Senior Finance Business Partner: Sponsorship Available

Welsh Ambulance NHS Trust

Job summary

This vacancy is for a 15 month Fixed Term / Secondment.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Business Partner to lead a team supporting finance advice and support to the Trust’s operational and corporate services. The Trust employs over 4,400 staff and has a budget of circa £330m.

The Senior Finance Business Partner will work collaboratively with the Head of Financial Management and Business Partnering ensuring proactive financial management and financial control across Welsh Ambulance Service University NHS Trust, ensuring robust financial decisions and advising budget holders to promote the effective utilisation of financial resources to achieve value for money whilst meeting the aims and objectives of the Trust.

We are looking for a CCAB qualified accountant with preferable NHS experience and you will be confident in preparing and delivering reports to the Trust’s budget managers and would provide financial leadership to a range of operational / corporate areas.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Finance Business Partner will provide guidance on highly complex and often sensitive financial and business issues, including advising on budget discrepancies to Directors, Managers and Management Teams.

Contribute to the production of the monthly management reporting process, including the provision of timely and accurate supporting information to assist / enable the Director and Budget Holders to remain in financial balance. This will involve providing sound financial advice and financial monitoring arrangements to a range of budget holders and senior managers.

Support managers to implement service changes, providing advice and guidance to ensure that the financial aspects of agreed plans are adhered to and changes remain within the agreed financial envelope.

To monitor, on a monthly basis, progress towards achieving the efficiency proposals outlined in the Resource Plan. To pro-actively assist in managing the achievement of the Cost Improvement Programme target, by driving the agenda forward with budget-holders.

Provide full line management of Finance Business Partners and supporting staff.

Is responsible for developing and delivering training for Finance staff as required, along with providing training to non-finance managers across the Trust.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. Welsh Language level 1 skills are desirable for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

Essential

  • Educated to Masters Level in a professionally related subject or equivalent level of practical experience within a senior financial/accounting position.
  • Specialist knowledge of financial/accounting procedures including knowledge of financial aspects of NHS legislation and NHS finance policies.
  • Qualified Accountant with CCAB membership.
  • Management qualification (e.g. ILM) or experience of staff management.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a financial environment at management level.
  • Experience of working with and advising non-financial managers and budget holders.
  • Experience of using Oracle Financials (or equiveleant), Qlikview and Business Intelligence Tools.
  • Experience utilising a financial ledger system.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Management accounting experience.
  • Experience of providing financial training to non-finance managers.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 16 August 2026

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