AAT Technician Level or actively studying towards a professional accountancy qualification.
• Commitment to commence study of a CCAB finance qualification.

Experience

• Recent, relevant work experience within a management accounting environment in a large and complex organisation.
• Experience of using computerised accounting software.

Other

• Fit our organisational values.
• Flexibility in relation to working hours, particularly to achieve deadlines.