Senior Finance Partner - Costing & Value

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

· CCAB / CIMA Qualified & Member of Professional body.

· Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.

· Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

· Project Management experience

Experience

Essential

· Significant experience working in a finance department

· Experience of using Oracle Financials and iProcurement system (or similar)

· Able to demonstrate experience of working in a customer focused manner.

· Experience supporting budget holders, including acting as authorised signatory and leading on budget planning and setting.

· Knowledge of finance and procurement processes

· Advanced specialised knowledge and experience of financial management and business planning.

· Awareness of audit requirements

· Competent in using numerical decision-making technique.

· Knowledgeable in financial management theory

· Knowledgeable of external relationships and funding sources in the NHS

Desirable

· Experience of working in the NHS

· Experience of maintaining and enhancing financial or other information systems

· Demonstrates awareness of other stakeholders’ interests and priorities

· Experience of collaborating with key partner organisations, especially Welsh Government, DHCW, NWJCC and NHS Health Boards, and also organisations beyond Wales

· Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS finance related strategies and policies such as NHS Reference Costing, Patient Level Costing and NHS Improvement,

· Costing Transformation Programme.

· Understanding the environmental and “political” context in which the NHS Finance Regime works

Skills and Attributes

Essential

· Significant analytical abilities

· Advanced o365 and Business Intelligence software experience,

· Able to train stakeholder staff to retrieve, handle and decipher complex information and to act as first-line support to non-specialist staff

· Evidence of ability to negotiate and obtain co-operation from colleagues and stakeholders from other organisations using networking skills.

· Experience of how to maintain and improve quality of service through monitoring, evaluation and improvement

· Proven ability to effectively translate knowledge in order to influence practice

· Able to multi-task in a fluid environment

· Ability to prioritise, plan and manage workload

· Strong verbal communication and presentation skills and evidence of working collaboratively.

· Advanced level of Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Word

· Able to work as part of a team and on own initiative

· Ability to delegate

· Ability to absorb and understand issues quickly

· Highly numerate & accurate

· Be able to use GL system to generate financial reports, manipulate and interpret data

· Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values, together with the underpinning behaviours identified for success in this role

· Appropriate attitudes with a high level of professional ethics and integrity

· Enthusiastic, Committed, Proactive, Innovative, and objective in driving high standards

Desirable

· Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn

· Ability to deliver change through engagement, negotiation and persuasion skills

Other

· Highly committed and self-motivated

· Work collaboratively & build relationships effectively

· Energy, resilience & reliability under deadlines and pressure

· Team Player

· Appetite for challenges, with a high level of personal integrity

· Ability to apply creative thought to develop effective solutions

· Ability to communicate and effectively disseminate information to stakeholders / partners of all levels

· Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner to meet the needs of the service

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