Finance Business Partner

Person specification Communication and Relationship Skills

• Able to communicate technical data in a clear and concise manner, using a variety of media.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Able to build relationships of trust with external and internal stakeholders.

Training & Qualifications

• CCAB, CIMA or ACCA finalist or a minimum of two years' experience working in financial management, ideally in an NHS context.

Experience

• Experience of working in a financial management position, ideally within the NHS.
• Knowledge of NHS financial management procedures and processes, ideally in an NHS acute provider organisation.
• Experience of setting income & expenditure budgets and of financial forecasting.
• Experience of carrying out in‑depth analyses of variances, reporting on these and setting out options for corrective action.
• Experience of advising finance & non‑finance managers on financial & budgetary matters.
• Knowledge of NHS financial information systems.
• Able to design spreadsheets & databases for analysing and presenting information.
• Knowledge of NHS acute provider costing techniques and systems.
• Knowledge of NHS Commissioning arrangements, in particular as they relate to complex acute providers.
• Experience of providing financial advice and guidance for business cases.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Ability to present analysis and interpretation of financial and non‑financial information in an NHS acute provider context.
• Ability to work autonomously and to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
• Able to demonstrate rigour and judgement in presenting technical issues to managers, presenting options and assessing financial decisions and financial risk.
• Ability to review processes & systems within area of influence and to advise on changes or improvements.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Able to plan projects which impact multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Able to deliver to tight deadlines with high quality outcomes.
• Able to contribute towards medium term financial planning goals.
• Ability to build relationships, and operate effectively, across distinctly different teams and to manage potential conflicts arising from the different goals & objectives those teams may be pursuing.
• Ability to delegate work and to monitor progress to ensure it is carried out effectively & efficiently.

Physical Skills

• Keyboard skills.

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