Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term or secondment due to maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 043-AC158-0925
- Employer
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nantgarw HQ
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £56,514 - £63,623 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Finance Business Partner
Band 8a
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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Job 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.
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we 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.
Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. 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 also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage 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
Essential criteria
- CCAB Professionally qualified with post qualification experience
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Tyler
- Job title
- Head of Finance Business Partnering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Linsay Payne, Deputy Director of Finance & Corporate Services
[email protected]
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