Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an outstanding finance team and organisation in a financial management role.
You will work in the Financial Management team, providing professional financial management advice, helping to deliver efficiently, effectively and with integrity the Trust's goals and objectives. You will have previous NHS experience and be a qualified accountant with excellent communication skills and a track record of successfully coordinating the delivery of timely and accurate financial information.
You will have the ability to operate at a strategic level, work under pressure and to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines. You will be an influential team player who can use your collaborative style to empower and motivate key stakeholders in this exciting and challenging role.
The Finance Directorate at Royal Papworth are committed to the wellbeing and development of their staff. You will be part of a highly functioning team who actively promotes training and development within the team, we have developed a comprehensive finance learning and development strategy and hold Level 3 accreditation in Towards Excellence and Future Focused Finance.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a motivated and skilled individual to join our team as a Finance Business Partner.
In this pivotal role, you will deputise for the Senior Finance Business Partner and be a key member of the Financial Management team. The role will have line management responsibility for a Management Accountant, providing leadership and guidance within the team.
You will be the lead finance representative for a number of Divisions, being the key point of contact for budget holders and managers.
This role will involve understanding the core business of the hospital to ensure a responsive and fit-for-purpose financial management function that meets the needs of the Trust.
The role will be required to aid the provision of expert strategic financial advice and information to managers and directors, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and integrity of management accounts information. This will require participation in effective decision making that leads to the delivery of financial targets and statutory duties, as well as maintaining high quality standards that support the short and long term financial planning processes, CIP plans, business cases and service developments.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB (Consultancy Committee of Accountancy Bodies) Accounting Qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of staff management or team leadership
- Experiencing providing financial advice and support to clinical and non-clinical leaders/managers
- Previous experience of oracle-based ledgers and reporting tools
- Good knowledge of financial aspects of NHS legislation and finance policies
- Extensive previous experience of financial management/management accounts
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including word, excel, outlook
- Excellent working knowledge of excel
- Able to motivate staff both within Finance department and across the organisation
- Ability to complete an annual financial planning and budgeting process
- Having the capacity to analyse complex problems and data in a logical and structured way using qualitative and quantitative information, generating optional and innovative solutions, and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Able to analyse, compare and interpret highly complex financial and performance data using skills, knowledge, and judgement
- Able to make financial judgements on complex and/or sensitive issues where other leading opinions may conflict
- Highly able to effectively communicate in a verbal and written form complex information to finance and non-finance staff at all levels
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to express highly complex, sensitive, or contentious issues clearly, including strong abilities in being able to influence, persuade and negotiate.
- Able to work to strict deadlines
- Able to work autonomously
- A committed, pro-active individual able to work on their own initiative, prioritise workloads and be capable of interpreting financial policies and accounting standards
- Strong team player
- Effective problem solver
- Willingness to undertake regular computer screen work
Desirable
- Supporting the development and implementation of cost improvement programmes
- Having the ability to make informed judgments balancing risk with safety
- Ability and willingness to travel occasionally
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB (Consultancy Committee of Accountancy Bodies) Accounting Qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of staff management or team leadership
- Experiencing providing financial advice and support to clinical and non-clinical leaders/managers
- Previous experience of oracle-based ledgers and reporting tools
- Good knowledge of financial aspects of NHS legislation and finance policies
- Extensive previous experience of financial management/management accounts
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including word, excel, outlook
- Excellent working knowledge of excel
- Able to motivate staff both within Finance department and across the organisation
- Ability to complete an annual financial planning and budgeting process
- Having the capacity to analyse complex problems and data in a logical and structured way using qualitative and quantitative information, generating optional and innovative solutions, and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Able to analyse, compare and interpret highly complex financial and performance data using skills, knowledge, and judgement
- Able to make financial judgements on complex and/or sensitive issues where other leading opinions may conflict
- Highly able to effectively communicate in a verbal and written form complex information to finance and non-finance staff at all levels
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to express highly complex, sensitive, or contentious issues clearly, including strong abilities in being able to influence, persuade and negotiate.
- Able to work to strict deadlines
- Able to work autonomously
- A committed, pro-active individual able to work on their own initiative, prioritise workloads and be capable of interpreting financial policies and accounting standards
- Strong team player
- Effective problem solver
- Willingness to undertake regular computer screen work
Desirable
- Supporting the development and implementation of cost improvement programmes
- Having the ability to make informed judgments balancing risk with safety
- Ability and willingness to travel occasionally
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
