Senior Finance Business Partner (Community Health & Central Services)

Are you an experienced finance business partner looking to take on a new challenge in and Outstanding Trust with Advanced Foundation Trust status. If so, we are currently looking for an enthusiastic Senior Finance Business Partner to join our award winning team.

You will have specialist knowledge of financial management in a large organisation and experience of financial planning, reporting and supporting continuous improvement and delivery of cost improvement workstreams along with experience of leading a finance team.

As a senior member of the Financial Management & Costing team you will lead the financial management team that provides financial support and business partnering for our Community Health and Central Services divisions. You will develop close relationships and work closely with the divisional directors and portfolio directors to ensure robust financial and resource planning along with delivery of financial control totals. You will provide analytical expertise and support for divisional projects and programmes.

This role is a hybrid working role. The team come into the Bracknell office at least 1 day per week as a team and other days as business need dictates.

Main duties of the job

Build strong collaborative working relationships and efficient processes with key stakeholders.

Develop in depth knowledge of operational areas including contractual specifications and financial agreements.

Lead financial support for divisional performance management, using financial and analytical expertise to make sense of the data and information.

Lead production of annual financial plan incorporating workforce, informatics and commissioning assumptions.

Lead productions of monthly management accounts and reporting including trend analysis of key income and expenditure areas, variance analysis and balance sheet review to ensure correct reporting of monthly financial position.

Lead financial support for bids, contract negotiations, service modelling and continuous improvement programmes.

Lead on supporting collation of data for costing systems and processes and the analysis, review and improvement of data and information outputs.

Provide professional leadership to the divisional financial management and costing team including line management for direct line reports which may include Finance Business Partners, Senior Management Accountant and Assistant Management Accountants.

Support the Head of Financial Management in the development and delivery of the Financial Management and Costing team annual plan on a page

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.

Free parking across Trust sites