An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Associate Finance Business Partner to join a team supporting a significant group of the Health Board's operational services.

Situated in south west Wales, the Health Board has a budget of �1 billion. The Health Board is responsible for the operation of four district general hospitals, other acute and community hospitals, a network of health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units across three counties.

In addition, it also coordinates the work of GP practices and NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacies. You will be joining the Health Board at an exciting time as we are implementing our health and care strategy and embarking on a period of major service transformation.

Main duties of the job

To join our ambitious team, we are looking for an accomplished, highly motivated CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with experience in leading and innovating within a complex organisation. You will be confident in working with senior service leads and would provide robust financial leadership to support Planned Care services across the Health Board.

This role supports the Senior Finance Business Partner and Deputy Director of Finance in providing high quality and robust strategic financial management business support and customer focused financial support for the Health Board's directorates.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have the ability to interpret and explain financial concepts and information to non-financial managers, and an ability to demonstrate initiative. Excellent communication and IT skills (including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint) are also essential. Critical to the role is the ability to develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders, with the ability to challenge and influence others. The ability to travel across Wales and other areas of the UK where necessary in a timely manner is essential.

The post holder will also ensure processes are efficient, effective and consistent across all areas they are responsible for, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, and influencing others to champion system wide leadership and drive consistency across the senior finance management team. You will be someone who wants to be part of a finance team that aims for innovation and excellence.

If you are looking for a position to join a vibrant team within a large and geographically spread Health Board, then please do not hesitate to apply for this exceptional opportunity.

Please also note that we expect to continue with agile working, with a notional 50:50 split between working in the office and working from home, subject to change and service demand.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

We will hold interviews and assessment on 10/10/2024.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in a complex organisation
• Experience of working with Managers and Senior Clinical Leads
• Experience in developing business cases
• Experience of successfully managing large and complex revenue budgets
• Experience, understanding and demonstrable use of benchmarking and other service intelligence
• Experience of strategic level financial planning and management, including the development of annual, medium and long term strategies
• Experience in delivering within challenging financial situations, including financial turnaround
• Demonstrable track record of career advancement and achievement
• Experience of interpreting/developing/ implementing policy in an NHS or equivalent context
• Experience of managing contentious situations and influencing stakeholders
• Experience of communicating, in writing and verbally, within a highly politically sensitive environment
• Commercially astute, able to manage the day to day business challenges while not losing sight of long term strategic goals
• Experience of financial risk management

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent level of experience
• CCAB Qualified Accountant - professional accountancy qualification plus further specialist knowledge training and experience. Membership of a professional Chartered Accounting institution
• Professional knowledge of multiple disciplines, including workforce and service planning
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Knowledge and understanding of improvement methodologies used across organisations

Desirable

• Understanding of developing best practice in the NHS within the UK nations and of management and leadership best practice developments
• Accesses networks for information to improve knowledge and understanding

Other

Essential

• Able to travel across Wales and other areas of the UK where necessary in a timely manner
• Flexible approach to working, based on the needs of the service

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Ty Gorwel, St Davids Park

Jobswell Road

Carmarthen

SA31 3BB

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100-AC198-0924