Finance Business Partner
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · University City, MO · 1 mo ago
FinanceFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate: contact info, application instructions, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Need to preserve substantive info.
Let's parse the job description.
Content:
- Job Summary: description of role, senior influential role, working with clinical/operational leaders, provide expert financial advice, strengthen financial performance, support delivery of high-quality patient care, help leaders understand financial position, identify risks/opportunities, develop robust plans, make informed decisions, fully qualified accountant, strong technical expertise, analytical insight, inclusive collaborative approach, confident working with complex financial and activity information, communicate clearly with finance and non-finance colleagues, support Assistant Director of Finance in leading and developing a team of accountants and finance professionals, creating environment where colleagues feel supported, empowered, able to perform at their best. Working in partnership with Clinical Service Units (CSUs) and corporate services, ensure financial reporting, forecasting, planning and advice delivered consistently, accurately, high standard. Guided by Leeds Way values: Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team and Kind. Looking for someone who shares these values, takes ownership, builds positive relationships, communicates openly, works collaboratively to improve services for patients.
- Why you should join our Team: exciting opportunity to join one of largest teaching hospitals in NHS, award-winning Finance team, recently renewed level 3 towards excellence (FFF) accreditation. Work closely with senior clinical and operational leaders, lead a team of finance professionals, opportunity to influence key decisions affecting large and complex services. Role where part of collaborative progressive team, can make real difference driving improvement.
- What You Will Bring To The Role: fully qualified CCAB accountant with extensive financial management experience and highly developed knowledge of accounting concepts, policies, procedures and financial systems. Experience of budget setting, forecasting, management reporting and providing detailed financial advice to senior management teams. Experience of managing and developing staff, delivering finance training and leading projects involving a range of stakeholders is also essential. Able to analyse and interpret highly complex information, compare different options and provide clear, evidence based recommendations. Communicate confidently with colleagues at all levels, including senior managers, clinicians and directors, and able to influence, negotiate and respond constructively where priorities or views conflict. Most Importantly, You Will Demonstrate: inclusive and effective leadership; strong professional judgement and personal accountability; confidence to challenge and be challenged; collaborative and patient focused approach; commitment to quality, improvement and innovation; ability to deliver at pace in a complex and changing environment; strong commitment to continuing professional development; ability to build strong, trusted relationships with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues; Leeds Way values of being Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team and Kind in everyday practice, leadership and decision making. A clear demonstration of how your experiences are aligned to the requirements of the role and the person specification is expected throughout your application. Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information about this vacancy.
- About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust: description of trust size, services, training, research, budget >£2.2bn, employs ~20k staff, treated close to 1.8m patients last year, etc. This is about the organization, not necessarily a section we need? Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust" is about the organization. The instruction says use
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate: contact info, application instructions, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Need to preserve substantive info.
Let's parse the job description.
Content:
- Job Summary: description of role, senior influential role, working with clinical/operational leaders, provide expert financial advice, strengthen financial performance, support delivery of high-quality patient care, help leaders understand financial position, identify risks/opportunities, develop robust plans, make informed decisions, fully qualified accountant, strong technical expertise, analytical insight, inclusive collaborative approach, confident working with complex financial and activity information, communicate clearly with finance and non-finance colleagues, support Assistant Director of Finance in leading and developing a team of accountants and finance professionals, creating environment where colleagues feel supported, empowered, able to perform at their best. Working in partnership with Clinical Service Units (CSUs) and corporate services, ensure financial reporting, forecasting, planning and advice delivered consistently, accurately, high standard. Guided by Leeds Way values: Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team and Kind. Looking for someone who shares these values, takes ownership, builds positive relationships, communicates openly, works collaboratively to improve services for patients.
- Why you should join our Team: exciting opportunity to join one of largest teaching hospitals in NHS, award-winning Finance team, recently renewed level 3 towards excellence (FFF) accreditation. Work closely with senior clinical and operational leaders, lead a team of finance professionals, opportunity to influence key decisions affecting large and complex services. Role where part of collaborative progressive team, can make real difference driving improvement.
- What You Will Bring To The Role: fully qualified CCAB accountant with extensive financial management experience and highly developed knowledge of accounting concepts, policies, procedures and financial systems. Experience of budget setting, forecasting, management reporting and providing detailed financial advice to senior management teams. Experience of managing and developing staff, delivering finance training and leading projects involving a range of stakeholders is also essential. Able to analyse and interpret highly complex information, compare different options and provide clear, evidence based recommendations. Communicate confidently with colleagues at all levels, including senior managers, clinicians and directors, and able to influence, negotiate and respond constructively where priorities or views conflict. Most Importantly, You Will Demonstrate: inclusive and effective leadership; strong professional judgement and personal accountability; confidence to challenge and be challenged; collaborative and patient focused approach; commitment to quality, improvement and innovation; ability to deliver at pace in a complex and changing environment; strong commitment to continuing professional development; ability to build strong, trusted relationships with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues; Leeds Way values of being Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team and Kind in everyday practice, leadership and decision making. A clear demonstration of how your experiences are aligned to the requirements of the role and the person specification is expected throughout your application. Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information about this vacancy.
- About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust: description of trust size, services, training, research, budget >£2.2bn, employs ~20k staff, treated close to 1.8m patients last year, etc. This is about the organization, not necessarily a section we need? Could be "About the role"? Actually "About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust" is about the organization. The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have "About the role" heading for job summary. "About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust" could be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. Might be better to include as a separate section? The allowed headings list includes "About the role". Not "About the organization". But we could still include "About the role" covering job summary. The organization description could be placed under "About the role" or maybe we could add a section "About the Trust"? Not in list. Probably we should incorporate that info into "About the role" or maybe we can omit as not required? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can combine.
We need sections: About the role (job summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (maybe qualifications?), Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content.
Let's extract responsibilities: from job summary: provide expert financial advice, strengthen financial performance, support delivery of high-quality patient care, help leaders understand financial position, identify risks and opportunities, develop robust plans, make informed decisions about services, support Assistant Director of Finance in leading and developing a team of accountants and finance professionals, create environment where colleagues feel supported, empowered, able to perform at their best, working in partnership with CSUs and corporate services ensure financial reporting, forecasting, planning and advice delivered consistently, accurately, high standard. Also leading team, developing people, influencing decisions, driving improvement for patients. Also from "Why you should join our Team": lead a team of finance professionals, influence key decisions affecting large and complex services. Also from "What You Will Bring": managing and developing staff, delivering finance training, leading projects involving range of stakeholders, analyse and interpret highly complex information, compare options, provide clear evidence-based recommendations, communicate confidently with colleagues at all levels, influence, negotiate, respond constructively where priorities conflict, demonstrate inclusive and effective leadership, strong professional judgement, personal accountability, confidence to challenge and be challenged, collaborative and patient focused approach, commitment to quality, improvement and innovation, ability to deliver at pace in complex changing environment, strong commitment to CPD, ability to build strong trusted relationships with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues, Leeds Way values.
Many of these overlap with responsibilities and qualifications.
We need to separate sections: Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (maybe mandatory experience), Qualifications (education/certifications), Skills (competencies). Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if present.
Check for Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. No benefits listed. Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: Not mentioned. So we should NOT include Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections because they'd be empty or placeholder. According to instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. So we omit those.
Now we need to decide headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills.
We must ensure we don't repeat content unnecessarily but preserve all substantive info. We can distribute.
Let's extract:
About the role: job summary paragraph (first paragraph after Job Summary). Could also include "Why you should join our Team" maybe as part of About the role? But that is more about why join. Could be separate but we only have limited headings. Could incorporate into About the role as a paragraph.
Responsibilities: list of duties: provide expert financial advice, strengthen financial performance, support delivery of high-quality patient care, help leaders understand financial position, identify risks and opportunities, develop robust plans, make informed decisions about services, support Assistant Director of Finance in leading and developing a team of accountants and finance professionals, create environment where colleagues feel supported, empowered, able to perform at their best, working in partnership with CSUs and corporate services ensure financial reporting, forecasting, planning and advice delivered consistently, accurately, high standard, lead a team of finance professionals, influence key decisions affecting large and complex services, drive improvement for patients.
Requirements: maybe mandatory experience: fully qualified CCAB accountant, extensive financial management experience, experience of budget setting, forecasting, management reporting, providing detailed financial advice to senior management teams, experience of managing and developing staff, delivering finance training, leading projects involving a range of stakeholders.
Qualifications: maybe education: fully qualified CCAB accountant (could be both requirement and qualification). But we can separate: Qualifications: CCAB qualification, maybe also mention "fully qualified accountant". Could also include "strong commitment to continuing professional development". But that's more skill.
Skills: analytical and interpret highly complex information, compare options, provide clear evidence-based recommendations, communicate confidently with colleagues at all levels including senior managers, clinicians, directors, influence, negotiate, respond constructively where priorities conflict, inclusive and effective leadership, strong professional judgement and personal accountability, confidence to challenge and be challenged, collaborative and patient focused approach, commitment to quality, improvement and innovation, ability to deliver at pace in complex changing environment, ability to build strong trusted relationships with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues, Leeds Way values.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's try to allocate.
Better approach: Use sections:
- About the role: includes job summary and why join.
- Responsibilities: core duties.
- Requirements: mandatory experience (budget setting, forecasting, management reporting, financial advice to senior management, managing/developing staff, finance training, leading projects).
- Qualifications: CCAB qualification, fully qualified accountant.
- Skills: analytical, communication, influencing, leadership, judgement, collaborative, patient focus, quality improvement, delivering at pace, CPD, relationship building, Leeds Way values.
We must ensure we don't leave any heading with empty content.
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. For lists use- . We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's craft paragraphs. About the role paragraph: combine job summary and why join. Job Summary: "Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Management team. This is a senior and influential role, working closely with clinical and operational leaders to provide expert financial advice, strengthen financial performance and support the delivery of high-quality patient care. You will help leaders understand their financial position, identify risks and opportunities, develop robust plans and make informed decisions about the services they provide. We are looking for a fully qualified accountant who combines strong technical expertise and analytical insight with an inclusive and collaborative approach. You will be confident working with complex financial and activity information and able to communicate clearly with finance and non-finance colleagues. You will support the Assistant Director of Finance in leading and developing a team of accountants and finance professionals, creating an environment where colleagues feel supported, empowered and able to perform at their best. Working in partnership with Clinical Service Units (CSUs) and corporate services, you will ensure that financial reporting, forecasting, planning and advice are delivered consistently, accurately and to a high standard. Our work is guided by the Leeds Way values of Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team and Kind. We are looking for someone who shares these values, takes ownership, builds positive relationships, communicates openly and works collaboratively to improve services for patients." Why you should join: "This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest teaching hospitals in the NHS as well as an award winning Finance team, with a recently renewed level 3 towards excellence (FFF) accreditation. You will work closely with senior clinical and operational leaders, lead a team of finance professionals and have the opportunity to influence key decisions affecting large and complex services. If you are looking for a role where you will be part of a collaborative and progressive team where you can make a real difference in driving improvement, we would be delighted to hear from you." Combine into one paragraph or two paragraphs? Probably two paragraphs under same heading. Now Responsibilities: list bullet points. Let's list: - Provide expert financial advice to clinical and operational leaders. - Strengthen financial performance and support delivery of high-quality patient care. - Help leaders understand their financial position, identify risks and opportunities, develop robust plans and make informed decisions about services. - Support the Assistant Director of Finance in leading and developing a team of accountants and finance professionals, fostering a supportive, empowered environment. - Work in partnership with Clinical Service Units (CSUs) and corporate services to ensure financial reporting, forecasting, planning and advice are delivered consistently, accurately and to a high standard. - Lead a team of finance professionals. - Influence key decisions affecting large and complex services. - Drive improvement for patients through financial insight and partnership. That covers. Now Requirements: bullet points: - Fully qualified CCAB accountant. - Extensive financial management experience. - Experience of budget setting, forecasting, management reporting and providing detailed financial advice to senior management teams. - Experience of managing and developing staff. - Experience of delivering finance training. - Experience of leading projects involving