Job overview

Senior Finance Business Partner – Manchester Royal Infirmary

Welcome from Sarah Riley – Finance Director – Manchester Royal Infirmary.

As a Finance function we have been through a period of significant transition and are looking to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner to help deliver our new vision, culture, and be a key leader in our team.

We, as a hospital and finance team, are very excited about the opportunities which are on offer to ensure the MRI is a leading organisation and as such we are looking for like minded colleagues who will be proactive and have a desire to drive the team and organisation forward.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the UK, employing over 20,000 staff.

The MRI was formed on 1st October 2017 following the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM). We provide a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care through to highly specialised regional and national services CART, Gene Therapy, BMT’s and Renal Transplants.

FSD at the heart of our learning and development journey, you will truly make a difference by working closely with experienced colleagues, accomplished business leaders and access to extensive ongoing professional development across the Hospital, Trust and region.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Finance Business Partner is responsible for providing high quality financial information support and advice to the Hospital, thereby assisting the Hospital and Unit directors to achieve their financial objectives.  The post holder will be required to work closely with clinical staff.

This exciting opportunity will give the successful candidate the responsibility to:

• Act as the Hospitals Financial Advisor with the objective of ensuring that the Hospital achieves financial balance in accordance with the Trust’s corporate financial objectives.
• Ensure that key relationships are developed with the Hospital Directors, Clinical Service Unit Triumvirate teams, Clinicians and others as required, with an emphasis on working in partnership towards mutual objectives.
• Engage services thereby improving visibility and enhancing business knowledge
• Provide Budgetary Control and Financial Advice in conjunction with the MRI Hospital Finance Director
• Ensure high quality financial advice is provided to all Management Teams to enable the delivery of the Hospital’s financial objectives. In pursuit of this objective, to be innovative and proactive in the provision of financial information to managers, and to develop the quality and timeliness of financial information and support provided by the Financial Management Team

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.