Deputy Finance Business Partner

An opportunity has arisen for 2 experienced Deputy Finance Business Partners to work in the Financial Management team, serving the Surgery and Allied Clinical Services divisions at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
This opportunity is for someone who is able to provide an excellent customer service to both Budget Holders, Budget Managers and other internal\external customers.
The ideal candidate will have previously worked within Finance Departments, be CCAB Part of Fully Qualified and be able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines within a Financial Management setting. Candidates must possess excellent communication, organisational and IT skills and be committed to working flexibly in a team which delivers an excellent service to its customers.
Please ensure you meet the person specifications and have the relevant qualifications for this role.
The post holder will be based at the Catford offices and will be required to work across all sites.
Informal enquiries and both welcomed and encouraged.
The post holder will act as the deputy to the Finance Business Partner, providing numbers and expert advise at directorate review meetings and to directorate managers and to the Trust Executive Team as and when required.
Key duties include: preparation of monthly management accounts, providing on-going advise to budget holders on managing and understanding their expenditure variances, providing financial input into business cases and providing training in financial management to non-financial managers.
Working alongside two other members of the financial management team, the post holder will be instrumental in the delivery of financial management information and advise to either the Surgery or Allied Clinical Services divisions.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream

• Preparing and submitting a monthly Management Accounts Pack to the Finance Business Partner and to budget holders.
• Designing, producing and maintaining budget reports and other spreadsheet based reports and models in accordance with agreed timetables and departmental policies and procedures.
• Drafting the commentary to accompany monthly management accounts.
• Preparing monthly variance reports for specific departments within a Directorate.
• Investigating any variances from the plan and identifying causes and offering options for resolution.
• Meeting regularly with budget holders and providing information and analysis to them regarding their budgets.
• Supporting all the relevant budget holders in the preparation of their annual including provision of analysis and projections.
• Advising budget holders on possible areas of expenditure reduction.
• Acting as principal contact for key clients, probing business decisions, verifying reports that are drawn up by non-financial staff for compatibility with financial information.
• Ensuring that all invoices to external bodies are raised timely and also all supplier invoices are coded in the system accurately.
• Working with Directorates to refine their particular reporting requirements and to work with colleagues in other areas to deliver acceptable solutions to those requirements.