# Assistant Finance Business Partner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-finance-business-partner/b9e9e410-050d-43ba-bb94-5bc69a7d4ec3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-finance-business-partner/b9e9e410-050d-43ba-bb94-5bc69a7d4ec3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Doncaster - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Pro Rata Per Annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term maternity leave cover.) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T11:03:22.766Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Doncaster/Doncaster_Bassetlaw_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8065165 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8065165?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dbth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Fixed Term for Maternity Cover The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner/Finance Business Partner in delivering comprehensive financial management support to either a Clinical Division or Corporate Directorates. The role will be an integral part of the Finance Team providing a reliable and responsive financial management service to ensure the provision of high-quality financial advice and information to a variety of staff both within and outside of the Trust, and at different levels. ### Main duties of the job Working as part of the Directorate Team advising on a wide range of financial issues. Business and financial planning - To support the development and monitoring annual budgets for the agreed areas of responsibility. - To support the identification of Cost Improvement Plans for agreed areas of responsibility  To provide financial and performance support to the development of Service Development and Business Plans for agreed areas of responsibilityPlay a key role in the Directorate’s business planning process, supporting the Finance Business Partner/Senior Finance Business Partner in providing advice, guidance and challenge. - Prepare financial assessments of business plans.  This will include the impact on efficiency, capacity, asset utilisation and activity. - Financial and capacity modelling of the impact of changes in costs and activity relating to business plans. - Develop a detailed understanding of key cost drivers and cost behaviour. - Providing information and financial assessment to support reference costs submission and development of PLICs for Directorates. - To communicate with all levels of staff both within the Finance Department and the wider Trust. ### 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. Certificate of sponsorship For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK Please note that from 9th April 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship. ## Job Details Fixed Term for Maternity Cover The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner/Finance Business Partner in delivering comprehensive financial management support to either a Clinical Division or Corporate Directorates. The role will be an integral part of the Finance Team providing a reliable and responsive financial management service to ensure the provision of high-quality financial advice and information to a variety of staff both within and outside of the Trust, and at different levels. ## Job Description Working as part of the Directorate Team advising on a wide range of financial issues. Business and financial planning To support the development and monitoring annual budgets for the agreed areas of responsibility. To support the identification of Cost Improvement Plans for agreed areas of responsibility To provide financial and performance support to the development of Service Development and Business Plans for agreed areas of responsibilityPlay a key role in the Directorate’s business planning process, supporting the Finance Business Partner/Senior Finance Business Partner in providing advice, guidance and challenge. Prepare financial assessments of business plans. This will include the impact on efficiency, capacity, asset utilisation and activity. Financial and capacity modelling of the impact of changes in costs and activity relating to business plans. Develop a detailed understanding of key cost drivers and cost behaviour. Providing information and financial assessment to support reference costs submission and development of PLICs for Directorates. To communicate with all levels of staff both within the Finance Department and the wider Trust. ## 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. Certificate of sponsorship For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK Please note that from 9th April 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - 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 ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - Qualified accountant - CCAB - Evidence of continual professional development post qualification for at least 1 year ### Personal Attributes and Skills **Essential** - 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 ## Documents - [the dbth way (pdf, 409.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2213) - [join team dbth (pdf, 654.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1738) - [272-7766849 jd and ps (pdf, 712.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10355914) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 752.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1737) - [health & wellbeing - staff benefits (pdf, 214.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2222) - [acceptable usage of ai - recruitment dbth (pdf, 456.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2381) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.