Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

Temporary 6 months (with possible extension)

The Role: Deliver a complete financial management service to specified Directorates and play a key role in the overall financial management of the organisation. To support the strategic financial management of NIFRS through the provision of financial leadership to senior leadership teams; responsible for the financial governance of specified Directorates, ensuring financial regularity, compliance and value-for-money within a framework of excellent customer service and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver a complete financial management service to specified Directorates within NIFRS and play a key role in the overall financial management of the organisation.
• To oversee the financial governance of specified Directorates, ensuring financial regularity, compliance and value-for-money within a framework of excellent customer service and continuous improvement.
• To support the senior management team within specified Directorates, reporting regularly to the Director as lead customer
• Ensuring Directorates' senior management are provided with sound and challenging advice on their plans, using knowledge and data-led insight to ensure value for money outcomes will be achieved, aligned to strategic objectives.
• Work effectively with the Strategic Financial Management team to provide high quality, data-driven insight and intelligence.
• To perform a lead role as custodian of NIFRS's budget.
• To provide a challenge function to senior management in respect of financial decision making and governance to ensure value for money, compliance with the principles outlined in Managing Public Money NI and consistency with corporate objectives.
• To ensure the day-to-day implementation of cultural change across the Service with respect to devolved budgeting by advocating best practice financial governance. To act as the key liaison between devolved and corporate finance to ensure consistency and compliance with strategic decision-making.
• To ensure that budget holders are clear on their delegated budgets and savings targets, working proactively with budget holders to identify and develop appropriate forecasting methodologies to provide improved information to budget holders.
• To promote a high level of financial awareness and financial management across the Directorate, managing the design, development, planning and delivery of training products to meet learning requirements. To provide comprehensive financial management support to specified Directorates, including monthly reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, scenario planning and costing of service developments.
• Providing data-led and insight driven business partnering, working with Directorates to improve its understanding of its cost drivers to drive effective use of resources and help the deliver savings and efficiencies from budgets.
• Produce monthly variance analysis reports which review actual financial performance against budgeted levels to ensure that a robust challenge function is applied to directorates and strong financial management principles and controls are applied and maintained. Preparing accurate monthly financial forecasts of year end outturn, developing strategies for achieving breakeven and managing associated risks for reporting to the Board and the Department of Health.
• To use complex analytical skills to develop and prepare key management reporting and information to inform decision-making and achievement of business objectives.
• To provide specialist ad hoc financial guidance and advice, playing a key role within the senior management of specified directorates.
• To support procurement activities, acting as liaison between Directorates and the Procurement function. To review and authorise payments within predetermined limits including the transmission of BACS payments, handling cheques and petty cash

Business Planning:

• Support the senior finance team in maintaining effective financial control within designated Directorates by contributing to NIFRS's financial strategy and financial plan through participation in the development of Directorate's business plans.
• Support the development of the annual budget setting process for designated Directorates, including the annual review of the budget setting policy, making recommendations for change and the provision of guidelines and timetables to relevant business support teams
• To work collaboratively with senior staff, both within finance and across the organisation, to ensure alignment of financial plans with overall financial strategy and assist in delivery of the overall strategic priorities of the organisation.
• To have lead responsibility for finance, including provision of forecasting information and expert advice on a range of organisational-wide change projects and policy initiatives; and use initiative to develop innovative solutions and options to financial related problems.
• To provide specialist support to the development of financial management strategies, plans and targets, including budgets, covering a period of up to 10 years.
• To work in partnership with the customer to deliver high quality business cases and other option appraisals, providing assistance, specialist advice and guidance; and quality assurance; highlighting the financial consequences of operational decision making; including the development of long-term financial projections.
• To be responsible for the recommendation of Business Case Appraisals to Director / Executive Leadership Team for approval.
• To provide specialist advice and guidance on the completion of post project evaluations, with reference to financial performance

Essential Criteria:

• Applicants must be fully qualified accountants, having successfully completed the professional examinations, and be a full Member of one of the following bodies:
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Chartered Accountants Ireland
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland

AND

• Minimum of two years' relevant experience providing a comprehensive management accounting & analysis service to senior management.
• Strong analytical ability with experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting financial information in a user-friendly way to support at least two of the following:
• Strategic decision-making
• Effective financial management
• Effective performance management and process improvement.
• Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills and have worked with a diverse range of stakeholders achieving successful outcomes
• Strong IT skills to include experience using Excel at an advanced level.
• Can demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills
• Deliver high quality work with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Ability to work accurately under pressure of multiple deadlines
• Strong inter-personal, influencing skills and strong customer orientation
• Applicants must have a valid driving licence and a car available for official business use, or access to a form of personal transport that will enable you to meet the requirements of the post in full.

Hours of work: Monday- Friday 36.25hrs

Rate of Pay: £24.41 per hour

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