Job vacancy: Finance Business Partner, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headington

Job summary

Main area

Finance

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (The team currently work from home two days a week, two days at the John Radcliffe Hospital and one day at OUH Cowley, at Unipart.)

Job ref

321-NOTSS-7312689-B8

Employer: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The John Radcliffe Hospital
Town: Headington
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/07/2025 23:59

Finance Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for details.

Please contact Miran Shah for any other queries you may have via email [email protected]

Person specification

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

Able to communicate technical data in a clear and concise manner, using a variety of media.
Excellent written communication skills.
Able to build relationships of trust with external and internal stakeholders.

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCAB, CIMA or ACCA finalist or a minimum of two years’ experience working in financial management, ideally in an NHS context.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working in a financial management position, ideally within the NHS.
Knowledge of NHS financial management procedures and processes, ideally in an NHS acute provider organisation.
Experience of setting income & expenditure budgets and of financial forecasting
Experience of carrying out in-depth analyses of variances, reporting on these and setting out options for corrective action
Experience of advising finance & non-finance managers on financial & budgetary matters
Knowledge of NHS financial information systems.
Able to design spreadsheets & databases for analysing and presenting information.
Knowledge of NHS acute provider costing techniques and systems.
Knowledge of NHS Commissioning arrangements, in particular as they relate to complex acute providers.
Experience of providing financial advice and guidance for business cases.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to present analysis and interpretation of financial and non-financial information in an NHS acute provider context.
Ability to work autonomously and to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
Able to demonstrate rigour and judgement in presenting technical issues to managers, presenting options and assessing financial decisions and financial risk.
Ability to review processes & systems within area of influence and to advise on changes or improvements.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential criteria

Able to plan projects which impact multi-disciplinary teams.
Able to deliver to tight deadlines with high quality outcomes.
Able to contribute towards medium term financial planning goals.
Ability to build relationships, and operate effectively, across distinctly different teams and to manage potential conflicts arising from the different goals & objectives those teams may be pursuing.
Ability to delegate work and to monitor progress to ensure it is carried out effectively & efficiently.

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

Keyboard skills.

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.

Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.