Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Senior Finance Business Partner

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Job summary

The Senior Finance Business Partner will play a key role in ensuring that the financial management of the CSU is effective. The postholder will be pivotal in ensuring that the CSU meets its financial targets in terms of both income and margin generation.

Any applications from 'at risk' CSU employees will be given priority in line with CSU policy. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and email the named contact if you have any questions.

NB: Internal/CSU candidates will take preference and will be considered first.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring the effective use of financial resources by working with service leads and budget holders to manage financial risk.

The postholder will also be expected to provide financial advice and support to non-finance managers, discuss highly complex, contentious and/or sensitive issues with budget holders, managers and other senior officers within the CSU together with other stakeholders as appropriate.

About us

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the CSU Finance team at Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit for a Senior Finance Business Partner (Fixed Term) to play a key role in delivering business finance support services.

We want a team player, who is proactive, resilient and driven to succeed, with a real commitment to work as part of the team taking the finance function forward and contributing to the CSU and our clients success. In return we offer great opportunities to become part of a vibrant organisation where passion and commitment forms part of our vision to provide high quality care to patients and services to our customers. We have demonstrated our strength, quality and positive culture of our finance team by achieving One NHS Finance Towards Excellence Accreditation highest level.

Please note for any NHS candidates in substantive roles applying for fixed terms contract positions (both for internal and external applicants), these have to be agreed on a secondment basis. Prior to applying for the position, you must discuss with your current Line Manager and HOS to ask permission to be released on a secondment basis, should you be successful in your application.

Details

Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year pa pr

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

5 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

877-CSU-7338053

Job locations

To be confirmed - depending on location/geography

TBC

TBC

PR26 6TR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details and requirements of the role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details and requirements of the role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of financial management and working at a senior level

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • A thorough knowledge of financial management processes and reporting requirements
  • Theoretical and practical knowledge in financial accounting, financial/other legislation and NHS financial policies

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB qualified with evidence of at least 2 years post qualification experience
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of financial management and working at a senior level

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • A thorough knowledge of financial management processes and reporting requirements
  • Theoretical and practical knowledge in financial accounting, financial/other legislation and NHS financial policies

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCAB qualified with evidence of at least 2 years post qualification experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Address

To be confirmed - depending on location/geography

TBC

TBC

PR26 6TR


Employer's website

https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Address

To be confirmed - depending on location/geography

TBC

TBC

PR26 6TR


Employer's website

https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Finance - Reporting & Systems

Martin White

martin.white14@nhs.net

07584337657

Details

Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year pa pr

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

5 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

877-CSU-7338053

Job locations

To be confirmed - depending on location/geography

TBC

TBC

PR26 6TR


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