Job vacancy: Assistant Finance Business Partner, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster

Job summary

Main area

Finance

Grade

Band 7

Contract

12 months (Fixed term maternity leave cover.)

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

272-7766849

Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Civic Office
Town: Doncaster
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/04/2026 23:59

Assistant Finance Business Partner

Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

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Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

Qualified accountant - CCAB
Evidence of continual professional development post qualification for at least 1 year

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Previous senior experience of management accounting and finance business partnering
Budget control – development, managing and monitoring of annual budgets
Supporting the identification, monitoring and reporting of cost improvement programmes and financial assessments of the cost effectiveness of services
Supporting the development and testing the financial implications of business plans
Monitoring, reporting and communication of financial position to various stakeholders.
Development of actions plans to control and correct unfavourable expenditure and income variances
Delivering financial related training to budget holders
Advanced IT literate including experience of use and interrogation of general ledger systems and Excel
Forecasting of financial position with stakeholders

Personal Attributes and Skills

Essential criteria

Able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff both verbally and in writing. This includes staff in other departments, such as budget holders, as well as colleagues within the department
Analyse, interpret and report upon financial and non-financial information
To effectively challenge systems, processes, business cases etc. to ensure use of resources are maximised
Organise demanding workload with competing priorities to achieve deadlines

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While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for, nor can they accurately reflect your skills, knowledge, and experience. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice.

Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting statement is not advocated by DBTH and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

For example, AI responses…

1. Usually lack relevance and fail to address the key criteria outlined in the job description and person specification. may come across as generic and fail to distinguish you from other applicants.
2. May be ambiguous or open to misinterpretation. Without careful review and editing, the supporting statement could convey messages that are unclear or misconstrued by hiring managers
3. May include qualifications, skills, knowledge or experience that you do not possess, potentially leading to misrepresentation.

Please note that all correspondence will be sent you to via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.