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Salary- Permanent Assistant Director- Finance Business Partner Opportunity
- Commercial Public Sector Organisation with predominately home working available
About Our Client
At NHS Blood and Transplant, we're incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.
It's an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.
Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
Job Description
Job Summary
As the Assistant Director- Finance Business Partner you will be the head of the finance partnering team, you will lead the team providing financial support to the business. You will be a senior member of the finance team, but at the same time you will be integrated with all business units across the organisation.
You will support teams in the management of their budgets and to make investment and prioritisation decisions to help them deliver more and more effective services - savings lives and improving the health of people across the country. There is a very strong sense of this common purpose, and the critical role of finance in delivering to patients, donors and the public is recognised by staff at all levels across the organisation.
Through demonstrating professional excellence and alignment of values you will have access and influence. Your advice and support will be sought by everyone from Board members and Executives to individual budget holders.
We strongly welcome diversity of background, knowledge, experience, and insights, as well as diversity in protected characteristics.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be an effective senior financial Business Partner to all Directors and their SMTs and be responsible for financial and budgetary control. Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and managing the finance partnering team to ensuring that performance improvement, value for money and financial controls are fundamentally embedded in working practices across the business.
- Acting as the critical interface between the business and the finance function, you will ensure that the business understands financial objectives, constraints, and processes, and critically also help the wider finance team understand the issues, challenges and requirements of the wider business.
- Providing leadership of the continuous improvement of the finance partnering team. With a focus on helping staff to achieve their maximum potential, alongside improving associated systems and processes. You will support work across the finance function and beyond to build the financial capability of the wider organisation.
- Being an effective member of the Finance Directorate senior management team and a key contributor to strategy/policy development and decision making. On occasion this will include deputising for the Chief Financial Officer
- Guiding and advising the Exec and individual executives on financial matters, such as prioritisation, business planning and budgeting, financial management and commercial finance as appropriate.
- Supporting the Chief Financial Officer with investment decisions, and the Investment Committee (a sub-Committee of the Exec)
The Successful Applicant
To be the Assistant Director- Finance Business Partner you will have:
Experience and Knowledge
- Extensive experience of strategic and operational financial management within a large, multi-disciplined organisation(s).
- Experience operating at a strategic level in a leadership role, working with multiple stakeholders, developing, and fostering effective partnership approaches.
- Advanced knowledge and experience of crucial business models and leadership models linked to the practical experience of using the models to facilitate service improvement.
- Knowledge, understanding and practical experience of the complex, cross-functional processes that are required across manufacturing and service supply chains.
- Knowledge of and experience applying frameworks (such as Assurance Framework), systems and procedure when providing financial support and advice.
- Experience persuading and negotiating in a challenging environment.
- Leadership and management experience.
- Experience of managing resources against and agreed budget
Extensive experience of working with information technology including Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint).
Qualifications and Training
- Degree level and a recognised CCAB. OR equivalent Accounting Qualification with significant experience after qualification.
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).
What's on Offer
- Salary between £83,571- £96,376
- 37.5 hours a week
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme
- Hybrid working- on average 1 day a month in Barnsley
- Occassional travel to other sites
