Finance Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, highly skilled and innovative individual to join the Finance Directorate as a Finance Business Partner supporting two Directorates;

1) Facilities, Estates and Capital

2) Operations (including oversight of Clinical engineering maintenance, health records management, Sterilisation services)

The post holder will support the Senior Finance Business Partner in influencing the strategic decision making within the Health Board through the provision of highly complex business and financial advice and support to the Executive Directors, Senior Operational Managers, Clinicians and Budget Managers within their area. This role will be supported by a Band 7 Assistant Finance Business Partner (shared with another Directorate) and a centralised management accounting team.

Candidates should be CCAB/CIMA qualified.

• Forward thinking: ensuring that financial forecasts and modelling are developed and embedded in the way we work, and that effective risk management arrangements are embedded;
• Financial monitoring: resource use, including variances from budget, long term trends and projections;
• Options and decisions: Supporting policy decisions and business cases with evidence-based financial information.
• Financial intelligence: ensuring that value, is an integral part of our arrangements;
• Financial governance: ensuring that arrangements are fit for purpose;
• Whole-system: Financial consequences are considered across the organisation and within divisions;
• Advice: Divisions are provided with sound, commercial advice.

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 11,000 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;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 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.

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.

Interviews will be held on 25/04/2023.