About this role
Job summary
Job overview
North East London NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a proactive and detail-focused Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Management team.
Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will help provide a comprehensive financial management service to the directorates. You will support accurate month-end processing, management reporting, forecasting and budgetary control, while building effective working relationships with finance colleagues, managers and budget holders.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with practical finance experience who is looking to develop their business partnering and management accounting skills in a supportive NHS environment.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the Finance Business Partner list the key responsibilities and tasks the post holder will be expected to carry out.
The production of monthly budget reports and subsequent variance analysis and report writing, including follow up with managers, within the agreed set timescales.
Ensuring, through preparation and input of journals and virements, that the general ledger contains accurate data. Providing support to budget holders, to assist them in controlling their own budgets within overall financial constraints. The preparation of the annual budget setting process in conjunction with Budget holders and implementing agreed changes, to Financial and Payroll system, and any other relevant systems. The preparation and monitoring of staffing establishments in line with the trusts electronic staffing records system.
To help managers achieve efficiency savings where required and to help ensure the Trust obtains value for money for its resources. To attend meetings with budget holders and support budget holder training. Identify significant variances, working with budget holders to develop and deliver recovery plans to ensure financial balance is achieved. Advise the Senior Finance Business Partner on the projected outturn for each of the budget areas supported. Assisting as required in the costing of any service developments the Trust is proposing.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT (delete for internal only)
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period.
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High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (B&D, Goodmayes, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see attached JD and Person Specification for detailed criteria
Desirable
- Please see attached JD and Person Specification for detailed criteria
Experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Various/Trust Wide
London
Greater London
IG3 8XJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)