Deputy Finance Business Partner

Are you a CCAB qualified accountant looking for a fresh and exciting new challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity in our newly restructured, award winning Financial Management team supporting a £270m high performing Foundation Trust. To deliver our strategy, we are looking for a Deputy Finance Business Partner to support the delivery our monthly management accounts across one of our clinical Care Groups.

You will be a key part of the finance team providing financial leadership to the organisation and supporting the achievement of the finance team vision.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Deputy Finance Business Partner to join our finance department working with the Financial Management team.

The role is to provide a comprehensive financial management, costing and advisory service to the Head of Financial Management, Finance Business Partner and budget holders within the Care Group, in accordance with agreed timescales and professional standards.

To provide the corporate finance team with financial management information in relation to the Care Group for the Trusts monthly financial reporting requirements to the Board and NHS England and Improvement.

To assist with the preparation and completion of annual accounts and reference cost returns ensuring accurate and timely completion in line with national timescales.

CCAB qualification is essential for this role. You will have experience working in Management Accounts, producing both financial and non-financial reports and analysis.

You will have excellent communication and IT skills (including Microsoft Excel), be enthusiastic and a team player.

We are a high performing Trust, recognised locally and nationally. We embody ‘excellence as our standard’ in all that we deliver in patient care, recognising the roles and responsibilities of every colleague in the provision of safe, effective, impactful and quality care to all of our patients.

We employ over 5,500 staff across the Trust, and we are dedicated to being a destination employer for the NHS. We continuously perform well in the annual NHS staff survey, placing 16th in the country for acute and community trusts and second in our own region - North East and North Cumbria in 2020-21.

As an employee of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust you are able to access a range of NHS discounts; our staff lottery and lease car schemes and will be provided with training, support and development in your career. In addition, you will also be entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday per annum (including bank holidays, pro rata and increasing with length of service) and we offer the option to join the NHS pension scheme.

Budgetary Control and Cost Efficiency

To provide the financial lead on Care Group budgets.

To undertake the budget setting process in conjunction with the Finance Business Partner and to monitor those budgets over the course of the year.

Responsible for ensuring the General Ledger and associated financial systems are designed and developed in order to improve the level of services (quality, relevance, accuracy and timeliness of information) and increased efficiency to allow the Care Groups to manage their budgets and deliver the FT financial regime. Key to this role will be significantly improving and standardising the financial closedown and reporting process.

Provide timely and accurate budget reports to the Head of Financial Management, Business Partner and Budget Managers within the Care Group. Providing advice and guidance in relation to financial and performance issues.

Ensure financial plans are accurate, feasible and guide management action where necessary to ensure delivery of financial balance and achievement of cost improvements / efficiency savings.

Maintain and develop the range and scope of reports, summaries and accompanying analyses, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and professional quality.

Responsible for maintaining the budgetary control system to produce annual budgets, reconciliation of budgets to the general ledger.

Lead on the month end close process and subsequent reporting.

Analysis and investigation of complex budget variances in relation to income, pay, non-pay and recharges, taking appropriate action where necessary.

Performance Management and Business Planning

Provide support and assistance in the development and review of business cases for service change, ensuring that financial modelling is robust.

Provide technical expertise in relation to the finance systems and support the benchmarking of services and the provision of complex multidimensional decision support analysis for scenario planning.

Supports Care Group Finance Business Partner with various planning, budget, forecasting, financial analysis, ratio analysis and reporting tools & reports. Develops and enhances the financial management team through training and identification of personal development plans.

Ensure regular meetings and communication with operational management t