Senior Finance Business Partner

Overview

Go back Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

The closing date is 24 October 2025

The post holder will provide senior oversight and financial leadership to corporate services. The post holder will have highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of management accounts and NHS finance and will be expected to deputise for the Assistant Director of Finance on any management accounts and contract finance matters. The post holder will support the Assistant Director of Finance in the analysis and reporting of the Trusts monthly and year-end position. This will include the analysis and reporting on of key measures such as CIP.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as the senior financial advisor to Corporate Directors and their Senior team. This will involve:

• Overseeing and providing senior finance advice on any financial matters relating to Corporate Departments including financial planning, business cases, tenders, CIP plans
• Line managing the associated finance staff
• Overseeing and advising the Trusts finance managers in redesigning budgets ensuring they are kept up-to-date and engaged in plans for the services they cover
• Overseeing and advising finance managers on the detailed financial assessment and costing of CIP schemes, transformation plans, service redesign and corporate structure reviews
• Provide positive challenge and professional support to operational colleagues to ensure that clinical services and pathways and corporate services are an efficient use of resources
• Use sophisticated costing tools to analyse the service line cost base of services

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

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Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person Specification Knowledge

• A clear understanding of the financial regimes within the NHS, including NHS costing principles and current accounting standards as they apply to the NHS
• Demonstrate technical expertise in a senior accountancy role/ on financial matters.
• Good understanding of the principles of budgetary control and reporting

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified accountant - CCAB with post qualification experience/training.

Experience

• Experience of working at a senior level, liaising with directors and other senior managers
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of financial management within the NHS and an understanding of the NHS financial regime

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.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Address

Finance Department, Tickhill Road Hospital

Finance Department, Tickhill Road Hospital