Assistant Finance Business Partner (Contract) 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. 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.

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.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of. If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

Job Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, the main responsibilities of the role include 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.
• Using data to support a longer-term view of services and take time to understand existing services.
• Liaise with budget managers on payroll matters by providing accurate staffing costs when required.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from Budget Managers for financial analysis of all aspects of the service.
• Be proactive in helping the Finance Business Partner support various improvement schemes within directorates.
• 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.

Essential Skills:

• Ability to meet deadlines through effective organizational and planning skills.
• Experience and or knowledge of financial procedures and techniques equivalent to AAT Technician Level or actively studying towards a professional accountancy qualification.
• Recent, relevant work experience within a management accounting environment in a large and complex organisation.
• Highly computer literate, with knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel).
• Good communication and verbal reasoning skills.
• Proactive, creative and flexible approach, able to work on own initiative and take responsibility for delegated areas of responsibility.