Job vacancy: Finance Business Partner, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area

Finance

Grade

Band 8a

Contract

Permanent: or Secondment

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Please note that this role requires 60% on-site working)

Job ref

159-LWH-17-25

Employer: Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Liverpool Womens NHS FT
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/02/2025

Finance Business Partner

Band 8a

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work: https://vimeo.com/556197652

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Coordination of the annual budget setting process across the Division
supporting the wider management team with the identification and appropriate management of financial pressures. Integrating clinical, workforce and other plans and subsequently works with them to control expenditure within allocated resources.
To plan, coordinate and be responsible for the production of detailed financial information in accordance with agreed monthly timetables. Liaising with members of the finance team to ensure tasks required, ad hoc financial analysis and activities to support monthly closedown are completed to time and required standards.

Undertaking review and analysis of the Trusts financial position providing briefing to the Head of Financial Management, and others within the Senior Finance Team (including the Director of Finance) on key financial issues on potential risks and opportunities including the maintenance of rolling forecasts of divisional financial performance and when required establishment and monitoring of financial recovery plans.

Provision of accurate and timely complex information to various internal and external key stakeholders such as NHS Improvement. This may take form of both standard financial returns and also ad-hoc queries but will always have accuracy and quality at its core.

Assists in the development of operational plans assessing the implications on both income and costs to facilitate the development of service operational plans and medium term plans.

Advise Clinical Directors and the wider management teams on the implication of financial strategy and policy. Advising, influencing and educating proactively in relation to business and financial objectives to include the delivery of savings plans while always acknowledging our wider responsibilities as a Foundation Trust.

Provision of professional financial advice and leadership to the Division so that services are delivered and developed within the overall financial targets set by the Trust and that financial risks within the Division are managed appropriately to maintain financial balance.

Proactively supporting budget holders in the ongoing identification and evidencing of the cost effectiveness of services including the identification and monitoring of Cost Improvement Programmes, and the financial implications of proposals.

To communicate with all levels of staff both within the Finance Department and the wider Trust. Such communication will be in the form of written reports, spreadsheet analysis, formal presentation, meetings, verbally (face to face and by other electronic means) up to Executive Director level. This may involve communicating with large groups.

Supports Divisional Managers in the identification of capital equipment replacement needs and in the development of proposals for capital expenditure including the associated revenue implications.

Undertakes tender evaluations advising of the financial implications to the divisional management team and the trust board as appropriate.

Please note that this role requires 60% on-site working

Person specification

Qualifications & Learning

Essential criteria

CCAB Qualified and experience of financial management
Educated to degree level of equivalent
Strong maintenance and evidence of CPD
Evidence of post qualification development and training

Skills, Knowledge & Aptitude

Essential criteria

Strong understanding of financial management including NHS Foundation Trust and wider NHS regime
Highly developed specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures underpinned by theory and experience
Ability to produce and interpret complex financial analysis
Ability to interpret national legislation and guidance
Ability to write, suggest changes to, and monitor complex policies and procedures
Ability to triangulate financial information with various strands of nonfinancial information
Sound understanding of accounting principles and standards including IFRS
Able to deal appropriately with highly sensitive and contentious information whilst retaining the objectivity required as a finance professional
Proven financial management experience in areas such as Financial Planning, Budgets, Costing and Pricing
High level of IT expertise, especially in relation to Excel and working with databases so as to develop and support complex financial models
Strong analytical and reasoning skills including the ability to identify patterns in complex data and linkages supported by attention to detail

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within the NHS
Foundation Trust regime

Experience

Essential criteria

Provision of financial management service to budget holders to include establishment and monitoring of budgets, costing, and development of business cases
Preparation of budgets and subsequent production and monitoring of monthly financial reports and performance information to achieve financial targets.
Supporting managers in the identification and delivery of CIP savings
Experience of managing and supervising staff within a Finance department and creating an environment that will facilitate their on-going development
Working extensively with clinicians and obtaining trust cooperation despite often difficult messages to be delivered
Advising on the management of large complex budgets and of providing financial and business advice to nonfinancial managers in a clearly understood and authoritative manner
Evidence of track record of achievement

Desirable criteria

Oracle financials

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Ability to communicate effectively, via a variety of media and forums with a wide range of people from all levels both within and outside of the Trust.
Ability to influence others effectively both within the Finance department and non-financial managers
Ability to work under your own initiative
Ability to plan and prioritise the completion of high volume and complex tasks
Ability to foster productive working relationships including ability to maintain corporate and divisional responsibilities including negotiating and resolve disputes.
Excellent skills of influencing, persuasion and negotiation
Ability to work independently

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust has a responsibility and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every employee of the Trust has a responsibility and is duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child or adult about whom we may have concerns.

Trust policy requires the cost of DBS applications be recovered via salary. The amount of £21.50(standard) or £41.50(enhanced) can be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement in post. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.40 (standard) and £54.40 (Enhanced).

The Trust is committed to creating a well-managed,flexible working environment that supports staff & promotes welfare & development. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity;we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment & selection process is accessible to all.Flexible Working applications will be considered.

If you are disabled and have special support needs in applying for a job, attending for an interview or in undertaking any tests as part of a selection process, please contact the Trust’s recruitment team on 0151 7064666 and someone from that team will ensure that the recruiting manager is aware of your particular needs.

Please Note: new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first paypoint of the relevant band.

LWH has a responsibility & is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of children, young people & vulnerable adults & for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every employee of the Trust has a responsibility & is duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child or adult about whom we may have concerns.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. To this end, we particularly welcome applicants from racially minoritised backgrounds, who have a disability, or are members of the Armed Forces, Reservists or Veterans.