Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-8764-A
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Thurrock Community Hospital
- Town
- Grays
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 incl. Fringe HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Finance Business Partner - Commercial Planning and Costing
Band 7
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
Previous applications need not apply
Banding Subject to change
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Trust's Commercial, Planning and Costing team for an energetic and enthusiastic Finance Business Partner to join the team, providing high quality costing information, support and advice to the Trust's Business units
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will actively support the provision of financial information and costings for the purposes of activities such as, but not limited to, National Cost Collections, Benchmarking, Service Line Reporting, commercial opportunities, including bids.
The role involves the production of timely and accurate management information, and requires both technical knowledge of accounting procedures and an understanding of the operational business of the Trust and costing standards.
Regular engagement with management accountants, the informatics team, and budget holders, to improve the quality of costing and benchmarking information is also required in this role.
Applicants should be CCAB (or equivalent) finalist or intermediate if qualified by experience, and must be self- motivated, enthusiastic, demonstrate an ability to work effectively in a small team and possess excellent communication skills. A strong working knowledge of costing systems and advanced Excel skills is essential.
The post holder will be responsible for managing, training, developing and inspiring a small team to deliver excellent financial services. This is an
ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills in an exciting and dynamic environment
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Providing financial support for new business opportunities/ bids.
· Undertake in-depth analysis of complex financial positions and exercise judgement against a range of options for further action
· Support the development of costs, budgets and prices for both the short and long term across the Trust.
· Undertake modelling and risk assessments and advise management on these, to ensure that financial risk to the Trust has been identified and can be considered and managed.
· Attend relevant meetings with Directors, operational managers and commissioners as required.
· Support the maintenance and development of the Trust’s Costing System.
· Regularly review and update activity and cost allocations to services, ensuring accuracy of service costs and activity
· Support the production of the costing submissions, for internal and external use, including but not limited to, National Cost Collection.
· Provide financial information to internal deadlines as required by Freedom of Information requests.
· Completion of the Benchmarking returns as required.
· Developing of Patient Level Information and Costing System (PLICS).
· Deliver Service Line Reporting and trading accounts in the Trust and to stakeholders
· Support the development of the Mental Health Tariff and contract pricing.
· Work closely with the Trust's Business Development team on the development of bid submissions for new business opportunities.
· Support the development of Mental Health contract currencies through provision of patient level and service line costs.
· Communicate highly detailed financial information in a clear and concise way.
· Responsible for the management of staff within their team, which includes assisting in any recruitment.
· Responsible for the supervision of any direct line management responsibilities.
· Deputise for the Senior Finance Business Partner as necessary
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Membership of AAT, relevant degree or equivalent qualification
- • CCAB or equivalent qualification finalist or Intermediate if part-qualified by experience
- • Evidence of commitment to continuing and ongoing personal and professional development
Additional Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Current full UK driving licence
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of NHS costing return requirements and benchmarking tools
Desirable criteria
- Expert knowledge of NHS finance regime
- Good knowledge and understanding of current NHS issues and challenges
- Comprehensive knowledge of NHS costing principles, Patient Level Information and Costing System and Service Line Reporting
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- • Proficient in use of Microsoft Office including Excel, MS Access, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, as well as use of SQL and VBA
- • Good oral and written communication skills
- • Extensive experience working in a finance department using computerised financial information systems
- • Ability to clearly present and explain complex financial information and concepts to non-financial managers
- • Ability to analyse and interpret information to assess issues, anticipate data problems and provide workable solutions.
- • Experience of working with non-financial managers to identify service and cost improvements
- • Track record of delivering excellent business partnering support.
- • Experience of managing teams to deliver excellent services
Desirable criteria
- • Technical experience of using costing software.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • High degree of accuracy and excellent attention to detail, combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Emotionally resilient and tenacious, willing to tackle difficult issues
- • Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to the achievement of team objectives
- • Ability to develop and motivate individuals and teams
- • Confident and engaging presentation style
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Shares the Trust’s Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour
- • Ensures that the organisational values of open, compassionate and empowering, are demonstrated by self and others every day, and that any matters of concern are addressed in a timely way, either directly; or raised with the relevant Line Manager; or through the relevant processes within the Trust as appropriate
- • Ability to develop and motivate individuals and teams
Additional Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc.
Additional Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Fitness Analysis as appropriate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Boroji Nwaokolo
- Job title
- Acting Deputy DOF – Strategy & Commercial
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01375364502
- Additional information
For further details/informal visits please contact Boroji Nwaokolo
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