Senior Finance Business Partner

at  Synnovis

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Business Partner in our busy, professional finance department to cover a 9-month maternity leave.
The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant and have experience in management accounts and business partnering. They’ll manage two direct reports and develop their team’s exposure to all levels of management, both within the finance team and across our pathology labs.
The role reports to the Lead Finance Business Partner and acts and an intermediary between the central Finance Team and Synnovis Analytics’ & Services’ operations. The role requires proactive collaboration with the business and would suit someone looking for a semi-autonomous position with plenty of scope to add value.
You will be responsible for working closely with senior operations staff, producing, interpreting, and communicating the financial results; you’ll partner with them to take the actions necessary to deliver the budget on target, as well as driving further improvements in the financial performance of the business.
Each month you’ll gather financial and operational data from various sources and produce the month-end reporting packs which are key to interpreting performance and partner with the site leads to take management actions based on that information. You will monitor financial information and produce variance analysis, budgeting, and re-forecasting, as well as provide analysis to support business cases and new test pricing which drive the business forward.
Working within the Finance Business Partnering team you’ll partner across our business, working closely with Operations to drive performance.
The role is based at our Head Office, but you’ll need to engage with our Operations teams and stakeholders across all our hospital sites.
Responsible for financial management information reporting across several Core contracts and divisions, this is a fantastic opportunity to take your next step in a commercially focussed finance role and add value to our growing business.
Your development and learning
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme which is used across Synnovis to enable you to reach your potential, learn new skills and achieve your goals.
This is managed between you and your line manager in line with your own personal and professional development ambitions.
You can apply for finance to drive innovation and service development for the benefit of patients through our Innovation Accelerator Fund.
Partnering with the Director of Operations for Reference Services to drive EBITDA insight & improvements across our various laboratory sites.
Responsible for KCH and their subcontract(s) accounting and reporting
Overall responsibility for RBH&H and their subcontract(s) accounting and reporting although the Finance Business Partner within your team manages this contract from a day-to-day perspective
Identifying ways to make cost-savings or drive growth
Budgeting and Forecasting performance
Managing the customer contract (KCH) to make sure payments and charges between the organisations are up to date, disputes are resolved, and contract developments are advanced in a timely manner
Preparation and circulation of monthly management reporting
Investigating variances to budget or forecast
Presenting performance to CFO, COO and Lead FBP
Supporting the production of quality business cases
Supporting decision-making around new hires, capital equipment, etc.
Managing a team of two finance business partners
Month end close P&L responsibilities
Developing pricing for new tests and other service enhancements
Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland and the NHS, operating laboratories at various sites including Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across Southeast London.
The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.
The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers

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