Finance Business Partner: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Finance department as a Finance Business Partner, at Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS FT. We are looking for a forward thinking, highly motivated qualified or part qualified accountant.

In line with our commitment to excellence, the Finance Business Partner position has been designed as a development role. It is therefore ideal for either a first step into financial management; or as a steppingstone towards a more senior position. Your initial banding and subsequent progression would be linked to experience, qualifications and behaviours, in line with the Trust’s competency framework. We are committed to your success, and you would be joining a creative, challenging and supportive team environment.

We are looking for someone who shares the Trusts values and works well with a wide range of people to enable services to deliver high quality care for our service users. Working within NHS finance offers an attractive career, with great opportunities for training and progression. It also provides an excellent pension scheme, a good level of paid holidays and flexible working options. The trust is committed to inclusive working practices and offers hybrid home working and options for contracts with reduced hours.

Interviews to be held w/c 9th November 2026.

Main duties of the job

The full details of the role are contained within the person spec and Job description, attached. We are keen to attract either part or fully qualified accountants and also welcome applicants from outside the NHS. For all candidates, we are most interested in your attitude, aptitude and proven ability to learn.

If successful, you would provide business partnering support to our service managers and clinical leads. The role includes month end reporting, planning, variance analysis and the preparation of business cases. Candidates entering at band 7 level would receive full training and an opportunity to study, in line with the current policy.

As a senior 8a candidate, the Finance Business Partner role will uniquely allow you to experience all aspects of the department. We are a small team, so you will have opportunities to gain experience in costing, income, planning, financial accounts and links to the wider health system. This is, therefore, an ideal position for someone aspiring towards a more senior strategic finance position.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

• Honours degree or equivalent
• Achieved or studying towards a CCAB/CIMA qualification.

Desirable

• MBA or equivalent

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Excellent IT skills, particularly Excel
• Ability to work proactively with the capability to manage and deliver on a variety of deadlines for self and team
• Capable of individual initiative and team working
• Effective team player with the ability to think proactively and develop approaches for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the team
• Ability to analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of longer-term implications
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to manipulate and interpret financial data
• Ability to assess and organise resources, and plan and progress work activities
• Ability to gain trust, confidence and respect amongst colleagues
• Demonstrable enthusiasm, creativity and drive
• Willingness to work through the competency framework in order to gain key technical and behavioural skills.

Desirable

• Communicating with staff at all levels of the organisation.
• Experience of working in broader cross departmental teams
• Willingness and ability to facilitate and encourage development and change at all levels within the Trust and within the Finance Department

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working in an accountancy environment, with sound knowledge of relevant accounting systems, policies, legislation and quality standards either within an NHS Trust or another large complex organisation.
• Experience of managing, motivating and developing the skills of a diverse team
• Experience of reviewing individual and team progress and performance
• Experience of developing, managing and monitoring of complex financial models
• Substantial skills and experience in setting standards of financial performance, financial planning, forecasting, budget monitoring and control

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking project work from inception to delivery of outcomes
• Specialist in depth knowledge of current costing and cost comparison systems and processes either within a large NHS Trust or another large complex organisation.
• An understanding of NHS funding and payment regimes (including Payment by Results) and a knowledge and understanding of Service Line Reporting systems and developments within the NHS
• Knowledge and experience of NHS Service Line Reporting/Patient Level Costing & Reference Cost Systems.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with a real interest in developing people
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including report writing and delivering presentations.
• A focus on the importance of the delivery of superb customer service
• Ability to motivate high performance in others
• An innovative and strategic thinker
• Approachable and personable
• Confident with a willingness to challenge and be challenged
• A high standard of persuasion and influencing skills with the ability to remain impartial and objective

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of adapting own skills to new circumstances

Other

Essential

• Evidence of up to date mandatory CPD.
• Flexibility in relation to working hours, particularly to achieve deadlines, eg in relation to production of annual accounts and other statutory returns.

Desirable

• Car driver.

Closing Date: 1 November 2026