Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 040-AC267-0724
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Llanfrechfa Grange
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Salary
- £59,857 - £69,553 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Business Partner Accountant
Band 8b
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Business Partner Accountant - Out Of Hospitals & Partnerships
An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Assistant Director Of Finance covering the Health Boards “Out Of Hospitals” Budgets and the Gwent wide Regional Partnership Budgets.
The Gwent wide Regional Partnership Budgets cover the Regional Integration Fund (both Revenue and Capital), a number of ring-fenced Funds and Neuro-divergence and Further Faster Funding.
The Regional Partnership Revenue budget totals over £30m. This role will involve working closely with all partners to look at resources that are available across the wider Health & Social Care system and how efficiencies can be identified through wider transformational change. Strong governance will be a key element of this role.
The Gwent Partnership also have a Capital allocation of £27.2m for 2024/25.
You will need a very pro-active approach and be able to develop excellent working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. You will need to be highly motivated and organised and will need to provide sound business and financial advice both independently, and as part of a wider Finance team.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities of the role includes:
- Management & Leadership
- Effective Communication & Leaderships
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Planning & Organising
- Policy & Service Development
- Management of Physical & Financial Resources
The post-holder will be expected to implement an annual budget setting process and to provide financial advice to all interested parties on a wide range of issues.
The individual will be expected to make a significant contribution to the development and implementation of financial policies, which facilitate the achievement of the Health Board’s financial objectives.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy and opened in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
The post holder is a senior Finance professional within the Aneurin Bevan LHB They will be expect to be a member of the Senior Finance Team, and are responsible for leading and delivering WAG financial policy and value for money requirements. The post holder will ensure the delivery of an efficient and effective business partner financial service.
The post holder will provide leadership, strategic and professional management combined with operational responsibility for the delivery of business partner financial services and advice working with the Assistant Director of Finance, executive directors and other senior managers in the development and delivery of robust financial processes and controls, to oversee the provision of a modernised, patient focused service across the LHB by providing innovative, pro-active advice and support to the organisation on financial and service strategies and approaches.
The post holder will provide vision and leadership in the development and implementation of the overall finance agenda.
To lead on specific areas of work across the LHB in line with the LHB financial strategy.
This role provides direct support to the Assistant Director(s) of Finance in the delivery of the financial plan and will deputise in their absence.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCAB Qualified
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement or successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment
- Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
- Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Commins
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Finance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07969 597159
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