Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a fully qualified, highly motivated, and significantly experienced and innovative finance leader to join GMMH. The role of Senior Finance Business Partner - Analytics, Productivity & Reporting, provides high-quality financial management advice and support to managers and clinicians across GMMH's services and provides leadership and support within the wider finance team.
The person we are looking for;
- Fully Qualified CCAB or CIMA Accountant.
- Highly motivated and proactive
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of working in financial management roles, ideally (but not necessarily) in the NHS.
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing,
- Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Ability to manage staff and motivate colleagues.
- Ability to automate and efficiently analyse complex data to drive analyses and reporting to support change, efficiency and improvement initiatives
Main duties of the job
The successful person will be responsible for leading identification of improvement opportunities in the teams' systems and processes to enhance the speed and accuracy of reporting, financial analysis and planning and internal controls.
You will be professionally and personally 'curious', with a natural interest in discovering the truth behind datasets to 'tell our story'. You will be interested to bring the benefits of digital approaches to improve the finance teams' ways of working and offer to our service users, including those driven by Artificial Intelligence (from Automation to Generative AI and beyond).
You will deliver effective communication and have excellent interpersonal and people / management skills. You will have strong negotiating skills and be capable and confident to work under your own initiative with a range of staff within the finance team and wider Trust to develop timely and fit for purpose solutions.
The postholder will be a key member of the wider finance team and will provide expert finance advice and guidance to a range of colleagues, including other senior finance managers, Care Group and Divisional colleagues, other corporate stakeholders and those within the wider health and care system (e.g. other providers, commissioners).
The post holder will require a full professional accountancy qualification (CIMA / CCAB), as well as significant post-qualification experience of working in a senior finance manager role.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree level education oCCAB Accountancy Qualification Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- oHigher level degree or post graduate level management qualification
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant demonstrable experience of financial management, including knowledge of key accounting practice, principles and standards. oSignificant experience of developing, applying and utilising costing practice and methodologies to develop data to drive organisational change. oExperience of successfully working with and engaging with senior clinicians, operational managers and other stakeholders to understand data and develop action plans. oExperience of benchmarking, analysing results, data visualisation and presenting opportunities, using a range of complex data sources. oExperience of staff management and leadership, including delivering support, coaching and training, organising recruitment activities, and providing mechanisms for appraisal and dealing with any issues oKnowledge of human resource techniques, required to lead, develop and maximise the performance of staff. oCreative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures.
Desirable
- oA successful track record in a variety of NHS finance roles oSignificant post-qualification experience at a senior level within the NHS oOperational management experience including project/change management oTrack record of stakeholder engagement
Knowledge
Essential
- oExcellent Excel knowledge to extract, interrogate and produce data analyses efficiently and using automated techniques oBusiness Cases oEfficiency and productivity projects oFinancial assessment oRecovery Plans
Desirable
- oAn appreciation of the NHS financial regime ounderstanding of NHS targets
Skills
Essential
- oData management and automation skills using Excel / AI / similar approaches to understand and interpret complex financial information. oStrong numeracy and analytical skills oA high standard of general computer literacy. oProven ability to operate/think laterally and see the wider corporate view, and make decisions which are in the best interests of the organisation. oAbility to lead team building, coaching and motivating staff both finance and non-finance with regards to their financial responsibilities. oAbility to take the lead on key developments, acting as a specialist in a particular financial area. oAbility to take responsibility for own workload and balance different aspects of the role, overseeing that of others, forward planning, working flexibly and prioritising competing demands. oExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to develop presentations and reports, chair meetings and deal with issues covering a wide range of parties.
Desirable
- oAdvanced knowledge of Microsoft Access / Excel / Power Bi
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree level education oCCAB Accountancy Qualification Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- oHigher level degree or post graduate level management qualification
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant demonstrable experience of financial management, including knowledge of key accounting practice, principles and standards. oSignificant experience of developing, applying and utilising costing practice and methodologies to develop data to drive organisational change. oExperience of successfully working with and engaging with senior clinicians, operational managers and other stakeholders to understand data and develop action plans. oExperience of benchmarking, analysing results, data visualisation and presenting opportunities, using a range of complex data sources. oExperience of staff management and leadership, including delivering support, coaching and training, organising recruitment activities, and providing mechanisms for appraisal and dealing with any issues oKnowledge of human resource techniques, required to lead, develop and maximise the performance of staff. oCreative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures.
Desirable
- oA successful track record in a variety of NHS finance roles oSignificant post-qualification experience at a senior level within the NHS oOperational management experience including project/change management oTrack record of stakeholder engagement
Knowledge
Essential
- oExcellent Excel knowledge to extract, interrogate and produce data analyses efficiently and using automated techniques oBusiness Cases oEfficiency and productivity projects oFinancial assessment oRecovery Plans
Desirable
- oAn appreciation of the NHS financial regime ounderstanding of NHS targets
Skills
Essential
- oData management and automation skills using Excel / AI / similar approaches to understand and interpret complex financial information. oStrong numeracy and analytical skills oA high standard of general computer literacy. oProven ability to operate/think laterally and see the wider corporate view, and make decisions which are in the best interests of the organisation. oAbility to lead team building, coaching and motivating staff both finance and non-finance with regards to their financial responsibilities. oAbility to take the lead on key developments, acting as a specialist in a particular financial area. oAbility to take responsibility for own workload and balance different aspects of the role, overseeing that of others, forward planning, working flexibly and prioritising competing demands. oExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to develop presentations and reports, chair meetings and deal with issues covering a wide range of parties.
Desirable
- oAdvanced knowledge of Microsoft Access / Excel / Power Bi
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
