Job Description

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is a forward looking dynamic well managed organisation with an award winning finance department. Airedale NHS FT is located close to Skipton, with the nearby Yorkshire Dales and is regarded as a very pleasant place to work.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award winning Finance Team. We are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Management team. The role is to support the strategically significant programme to deploy a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR).
Based in the Finance Department within the hospital, the team work closely with operational colleagues to support robust financial management and ensures operational colleagues are able to manage their budgets effectively and confidently.
Working closely with the Assistant Director of Finance and EPR Programme Leadership Teams this is a role which is focused on delivering high quality financial, planning and reporting information.
The post holder will have a key role in ensuring the effective use of resources through providing high quality financial information, advice and support at a senior level. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual with a real commitment to excellent service delivery and great communication skills.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Supporting the Assistant Director of Finance by producing and presenting reports on financial plans and budgetary performance
To ensure all transactions are recorded and accounted for correctly in order to enable the Trust to meet its statutory obligations, to inform internal decision making, and for internal and external monitoring.
To support the EPR Programme Senior Leadership teams to enable them to meet their financial targets and key commitments.
To plan the work of other members of the team,
Ability to work to deadlines, plan time effectively, and ensure processes and procedures are in place for use across the department. Communication across all of the finance function will be a key part of the role, alongside the ability to form strong working relationships outside of own team
Escalate areas of concern and to deputise in the absence of the Assistant Director of Finance.
Work independently and as a senior point of contactproviding a full range of expert financial advice to the management teams.
Be a key and integral part of the EPR programme decision making team. Being accountable, along with EPR programme leaders for financial performance.
About us
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.
Details
Date posted
31 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
64,455 to 74,896 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
15 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
423-7433298A
Job locations
Airedale General Hospital
Skipton Road
Steeton
BD20 6TD
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job responsibilities
For further details and a detailed job description, please see the attached job description and person specification attached to this advert
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• CIMA/ACCA/CIPFA qualified with significant post qualification experience or proven NHS experience working in a similar role.

Experience
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate detailed experience and expert knowledge of the key accounting areas, including the key procedures and policies, NHS financial legislation, key computer systems such as financial ledgers and of providing specialist advice on a full range of financial issues including both revenue and capital.
• Knowledge and experience of working with a computerised ledger and other financial systems with excellent IT skills
• Knowledge and experience of strategic and business planning processes
• Knowledge and experience of the NHS financial regime, Payment by Results/Aligned Incentive Contracts, NHS Data Definitions, costing techniques /health service reference costs and Private Patients
• High level numeric skills, competent in processing and interpreting data.
• Ability to reconcile financial data and maintain appropriate documentation on file.
• Ability to understand the need for consistency of both process and procedure within the finance function, and the need for continual review to ensure this is maintained. Knowledge of Performance Management Processes

Desirable

• NHS experience and knowledge
• Knowledge of NHS Capital & Asset Accounting, capital investment appraisal techniques

Communication
Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to chair meetings and deal with issues covering a wide range of parties.
• A confident, pleasant approach, willing to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and working with multidisciplinary teams.
• A commitment to behaving honestly, openly, impartially and fairly

Influencing & Negotiating
Essential

• Confident in the ability to stand up for a personal point of view, even against articulate and powerful opposition.

Planning, Monitoring and Controlling
Essential

• Ability to implement policies, but also interpret guidelines and work within clearly defined operating policies and procedures which exist within the finance discipline.
• Adheres to the need for control, regularly reviewing and auditing own work and that of others.
• Ability to take responsibility for own workload and overseeing that of others, forward planning, working flexibly and prioritizing competing demands

Making Decisions & Thinking Strategically
Essential

• Ability to see the wider corporate view, and make decisions which are in the best interests of the organisation
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex information, considering options, highlighting inconsistencies and discrepancies and performing necessary financial calculations to assist the decision making process.

Working with/leading others and development
Essential

• Ability to manage a team of finance staff, delivering support, coaching and training, organizing recruitment activities, providing mechanisms for appraisal and dealing with disciplinary/absence issues

Working Environment & conditions
Essential

• Ability to balance different aspects of the role, and prioritize work across a wide area
• A committed and enthusiastic desire to attain high standards

Personal Development
Essential

• Creative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures
• Reviews own performance, assesses own strengths and weaknesses, takes corrective action and identifies areas for own personal development
• A commitment to taking responsibility and facilitating the successful achievement of desired outcomes
• Ability to take the lead on key developments, acting as a specialist in a particular financial area

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• CIMA/ACCA/CIPFA qualified with significant post qualification experience or proven NHS experience working in a similar role.

Experience
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate detailed experience and expert knowledge of the key accounting areas, including the key procedures and policies, NHS financial legislation, key computer systems such as financial ledgers and of providing specialist advice on a full range of financial issues including both revenue and capital.
• Knowledge and experience of working with a computerised ledger and other financial systems with excellent IT skills
• Knowledge and experience of strategic and business planning processes
• Knowledge and experience of the NHS financial regime, Payment by Results/Aligned Incentive Contracts, NHS Data Definitions, costing techniques /health service reference costs and Private Patients
• High level numeric skills, competent in processing and interpreting data.
• Ability to reconcile financial data and maintain appropriate documentation on file.
• Ability to understand the need for consistency of both process and procedure within the finance function, and the need for continual review to ensure this is maintained. Knowledge of Performance Management Processes

Desirable

• NHS experience and knowledge
• Knowledge of NHS Capital & Asset Accounting, capital investment appraisal techniques

Communication
Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to chair meetings and deal with issues covering a wide range of parties.
• A confident, pleasant approach, willing to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and working with multidisciplinary teams.
• A commitment to behaving honestly, openly, impartially and fairly

Influencing & Negotiating
Essential

• Confident in the ability to stand up for a personal point of view, even against articulate and powerful opposition.

Planning, Monitoring and Controlling
Essential

• Ability to implement policies, but also interpret guidelines and work within clearly defined operating policies and procedures which exist within the finance discipline.
• Adheres to the need for control, regularly reviewing and auditing own work and that of others.
• Ability to take responsibility for own workload and overseeing that of others, forward planning, working flexibly and prioritizing competing demands

Making Decisions & Thinking Strategically
Essential

• Ability to see the wider corporate view, and make decisions which are in the best interests of the organisation
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex information, considering options, highlighting inconsistencies and discrepancies and performing necessary financial calculations to assist the decision making process.

Working with/leading others and development
Essential

• Ability to manage a team of finance staff, delivering support, coaching and training, organizing recruitment activities, providing mechanisms for appraisal and dealing with disciplinary/absence issues

Working Environment & conditions
Essential

• Ability to balance different aspects of the role, and prioritize work across a wide area
• A committed and enthusiastic desire to attain high standards

Personal Development
Essential

• Creative and innovative, with the desire and ability to propose changes to working practices and procedures
• Reviews own performance, assesses own strengths and weaknesses, takes corrective action and identifies areas for own personal development
• A commitment to taking responsibility and facilitating the successful achievement of desired outcomes
• Ability to take the lead on key developments, acting as a specialist in a particular financial area

Skills Required