Research, Development & Innovation – Senior Finance Business Partner

The Senior Finance Business Partner is a finance professional within Velindre University NHS Trust. They will be responsible for supporting the Deputy Head of Finance Business Partnering and Head of Finance Business Partnering in managing the Business Partnering Team for Velindre Cancer Services.

Main duties of the job include oversight of the production of an accurate monthly budget holder report, annual outturn forecast, ad hoc costing work and supporting and advising budget holders on all financial matters including investigating financial enquiries. The postholder will also be required to provide support to other roles within the Trust wide finance team, as necessary.

About Us: Here at Velindre University NHS Trust, we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We have developed strong partnership working with expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value-based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Job responsibilities: You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications Essential: Fully Qualified Accountant CCAB (Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies). Evidence of continuing professional development within an NHS environment. Clear understanding of NHS accounting and reporting regime and financial management & control. Understanding and knowledge of investment appraisal techniques. Experience of working at a senior level within NHS finance or a similarly complex organisation. Recruitment, management, supervision, setting workload, appraising and development of staff. Experience of negotiating, drafting and recommending agreements with external organisations. Able to prioritise, plan and organise work for self and team. Able to present confidently to large and small audiences; able to present and explain highly complex financial information in a manner that can be understood by non-finance managers. Strong analytical skills with the ability to solve highly complex financial problems which may require comparative or option appraisal techniques. Highly organised and able to work well and methodically under pressure whilst maintaining good communication and work standards. Able to prioritise and demonstrate consistent achievement of accurate work to strict timescales under pressure.
• Desirable: Detailed knowledge of NHS HMRC VAT rules. Legal knowledge and understanding of contractual and intellectual property matters. In-depth understanding of a Trust's financial controls. Management of large complex income and expenditure budgets. Able to speak Welsh - Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.

Experience Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development within an NHS environment. Clear understanding of NHS accounting and reporting regime and financial management & control. Understanding and knowledge of investment appraisal techniques. Experience of working at a senior level within NHS finance or a similarly complex organisation. Recruitment, management, supervision, setting workload, appraising and development of staff. Experience of negotiating, drafting and recommending agreements with external organisations. Continuous improvement mindset with ability to review & determine areas of work which would benefit from improvement. Able to present confidently to large and small audiences; able to present and explain highly complex financial information in a manner that can be understood by non-finance managers. Self-motivated and innovative thinker.

• Desirable: In-depth understanding of a Trust's financial controls. Management of large complex income and expenditure budgets.

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.