Assistant Finance Business Partner

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a Finance Business Partnering team which supports health care services provided by Primary, Community and Intermediate Care Clinical Board, Medicine Clinical Board and Mental Health Clinical Board.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who has energy, enthusiasm and ambition to work within the finance team.

If you are an ambitious finance professional, able to manage complex financial issues, whilst able to effectively engage and communicate with staff across the Health Board, this is a great opportunity to work with a dynamic, innovative, forward thinking team in the capital city of Wales.

The post holder will report to the Senior Finance Business Partner and will work closely with Clinical Board budget holders to provide support in the delivery of the finance agenda. Providing professional financial advice, support and information for the activities of the Clinical Board to enable it to effectively and proactively set and manage their budgets and finances to ensure the achievement of financial targets and plans. To include the provision of professional finance support for efficiency and productivity improvement programmes within the Clinical Board.

The post holder will take responsibility on a day to day basis of the management of the Medicine Business Partnering Team, including workload planning and prioritisation, deputising as appropriate.

The post holder will provide financial advice and support into the financial and business planning processes within the Clinical Board, including providing financial support in the development of Strategic Business Cases.

The post holder will provide support to ensure the Clinical Board’s financial activities and systems are in line with corporate policies and procedures and meet the highest standards of stewardship and probity and comply with corporate governance requirements.

This post will be based in Woodland House, but with an expectation of a mixture of home, office and hospital based working.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Boardis one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.