# Finance Business Partner - Corporate Oversight and Assurance > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/finance-business-partner-corporate-oversight-and-assurance/f5964e40-f81e-421f-85f0-de18062201de - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/finance-business-partner-corporate-oversight-and-assurance/f5964e40-f81e-421f-85f0-de18062201de.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cheltenham - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 Development Role - Band 7 to 8A (pa, pro rata if part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent: Development Role - Band 7 with potential to develop into Band 8A - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T10:33:45.060Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Cheltenham/Gloucestershire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8159114 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8159114?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Finance Business and Assurance Partner - Corporate provides business partnering support to designated corporate directorates in all their monthly, annual and ad hoc financial performance and planning activities. They are responsible for reviewing the month end financial position, as well as for the completion and/or oversight of monthly forecasts and consolidation of a divisional monthly performance report, in consultation with the corporate managers, with the support of the wider corporate finance team and the Head of Corporate Finance. They will support their designated directorates’ annual financial planning process and undertake costings of service developments and savings plans. This role is offered on a developmental basis at either Band 7 or Band 8a, dependent upon professional accountancy qualification status and relevant experience. Applications are welcomed from both fully and part qualified accountants. Part-qualified candidates will be appointed at Band 7, with comprehensive study support provided if they wish to progress. This includes study leave and assistance in accordance with Trust policy, with the opportunity to progress to Band 8a upon successful completion of their qualification and demonstration of the required competencies. ### Main duties of the job Reporting to the Head of Corporate Finance to take the financial lead on developing divisional business plans and presenting these to divisional teams. Identifying opportunities for financial efficiencies and highlighting areas of risk and ensuring these are closely monitored. The Finance Business Partner will provide a comprehensive financial service to the Division, which includes interpretation and presentation of financial information, financial evaluation of savings plans and service developments, financial instruction, advice, guidance, training and support. The post holder will participate fully in the corporate work of the Finance Department and to provide leadership to the team that supports both the Trust and the Division in achieving their respective financial objectives and in implementing national and local policies across the Trust. The post holder will provide supervision including appraisals, day-to-day line management, performance, motivation, interviews and appointments. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the job description for a full breakdown of the main responsibilities IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS:  Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application or automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, does not usually provide enough personal evidence of your skills and experience relevant to the role. 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To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert, providing clear evidence and examples to demonstrate how you meet each requirement. ## Person Specification ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Team Player - Proactive/takes own initiative ### Qualifations and Experience **Essential** - Part Qualified CCAB or CIMA with significant finance experience - Educated to masters degree level or equivalent level of experience - Evidence of continuing professional and personal development - Experience of financial management within a large organisation - Experience of working at a managerial level - Experience of staff management and leadership - Extensive experience of using computerised financial systems and Microsoft Excel **Desirable** - Fully Qualified CCAB or CIMA - Experience of Business Partnering in an NHS organisation ## Documents - [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952) - [job description finance business and assurance partner - corporate (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463850) ## 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.