Senior Finance Business Partner

Job overview

Senior Finance Business Partner Finance Department Band 8b Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated CCAB qualified accountant to be a key part of one of our Clinical Divisions at Milton Keynes Hospital.

If you're a CCAB qualified professional with financial management expertise, adept at partnership and influencing, and driven by the desire to enact positive change within the NHS, then this opportunity might be just right for you!

The post holder will report to the Head of Financial Management and lead the month end closedown and budget setting for the division, ensuring team resources are deployed effectively to meet key deadlines. Key relationships will need to be formed with divisional and service managers and clinicians in order to support the management of resources within the income which their services generate.

The post holder will hold a senior role in managing staff and improving processes within management accounts. You will work closely with divisions on budget setting, budgetary management, forecasting and efficiency plans as well as leading on Trust-wide developments and business cases.

The successful candidate will have well developed interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with staff across all levels and disciplines within the organisation.

For further information, please contact Sue Fox via email: Sue.fox@mkuh.nhs.uk

Interview date: 17/11/2026

Main duties of the job

To provide expert, specialist and in-depth financial advice and support to the Clinical Division, Director of Finance, Deputy Directors of Finance and other managers in provision of financial services to the Trust whilst ensuring financial probity and compliance with SFI’s, SO’s and other policies of the Trust at all times.

To promote a professional approach within the clinical Division ensuring that the financial consequence of service change/development are fully considered and evaluated and to provide direction and support to the Division to enable the achievement of Divisional, Trust and national targets.

To lead on Trustwide improvement projects: defining current processes, facilitating discussions and advising colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document these processes as agreed and oversee their delivery.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Managing Services:

• Produce monthly financial reporting packs which set out clearly performance in all aspects of finance, activity and contractual targets delivery, ensuring a clear story of outcomes and causal factors is provided. Take lead role in ensure that actions required to improve financial performance are identified, articulated and bought into by divisional operational management.
• Using the corporate templates, and process, produce forecasts on a monthly basis for activity and expenditure with CSU colleagues. These forecasts will be coherent and supported by full rationale. Where necessary these forecasts will be presented in formal meetings. Set out how risks and opportunities in financial forecast and work with the divisional operational team to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.

Improving Services:

• Working closely with the finance programme manager, develop business cases as necessary in line with prescribed Trust format and process. Ensure that content of cases is robust and evidence based and reflect full consideration of options to deliver best value.
• Present highly complex information about projects initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.

Working with others:

• Encourages, supports and facilitates divisional, CSU and Trustwide staff to contribute and innovate for the improvement of patient care and the efficiency, safety, quality and effectiveness of services; finding ways to empower staff to implement their ideas for improvement as well a challenging Divisions to improve financial performance whilst taking account of quality and safety of service.Works within the divisional triumvirate in a truly “multidisciplinary” way, flexibly supporting colleagues and taking on the appropriate share of joint responsibilities and workload.

Demonstrating personal qualities:

• The post holder will be expected to operate with discretion and without direct supervision to deliver the requirements of both the finance function and the Division/CSU. This will necessitate skill in balancing competing priorities as well as deal with contentious issues.
• Acts as a leadership role model to demonstrate the Trust’s values and behaviours at all times.
• Ensures own professional and personal development demonstrating self-awareness and willingness to continually learn and develop.
• Acts with integrity and treats others with respect at all times.

Please refer to the job description for further details