Finance Business PartnerNHS

Job summary

The Finance Business Partner role at the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is designed to foster collaboration between the Finance Team and various Trust business areas.

Reporting to the Chief Management Accountant, the Finance Business Partner is responsible for developing in-depth knowledge of business areas, providing strategic financial advice, and supporting Directors and Managers in achieving cost-effective delivery of strategic objectives.

Please note: We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Main duties of the job

• Financial and Strategic Support: Provide expert financial advice and strategic support to business area Directors and Managers, ensuring accurate financial reporting, effective financial planning, and successful delivery of Cost Improvement Programme projects.
• Collaboration and Communication: Facilitate productive working relationships and clear communication between business area managers, staff, and the Finance directorate, while representing the Finance directorate at key meetings.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Coach and mentor Finance Managers and their teams, supporting them in delivering high-quality financial and non-financial reporting, and developing business planning activities.

Job description

• Develop and maintain in depth knowledge of Trust business areas and their complex financial and performance drivers, and make this information accessible to other members of the Finance Team.
• Provide direction and influence business area Directors and Managers to cost effectively deliver the Trust's strategic objectives.
• Facilitate productive working relationships and clear communication between business area Managers and staff and the Finance directorate.
• Provide expert advice to Trust business area Directors, Managers and their teams, to assist them to work within financial systems, governance structures and constraints

About us

Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.