Senior Finance Business Partner

Are you a finance professional seeking a new role? Have you ever considered a career in the NHS?

Are you interested in supporting our services to provide high-quality care to the Kent & Medway population?

We are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner, read on to find out more about this new, exciting opportunity.

Our current Hybrid working policy is 20% office-based, 80% home-based. For this role, 1 day per week will be worked on varying Trust sites.

Please note no agencies

Senior Finance Business Partner Benefits

• Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year per annum, increasing with length of service (when working full time) + Bank Holidays.
• Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
• Realistic flexible working options.
• Lease car Scheme/Cycle to work scheme
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Structured appraisal and talent management processes

Main duties of the job

Senior Finance Business Partner Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic business leadership to Directorate Management Teams, ensuring effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed Directorate and Corporate goals.
• Act as the senior finance lead on Trust-wide projects, providing strategic advice and input, including constructive challenge to a range of stakeholders.
• Support a cohesive approach to income, activity, expenditure and workforce monitoring
• Ensure monthly reports are robust so that key management decisions are based on accurate business information and all risks are assessed.
• Lead, plan, coordinate and implement all aspects of the annual financial business plan within the assigned Directorates.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Senior Finance Business Partner candidates must have a strong understanding of NHS contracting and income, substantial experience of working as a qualified finance professional, and the ability to work independently and build strong working relationships with partners and external colleagues.

Candidates must be fully qualified (AQA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).

NHS experience is not essential, so please apply if you feel your skills and experience align to our requirements.

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Person Specification Training, Qualifications and Registration

• Fully qualified (ACCA/ACA/CIMA/CIPFA)
• Evidence of CPD
• Acted as a coach or mentor
• Trained to use recognised improvement tools and techniques

Experience

• Significant experience, including some at a senior level within a Management Accounting department or equivalent in a complex multi-professional organisation
• Experience of working with budget holders in budget setting
• Experience of financial forecasting
• Experience of Business Case production and capital investment planning
• Experience of using SBS General Ledger
• Experience of costing of bids for tendered services
• Experience of streamlining processes including the use of forecasting

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to analyse highly complex issues involving material drawn from various sources, sometimes conflicting
• Knowledge of statutory and professional financial reporting guidelines and requirements, including working with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to present to senior management as well as external bodies as required
• Ability to work constructively in a team environment with colleagues in clinical, operational and other corporate areas
• Knowledge of the organisation's objectives and activities
• Understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework

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.

Associate Director of Financial Management