Job type
TemporaryLocation
DevonWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Public Service AccountingIndustry
Government & Public ServicesPay
£ CompetitiveClosing date
11 Dec 2025
Interim Finance Business Partner job in the NHS
Job Title: Interim Finance Business Partner
Location: Remote
Contract Type: Interim
Salary: Band 7 – 8a
Reports to: Senior Finance Manager / Head of Finance
Contract Type: Interim
Salary: Band 7 – 8a
Reports to: Senior Finance Manager / Head of Finance
Start: ASAP
Role Overview:
Hays are seeking a proactive and experienced interim Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial support across our clients mental health services. This interim role is ideal for a candidate with strong NHS experience—particularly within mental health—who can confidently engage with budget holders and senior stakeholders to drive financial performance and service improvement.
This role is remote, with 1 day per month required in office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide financial insight, support, and challenge to operational managers and budget holders.
- Lead on management accounting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Support service transformation and cost improvement initiatives.
- Deliver timely and accurate financial reports and performance insights.
- Build strong working relationships across clinical and non-clinical teams.
- Ensure compliance with NHS financial policies, procedures, and reporting standards.
- Maintain ledger records with a full audit trail of agreed changes.
- Prepare financial analysis using historical and current data to produce robust forecasts and performance reviews.
- Produce detailed monthly finance reports, including year-end forecasts and scenario-based projections.
- Integrate non-financial data to support financial reporting and decision-making.
- Track and report recurrent spend across budget portfolios.
- Assist in developing business cases for service development and transformation using complex and sensitive data.
- Maintain and update roll-over budget calculations and record all budget requirements, including full-year effects of adjustments.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in finance business partnering and management accounting.
- Strong understanding of NHS finance, ideally within mental health services.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate across all levels.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with NHS finance systems.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to present complex financial data in a clear, accessible format.
