Overview

Are you an ambitious qualified accountant who is looking to develop their career in NHS Wales? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NWSSP Finance Team in the role of Assistant Finance Business Partner. Based in our HQ in Nantgarw, Cardiff, the role will provide you with a wide range of experience in financial management across NWSSP. The role requires a hard working, committed individual with financial experience and a good eye for detail who works well as part of a team working to strict deadlines.

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the overall management and performance of a finance section/department.

Takes responsibility for managing one or more complex financial areas; investigating and advising on highly complex issues and provides corporate reports/strategic financial and business planning advice in this area.

Ensures statutory/NHS accounts and returns are accurate and meet financial timescales and legal requirements, interpreting these where necessary.

This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months to cover maternity leave. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Working for our organisation

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating. We encourage an agile working approach and pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people. Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers. We offer a comprehensive benefits package. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible; all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We balance flexibility with community and consider opportunities to learn from each other.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

• CCAB Professionally qualified with post qualification experience
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Experience

• Extensive NHS finance experience with experience at a senior management level within the NHS or equivalent
• In depth knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial aspects of NHS legislation and NHS finance policies
• Specialised knowledge and experience of NHS financial management and business and strategic planning.
• A proven track record of dealing with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives.
• Experience of managing people and teams.
• Experience of working within a highly complex and politically sensitive organisation
• Evidence of successfully influencing senior clinicians and other professionals and working with a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of undertaking complex business cases
• General management experience

Skills

• IT literate with practical computer application skills covering Microsoft products including advanced level of Excel spreadsheets
• Demonstrable ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Highly developed analytical, interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to support rational decision making
• Ability to work autonomously and equally effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrable project management skills including work planning, organisation and prioritisation
• Ability to think innovatively and develop new ways of working, continuously striving to improve systems and performance
• Special Knowledge and understanding of: NHS Finance regime; NHS Financial Management and Business Planning; NHS Capital Investment procedures; NHS Current Developments & Strategies; Ability to interpret and apply Financial Reporting Standards & Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Desirable criteria

• Use of Oracle or other general ledger systems
• Welsh Language skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

Personal qualities

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professional staff and managers at all levels, both internal and external to the organisation
• Highly committed and self motivated, with high professional standards
• Ability to influence key stakeholders
• Possess strategic vision
• Emotionally resilient and able to respond to exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload for self and individual teams
• Need for intense concentration over a sustained period of time
• Ability to work flexibly in approach to work

Desirable criteria

• Able to travel to undertake the duties of the post at various sites

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. Welsh language skills are desirable.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification ( PDF , 368.4 KB )
• Swydd ddisgrifiad & Manyleb y person - Cymraeg ( PDF , 536.3 KB )
• Functional requirements form ( PDF , 656.5 KB )
• NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice ( PDF , 696.3 KB )
• NWSSP - About Us ( PDF , 6.6 MB )
• NWSSP - Our Benefits 2023 ( PDF , 487.5 KB )
• NWSSP - Buddion ( PDF , 491.0 KB )
• PCGC -Amdanom ( PDF , 6.7 MB )
• Guidance Notes for Applicants April 2024 ( PDF , 278.7 KB )
• IMTP Summary 2024-2027 ( PDF , 13.7 MB )
• IMTP Summary 2024-2027 - Cymraeg ( PDF , 13.7 MB )