Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner - Planned Care, Band 8c

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the finance team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The role requires a motivated and dedicated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work as the Finance Business Partner for our Planned Care Division.

You will be directly reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance (Financial Planning & Strategy) and line manage a Senior Finance Manager.

The Clinical Finance Business Partner will provide financial leadership for the identified services that form the Division, ensuring effective use of the Division’s financial resources in pursuit of agreed Division and Corporate goals. You will provide the Division with expert accounting and business knowledge, analytical support and clear presentation of financial and business information to clinical and non-clinical colleagues. Along with providing competitor and market analysis & benchmarking, you will lead the roll out of the business intelligence system across the Division, working closely with clinical and managerial colleagues and provide business intelligence support to the Divisional Board.

You will constructively and positively challenge all aspects of Divisional performance in order to reduce costs to best practice benchmarks without reducing quality. Along with advising the Division on appropriate costing structures and pricing policy for current and new businesses, you will act as the principle advocate for driving the improved use and potential benefits of Service Line Management.

The Clinical Finance Business Partner will be accountable to the Deputy Director of Finance - Financial Planning and Strategy for the Division’s adherence to statutory accounting requirements, Department of Health (DH) and Monitor accounting standards and Trust policies for internal control, corporate governance and reporting requirements.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

Finance

To provide financial information, advice and support to the Division as part of the Divisional team to ensure that the financial position of the Division and the Trust is understood and that any potential financial problems are identified early enough for corrective action to be taken. The post holder must be capable of influencing the team to ensure achievement of the Trust’s and Division’s financial objectives.

To provide the Deputy Director of Finance - Financial Planning & Strategy with the relevant information and expert analysis so that assurance can be gained that all relevant financial risks within the Division are reported.

To have overall responsibility for all aspects of financial management within the Division in conjunction with the senior management team within the Division, including monitoring of performance and providing advice on corrective action as necessary.

To provide analysis of the Division’s activity, income and cost drivers to establish profitability of service areas and benchmark against market and competitor analysis.

To contribute to the streamlining of the Division’s business processes.

To have overall responsibility for reporting the financial performance rating for the Division including self-assessment for financial governance ratings.

To have overall responsibility for preparation and development of the Division’s financial forecast and the 3 year financial plan, providing reasoning and explanation to stakeholders of key assumptions and risks.

Responsible for the development, negotiation and implementation of processes to allow recharging to other front-line Divisions supported by service agreements.

To advise the Divisional team on government policy and legislative or regulatory changes, that may affect their income and expenditure, giving advice on how to counter any possible adverse effect. Also to advise on any legislation or regulatory changes that may result in higher costs or savings for the Trust.

To design and develop appropriate Key Performance Indicators and their monitoring mechanisms with the Divisional Director of Operations and Chief Financial Officer and other managers to be able to report to the Trust on key performances affecting finance (to include coding, income, activity drivers, SLR)

Using Service Line Reporting to engage clinicians and other Division staff and developing efficient and high quality clinical services. This will involve taking the lead role in the Division to ensure the principles of Service Line Management are embedded within the Division and developing and maintaining strategies and operational processes which support effective financial governance and management e.g. leading ‘deep dive’ SL