Senior Finance Business Partner

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale Health Board finance department are looking for a driven and ambitious finance professional to fill the role of Senior Finance Business Partner for the Medicine Clinical Board. The Clinical Board has an annual budget of £168m and services are provided across a number of sites in Cardiff and Vale. This post will afford significant opportunities for both personal and professional development together with an opportunity to be involved and lead on issues across the wider finance department.

The post is based at Woodland House, Cardiff. The department currently operates an agile working policy requiring a minimum of 50% of working time in the office.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will

• have delegated responsibility for providing professional financial leadership and managing the full provision of professional financial advice, support and information for the activities of the Medicine Clinical Board. This will enable the Clinical Board to effectively and proactively set and manage their budgets and finances to ensure the achievement of financial targets and plans.
• Key to this will be identifying opportunities for improvement in value and to deliver efficiency and savings plans

The successful candidate will:

• be a qualified accountant
• be a team player with a can do attitude and strong communication and influencing skills
• have a passion for best practice and improvement in value
• promote the use of sound financial information to support service improvement
• bring energy and vision to the Clinical Board to support and shape its strategic plan

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.