Associate Finance Business Partner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing direct financial support to the Finance Business Partner, Division, and Clinical Services Unit (CSU) within Milton Keynes University Hospital. Key responsibilities include producing monthly financial reports, assisting with business case development, and undertaking management accounting tasks. The post holder will support clinical service leads and corporate colleagues with financial decision-making, ensuring compliance with best financial practice and contributing to budget setting and forecasting. The role requires strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively across all levels of the organisation.
Essential criteria
- Graduate or equivalent experience
- AAT qualified or equivalent experience
- Knowledge and experience in a management accounts setting. Including month-end, year-end management accounting procedures and forecasting
- Highly developed specialist/expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation and NHS finance policies; QUIP; CIP; SLR; experience and expertise in financial accounting and disciplines relevant to commercial finance including: procurement, human resources, general management theory and information management and technology
Desirable criteria
- Working towards professional Chartered Accountancy qualification
- Examples of the above areas include; Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Financial Directives, International Financial Reporting Standards/Statements of Standard Accounting Practice, Government Policy as it effects the NHS, Charitable Funds legislation, Audit principles of internal check and control, VAT, EU Procurement Directives, NHS procurement guidance, NHS staffing terms and conditions and employment law
- Understanding of NHS Income and proven ability to analyse variances
- Experience working within finance department
- Experience within an NHS finance department
- Ability to analyse highly technical issues and provide practical guidance and recommendations that can be understood and acted upon by Executives and users on matters such as capital investment, business cases and savings plans
- The post holder will be expected to operate with discretion and with and without direct supervision to deliver the requirements of both the finance function and the Division/Clinical Services Unit(CSU). This will necessitate skill in balancing priorities.
- Highly numerate; able to analyse reports and complex data sets
- Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines
- Ability to follow instruction as well as working on own initiative
- Personal and people development
- High personal standard of conduct and behaviour and ability to act as a role model encouraging others to value and respect staff and stakeholders and holds others to account for this
- Builds and develops multidisciplinary teams, and maintains constructive working relationships at all levels and disciplines
- Communication
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to a wide range of individuals, e.g. preparing, and presenting financial information to Management Board members and staff groups, working with Trust senior managers and project managers and assisting external auditors
- Evidence of personal insight, and willingness to learn and change personal style/approach as appropriate
- Qualifications and knowledge
- Graduate or equivalent experience
- AAT qualified or equivalent experience
- Knowledge and experience in a management accounts setting. Including month-end, year-end management accounting procedures and forecasting
- Highly developed specialist/expert knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial and other aspects of legislation and NHS finance policies; QUIP; CIP; SLR; experience and expertise in financial accounting and disciplines relevant to commercial finance including: procurement, human resources, general management theory and information management and technology
- Working towards professional Chartered Accountancy qualification
- Examples of the above areas include; Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Financial Directives, International Financial Reporting Standards/Statements of Standard Accounting Practice, Government Policy as it effects the NHS, Charitable Funds legislation, Audit principles of internal check and control, VAT, EU Procurement Directives, NHS procurement guidance, NHS staffing terms and conditions and employment law
- Understanding of NHS Income and proven ability to analyse variances
- Experience working within finance department
- Experience within an NHS finance department
- Ability to analyse highly technical issues and provide practical guidance and recommendations that can be understood and acted upon by Executives and users on matters such as capital investment, business cases and savings plans
- The post holder will be expected to operate with discretion and with and without direct supervision to deliver the requirements of both the finance function and the Division/Clinical Services Unit(CSU). This will necessitate skill in balancing priorities.
- Highly numerate; able to analyse reports and complex data sets
- Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against deadlines
- Abil
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This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Associate Finance Business Partner
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
Associate Finance Business Partner
Department: Finance Band 6: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to be a key integral part of our small finance team, supporting clinical service leads as well as corporate colleagues with decision making and providing an effective and efficient financial management service. We are proud to be a Level 2 accredited One NHS Finance team, as well as having gained recognition as the HFMA Eastern Branch - Finance Team of the Year Winners 2026
You will report to the Senior Finance Business Partner and contribute a key role in the month end closedown and budget setting for the division and corporate areas you support, ensuring deadlines are met. You will form key relationships with divisional, service and clinical managers, in order to support them in understanding and planning their resources to stay within budget. You will work closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner to support services in budget setting, budgetary management, forecasting, business cases and developing Cost Improvement Plans (CIP). As the successful candidate you will have well dev
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